THE ANGRY WHALE

a web zine by columbia sc photographer sean rayford

Insert Sports Cliche Here: SCHS Basketball Championships

March 09, 2015
Shooting sports can be grand. Especially when win or lose, it's the last game of the season - and some careers. Sixteen high schools from the state of South Carolina conv...
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Thick Fog Ushers in Weird Weather - Photos

March 04, 2015
In case anyone was wondering, it's now March, which apparently means we're looking at a high of 80 today, followed with a low of 29 on Friday. Dress appropriately Soda Ci...
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Richland County Regulators top Lowcountry Highrollers 159-85

March 01, 2015
Several years ago, out back of the local rock club, Richland County Regulator coach Jason Fant told me, "It's not Friday night when it's Friday night every night." On Sa...
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Soda Citizen: Debbie Minus the Skanks

February 27, 2015
On Thursday morning I met up with a skankless Deborah Adedokun at Drip Coffee in Five Points seeking a random exchange of ideas. I'm never really sure where these things...
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About Last Night - The Courtroom in Rock Hill, SC

February 22, 2015
I've had my eyes on The Courtroom at Gettys in Rock Hill, SC for good while now. I'd see photos from friends' bands pass through my social media feed and think, "Man I go...
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An Instagram Guide to the Soda City - Columbia, SC - Vol. One

February 19, 2015
I love Instagram. I mean come on, if you told me 10 years ago that I'd be able to walk around with camera technology like this on a mobile phone, I'd be wetting the bed....
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Soda Citizen: Krajewski Defects to Union Side

February 17, 2015
If you were 18 and lived in Columbia at the time of The Civil War, what would your role be in the war? Michael Krajewski: What side would I be on? You could be a spy.
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One Hundred and Fifty Years Ago...

February 16, 2015
One hundred and fifty years ago today General William Tecumseh Sherman ordered the shelling of Columbia, South Carolina. Just blocks from my home on the banks of the Cong...
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Mardi Gras Kills Camera

February 14, 2015
Things were going well on Saturday afternoon. I was able to catch the Mardi Gras parade through Rosewood and General Sherman's cannon assault on the capital city from Wes...
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Reno Turns Forty - Doesn't Fight Entire Bar

February 13, 2015
A few weeks back Reno Flowers Gooch and I were in Tiger Town Tavern in Clemson, SC and when some college kids asked me about all my Gamecock apparel, the Space Coke leade...
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