Make it Local

Atlanta is bursting at the seam with creative, passionate artists who are constantly perfecting their craft. I'm lucky to be friends with a few of them:) Here are a few images from this ongoing series. Bryanna Simpson of Be Good Brooke Helfen of So She Sews Angelyn Pass of Glak Love

Here is the final outcome from a shoot I did for "The Unwanted" a film by Bret Wood! Wonderful experience working with such amazing, talented actors!

Catherine Cole Rider

Orion

Working on a series of portraits of some of my favorite artists in Atlanta. This is the first. Orion is a performance artist, healer, and horticulturist. He has been an extremely positive force in my life, spiritually and conceptually...

Atlanta Motel Shoot

A couple of weeks ago, I did a photo shoot with Jill Veysey, an amazing graphic designer and dear friend of mine, at the Atlanta Motel. I have driven past there so many times and always wondered what exactly goes on there, what kind of people stay there, what sort of story each room could tell. I arrived at 12pm on a rainy day, thinking that we would have to cancel due to weather. I see two cop cars, and to two coroner's vans. The van pulls up to one of the rooms, and pulls out a dead body, covered, on a gurney. One of the owners of the hotel comes outside, and I ask him what happened. He says "I don't know, they never tell us." So, obviously, this isn't a rare occurrence here. So, I asked if I could get a room, and told him we were hoping to shoot there. Which he lets us do, "as long is there is no nudity". The room was exactly what I hoped. Desolate, muted colors, a feeling of emptiness. And so we began...

Abandoned

ATL

I've always had a hard time documenting the city of Atlanta. It's just not very visually inspiring to me, seeing the same thing day in and day out, not to mention the intimidation factor of some of the people on the streets. So, I am going to challenge myself to take a walk through the streets at least once a month and see what I come up with.