THE ANGRY WHALE

a web zine by columbia sc photographer sean rayford

Prisoners of our own history: A tale of two South Carolina cities

June 23, 2015
It's been less than a week since Dylann Roof shot and killed nine parishioners at the most historic church in the Holy City. The following morning and about one hundred m...
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Mud Bogging at the Old Salkehatchie Pit - Yemassee, SC

June 18, 2015
"What's your job?" asked one of several waif like creatures who curiously approached me at the Old Salkehatchie Mud Pit yesterday afternoon. "I make photos, what's your j...
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An Instagram Guide to the Soda City: Columbia SC - Vol. 2

June 16, 2015
If one were to judge my travels in and around Columbia, SC by this edit of Instragram photos I've made during the last three months, it would appear that my favorite haun...
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Soda Citizen: Katie Sheridan - Glittoris

June 01, 2015
"Kind of like the Power Puff Girls but sluttier," explains Katie Sheridan as we lay the groundwork for a cartoon show featuring vagina races in the land of Cooterville....
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"Seizure-inducing pedal tornado...¿music? from Columbia, SC"

May 26, 2015
Alex Strickland, vocalist of Abacus (and Bathe) spent ten days on tour in March 2014 alongside Sein zum Tode to SXSW and back. “The highlight of that tour was seeing ever...
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Queen of Sheba meets Swamp Metal in Soda City West

May 24, 2015
Kicking off the Memorial Day weekend on Friday night in West Columbia, it seemed there was little more personality rearing it's head in the neighborhood. Mark Plessinger...
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Behind the Scenes: "Walmart Parking Lot" by Can't Kids

May 22, 2015
Among other things, Bono is terrified of a vacuuming werewolf. Or at least that's what I gathered from the ET Anderson frontman Tyler Morris after the final scenes of a n...
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'A flute with no holes is not a flute, And a doughnut with no hole is a Danish.'

May 20, 2015
Model: Shannon Watson Make-up: Lindsey Vidal Hair Stylist: Topher Carnes Yoga Instructor: Brenda Ingbretsen-Way
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Soda City Stand Up: Portraits of Columbia, SC Comedians

May 19, 2015
"CAN YOU PICK IT UP?" I shouted from across an overgrown parking lot on Sunday evening at Columbia comedian Joe Coughlin. I had pretty good faith that Joe could pick it u...
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About Last Night: Of Montreal at Music Farm - Columbia, SC

May 16, 2015
I'm balancing between a Red Bull table and a metal stool during Of Montreal's headlining set when Tyler Morris of E.T. Anderson passes by and towards the bar, "This is th...
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