September 2nd, 2010 by Patrick Ross
Writing about Steve Cox, the Voice of Golden Eagle, doesn’t really do him justice. You need to watch our video and hear him speak and hear him play. A lot didn’t make that video, however, such as the fact that Steve was an early pioneer in the technology known as sampling. He assisted with tours [...]
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September 1st, 2010 by Patrick Ross
Besides being talented and reflective, Amy Evans Streeter is whimsical. It comes through in her art and in her blog, and I think I captured some of it in the video. She’s also pretty busy, preparing for a September show, working a day job photographing and documenting food-related cultural treasures throughout the South, and working [...]
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August 31st, 2010 by Patrick Ross
Marc Bondarenko has a jones for motorcycles and cars. He also has a passion for photography. So Marc has found a way to make a living taking photographs of motorcycles and cars.
He photographs a lot of other stuff as well, including interesting people. As Marc told me, Birmingham isn’t a large enough town where an [...]
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August 30th, 2010 by Patrick Ross
My daughter Marisa and I were given hours of time with Meghan Woodcock, who took us all over the Savannah College of Art and Design, which goes by the acronym SCAD. We saw the impressive modern-style building just for the study of photography, a renovated antebellum home dedicated to illustration, and a converted waterfront warehouse [...]
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August 29th, 2010 by Patrick Ross
John Smoak didn’t discover a passion for photography until he was a college art student; the low country of Charleston, South Carolina, lost a potential pottery maker but gained a professional photographer. John keeps busy doing all sorts of photography, including a lot of architectural work, and is in the process of building his own [...]
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August 29th, 2010 by Patrick Ross
It’s safe to say Paul Babelay is great company, which is good, because my rental hybrid had to endure a gravel road at a very steep grade to find him. Paul told me when I arrived that I missed seeing a bear on his property by twenty minutes. I was glad I hadn’t arrived twenty [...]
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August 28th, 2010 by Patrick Ross
It’s fair to say that Elliot Mazer has been there and done that. He’s produced multi-platinum albums with artists such as Janis Joplin, Linda Rondstat, and Neil Young. He and Neil seem tied at the hip, and in the video he hints at a future project with the music legend in the future. He has [...]
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August 28th, 2010 by Patrick Ross
I frequently find when meeting artists that their talents and skills are not limited to one area of art. That is the case with Diana, who took a musical childhood into a professional career in the music business as a songwriter and producer, and who now has started a second career as an author. When [...]
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August 27th, 2010 by Patrick Ross
Colleen Doran is a passionate artist. She’s passionate about illustrating and writing, working so hard her legs fall asleep and she has to drag herself away from her desk. Passionate about ensuring the fans of her own “Distant Soil” series as well as series she illustrates, such as The Sandman, receive the best she has [...]
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August 27th, 2010 by Patrick Ross
Margot MacDonald has done a lot in her musical career, which is striking when you consider how young she is. But when you listen to her on this video, it becomes clear how poised and forward-thinking she is, and also how generous she is with her talent, to listeners and other creators.
We’ve been fortunate to [...]
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