THE ANGRY WHALE

a web zine by columbia sc photographer sean rayford

Tuesday Night at the The Nick : "Everybody Street"

February 01, 2016
One of the first photographers we meet in Cheryl Dunn's Everybody Street is a gentleman with a thick accent named Boogie. Born Vladimir Milivojevich in 1969, the photogra...
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World News: King Day at the Dome - Columbia, SC

January 19, 2016
On Martin Luther King Day and just in front of the Confederate monument at the South Carolina State House, members of the media attempted to find space on an inadequately...
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The Year in Photos / by South Carolina photojournalist Sean Rayford

January 07, 2016
In Andrews, South Carolina on October 9, 2015 Davey Morris showed me around his neighborhood where floodwaters from the Black River were slowly eating up the homes on his...
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In Photos: Soda Citizens Celebrate Famously Hot New Year

January 01, 2016
I felt for the folks last night celebrating New Year's Eve when I watched a girl finish a Bud Light at the front of the stage. It had been 30 minutes since the main suppo...
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A Photographer's Guide to Christmas Vacation in North Florida

December 28, 2015
What did Santa bring you this year? He brought me fog. And I think I like fog more than Spanish moss. And I love Spanish moss. Not as much as snow in South Carolina, but...
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Jam Room Celebrates Christmas with Confederate Fagg

December 21, 2015
Last night at the Art Bar, in a somewhat surprise appearance, Teabag Balzac, Spanky Swatnasty, Packer and Lady Miss Mango Chutney reunited once again to get down with the...
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Photos in the News: Nov. 29 - Dec. 5, 2015

December 07, 2015
It was day three of my flood coverage when the sun came back out. I woke up early and photographed the attempts to repair the breach in the Columbia Canal and then headed...
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Photos in the News: Nov. 22-28, 2015

November 29, 2015
All the lights were off in the room where I saw Prince and Sugar Ray in 1997. Not in the same evening though. For the next few minutes I thought I could summon some forme...
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Photos in the News: November 15-21, 2015

November 23, 2015
A week ago this morning, I was preparing to cover a student organized walkout and protest at the University of South Carolina. At the time that I write this, I'm about to...
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Photos in the News: November 8-14, 2015

November 16, 2015
After more than a decade doggy paddling through the world of freelance photojournalism and a news filled year in South Carolina I've come to find myself working with some...
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