ThatWasThen

Just two weeks ago I was pressing through a raucous crowd of...

Sun, 22 Mar 2020 22:38:03 -0400

Just two weeks ago I was pressing through a raucous crowd of Duke students, trying to reach the center of a celebratory bonfire after a victory over UNC. Marshalls in the middle were asking everyone to please take a few steps back from the blaze, but this was a time before calls for caution and distance could be taken seriously. Instead, different sections of the swirling mass pressed closer, yelling different chants or parts of songs or damnations of Carolina. There was talk from some that this might be their last game and yet how could it be? I turned around and tried to read some the faces staring into the growing pyre. What was it offering for them? Now, I wonder about the smaller fires we light for just ourselves or our family as we shelter in place. Staring into one offers a preternatural comfort. It’s like seeing an old fried, one you can share an easy quiet with or feel heard, even when you’re yelling go to hell Coronavirus. (at Duke University - West Campus, Durham, North Carolina)
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-D0WvCHIyE/?igshid=19dvxip27q80j

Angel Olsen at the Haw River Ballroom a few weeks back. You...

Tue, 19 Nov 2019 11:09:07 -0500

Angel Olsen at the Haw River Ballroom a few weeks back.
You Tube editing lesson from today #learnwhatyoudontknowhow (at The Haw River Ballroom)
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JUNE (at Durham, North...

Sat, 01 Jun 2019 21:16:27 -0400

JUNE (at Durham, North Carolina)
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Making album art is fun. Tiny finger gestures and tunes by...

Tue, 19 Feb 2019 23:16:21 -0500

Making album art is fun. Tiny finger gestures and tunes by @flockofdimes and @mkenneymusic - streaming now on the @stereogum - check it!
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Working on a new photo book edit w @f_letter - grateful for...

Thu, 23 Aug 2018 08:46:49 -0400

Working on a new photo book edit w @f_letter - grateful for plenty of table space @kaleidacreative and afternoonespresso. #indiadiplopia #photobooks (at Kaleida Creative Collective)

The Old Market House, Fayetteville,...

Tue, 31 Jul 2018 22:27:54 -0400

The Old Market House, Fayetteville, NC.
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#nationalhistoriclandmark #cumberlandcounty #northcarolina #history

Seeking out shade by the side stage, Ms. E told me she has been...

Mon, 21 May 2018 21:03:42 -0400

Seeking out shade by the side stage, Ms. E told me she has been to Jazzfest somewhere near 18 times. “Keep on grovin’ and movin’ - movin’ and grovin’.” #righton #okaybaby #latergram #makeportraits (at New Orleans, Louisiana)

Micheal Harris, bad ass bassist for Sunpie Barnes and The...

Thu, 10 May 2018 21:10:03 -0400

Micheal Harris, bad ass bassist for Sunpie Barnes and The Louisiana Sunspots, backstage at the Jazz & Heritage Festival, New Orleans, 2018.

🍾 Cheers to Bubba Wallace for the strong Daytona finish on...

Mon, 19 Feb 2018 21:32:41 -0500

🍾 Cheers to Bubba Wallace for the strong Daytona finish on Sunday. There was a tremendous amount of pressure on the young man to live up to The King’s legacy. Shot for ESPN Magazine a few weeks back. #nascar #ncroyalty #portrait (at Petty’s Garage)

The King Abides, Randleman, N.C. (at Petty’s Garage)

Tue, 23 Jan 2018 21:52:47 -0500

The King Abides, Randleman, N.C. (at Petty’s Garage)

Preacher, Easter Sunday, Leland, Mississippi.

Mon, 18 Sep 2017 22:10:01 -0400

Preacher, Easter Sunday, Leland, Mississippi.

Shanghai Sojourn, China, June 2017 An invitation to attend the...

Thu, 29 Jun 2017 09:25:23 -0400

Shanghai Sojourn, China, June 2017

An invitation to attend the Shanghai TV Festival on behalf of the Farmer/Veteran team offered an opportunity to connect with old friends and new flavors.

at Eden, North Carolina

Thu, 27 Apr 2017 20:31:05 -0400

at Eden, North Carolina

Dan Works Too Hard. This lil bit of office humor is now being...

Fri, 21 Apr 2017 10:30:17 -0400

Dan Works Too Hard. This lil bit of office humor is now being printed on greeting cards via Palm Press. Order a set today!

“Way too much of our national discourse has been poisoned...

Tue, 14 Feb 2017 08:55:08 -0500

“Way too much of our national discourse has been poisoned by hateful language and policies,” said Rev William J Barber II, founder of the Moral Mondays movement. “True faith and true evangelicalism place love, justice and compassion at the centre of our public life."

A burned out harvester, Jeremy M. Lange and the moon, near...

Wed, 08 Feb 2017 09:36:51 -0500

A burned out harvester, Jeremy M. Lange and the moon, near Parchman, Mississippi, 2016

Windsor Ruins, Mississippi, 2016

Mon, 06 Feb 2017 09:58:29 -0500

Windsor Ruins, Mississippi, 2016

Cotton Gin, Money, MS, 2016 — Duke Professor and historian Tim...

Mon, 30 Jan 2017 15:49:33 -0500

Cotton Gin, Money, MS, 2016 — Duke Professor and historian Tim Tyson will be publishing a book this week, “The Blood of Emmett Till,” that dives deep into the 1955 murder of 14-year-old Till in the tiny Mississippi Delta town of Money. A woman at the center of the story, Carol Bryant Donham, acknowledged to Tyson “that the most incendiary parts of the story she and others told about Emmett — claims that seem tame today but were more than enough to get a black person killed in Jim Crow-era Mississippi — were false.” Read the full NYT Story.

Burt’s Coop, relocated from rural Main to the headquarters of...

Thu, 26 Jan 2017 10:00:27 -0500

Burt’s Coop, relocated from rural Main to the headquarters of Burt’s Bees in Durham, North Carolina. Read more. For Burt’s Bees.

Ghosts in the attic, anchors in the kitchen, Durham, Jan. 11,...

Wed, 11 Jan 2017 16:22:03 -0500

Ghosts in the attic, anchors in the kitchen, Durham, Jan. 11, 2017.