THE ANGRY WHALE

a web zine by columbia sc photographer sean rayford

Photos: DACA Prayer Vigil - Columbia, SC

September 06, 2017
"God of love and justice, you are the god of all peoples of every nation and yet no nation. For you do not recognize our ways of marking and partitioning, ours and theirs...
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Protestors, pirates, politicians, giant weiner highlight Chapin parade

September 04, 2017
As republican senator Lindsey Graham rolled by a group of demonstrators from the back seat of a white convertible in Chapin on Monday morning, they shouted at him, but no...
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Photos: Friday night at Hoechella - Columbia, SC

August 27, 2017
So far this weekend, I’ve made photos at an Apache helicopter team’s deployment to Afghanistan, a youth golf skills tournament, a sixtieth Golden Girls themed birthday pa...
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"Disgruntled" worker shoots and kills one in Charleston

August 24, 2017
The Charleston Post and Courier reports that a 'disgruntled' worker entered Virginia's on King in Charleston, SC during lunchtime today, locked the door, and announced, "...
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Photos: Sneak attack finishing move on the dance floor

August 24, 2017
It was a sneak attack from behind. Energized by the crowd’s appreciation for his jive, sporting a black fanny pack and a pair of white hightops, the unsuspecting reveler...
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Photos: Total Solar Eclipse - Columbia Fireflies vs. Rome Braves

August 22, 2017
Yesterday I got to pick where I went to cover the the great American eclipse of 2017. I chose minor league baseball. Just before totality, there was a controversial cal...
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Photos: Soda City preps for eclipse

August 21, 2017
I hear something weird is going on this afternoon in Columbia, SC. Here's how folks prepared. Photos: Tourists Flock To South Carolina To See Monday's Eclipse In Full...
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Photos: Billboard battles lasers on banks of the Congaree

August 20, 2017
Last night hundreds gathered on the eastern banks of the Congaree to take in a laser light installation that will cris cross the river on a nightly basis come 2018. As ni...
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Photos: Unite the Right Rally Turns Deadly - Charlottesville, VA

August 13, 2017
“GET IN THERE AND FIGHT!!!” yelled a white supremacist as I ducked behind a front line of alt-right “infantryman,” clutching homemade shields, wearing body armor, basebal...
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Soda Citizen: Mike Busbee

July 27, 2017
Mike Busbee and I made this photo for an interview as part of a regular series with Columbia artists. We never got around to doing it. Instead, here are some words about...
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