My Favorite Piece of Stock Footage

Between each telephone wire, I undress my memory to when he saw the sky and land touch in prayer | See tons of bonus videos and support more work like this by joining my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/JacobGeller Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/JacobGeller Social media and merch links at https://jacobgeller.com/ Additional editing by Toadchurch: https://www.youtube.com/@toadchurch/videos Additional voices by Dan Olson Shots of Odessa, TX by Austin Baltes (https://www.youtube.com/@austinbaltes) with additional thanks to Callaway Kobes Very special thanks to Bill Paxton, Head Librarian, Universal Film Library Paul Frosh on Stock Photography: 2020: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/338880857_Is_Commercial_Photography_a_Public_Evil_Beyond_the_Critique_of_Stock_Photography 2001: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/249722940_Inside_the_image_factory_stock_photography_and_cultural_production Brian Barrett on the Distracted Boyfriend meme: https://www.wired.com/story/distracted-boyfriend-meme-photographer-interview/ The Idée blog on The Everywhere Girl: https://web.archive.org/web/20080728232359/http://blog.ideeinc.com/2008/01/22/everywhere-girl-the-book/ CixxFive Concepts LLC v. Getty Images Inc: https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/washington/wawdce/2:2019cv00386/270868/61/ Obituary of Wayne D. Gilliam Sr. (“Curley”): https://theflashtoday.com/2020/01/13/wayne-d-gilliam-sr-curley/ Media Shown (other than Stock Imagery): Friday Night Lights (2004), Friday Night Lights (2006), The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Spider-Man 3, Deathloop, Groundhog Day, Palm Springs, Edge of Tomorrow Music (Chronologically): Stomp & Shout (Candelion), Ray of Sun (Hanna Lindgren), UnearthU (UnearthU), You Can Always Come Home (Mike Franklyn), Silent Heaven (Silent Hill 2), Tears of… (Silent Hill), Ennui (Cody High), Old Time Circus (Luella Gren), Reminiscence Captured on Tape (Ave Air), Streets of Seville (Jose Barrios), Fallow Deer (Martin Klem), Trivalve (Ethan Sloan), The Facsimile (Citizen Sleeper), The Beautiful Blue Danube (as performed by the U.S. Marine Band), Baja los edificios (Despelote), Fading Glint (Citizen Sleeper 2), Of Sober Mind (Cristoffer Moe Ditlevsen), Beach Goer (Frook) Additional footage from Getty Images and Storyblocks Additional Music by Epidemic Sound Thumbnail and Graphic Design by https://bsky.app/profile/hotcyder.bsky.social Description credit: “Golden Hour” by Huan He