THE ANGRY WHALE

a web zine by columbia sc photographer sean rayford

Twenty Fourteen: More Action Figures & Mosh Pits - Less Ignorant Cops

January 11, 2014
"Are we that interesting? That you must photograph us?" said one of the officers who approached me on the sidewalk last year in Five Points - a college bar district in Co...
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Vultan's Theme: Attack of the Hawk Men

January 08, 2014
"Pathetic Earthlings! Hurling your bodies out into the void without the sligthest inkling of who or what is out here. If you knew anything about the true nature of the un...
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Photo evidence shows Soda City told 2013 to suck it - Pt.1

January 07, 2014
In 2014 I promise to photograph more mosh pits, more portraits and more action figures. Hopefully all at the same time. I'll be reviewing the progress of my new year's re...
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"Great to be a Gamecock" reaches funding goal!

January 04, 2014
Moments before I planned to walk out the door to catch the Clemsux vs. Ohio Stinks game last night, my phone sounded back-to-back notifications. And lately when my phone...
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Gamecock fan booed out of NYE street dance off in Orlando

January 02, 2014
2014 took me by complete surprise. Outta the warm Florida night air the new year exploded on a corner of Church St. in downtown Orlando. I was hanging out with a paint bu...
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Gamecocks get down at Citrus Bowl pep rally

January 01, 2014
Kickoff between the South Carolina Gamecocks and the Wisconsin Badgers in the 2014 Citrus Bowl in Orlando, FL is 150 minutes away. My camera gear is packed and I'll be le...
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Welcome to Orlando: Legalize Meth

December 31, 2013
As soon as I arrived in Orlando I headed to The Local Bar and Grill for some punk rock and tracked down my good bud and fellow Soda citizen Joe Red Beard - who is on the...
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Great to be a Gamecock - A photobook by Sean Rayford

December 16, 2013
I came to the University of South Carolina in 1997 to study computer science. That sucked, I got my first "D" and then promptly changed to the ever popular major of "unde...
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South Carolina Wallops Coastal Carolina 70-10

November 25, 2013
Every home game this year I've ridden my bicycle down to Williams Brice Stadium to photograph Gamecock fans in anticipation of publishing a book about what becomes the st...
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Enjoy it Fans - South Carolina is Winning Football Games

November 18, 2013
I almost went to the University of Florida, but instead I ended up a Gamecock here in Columbia, SC. My freshman year at the University of South Carolina, I received one o...
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