Blog Topic: Photo Gallery

Culture Briefs: Photo Gallery: CCSD Grads on Parade

By Blake Aued | May 22, 2020 3:12pm

Photo Credit: Whitley Carpenter

Moussa and Amy Sarr.

With official graduation ceremonies postponed until July—if they happen at all—several Athens neighborhoods turned to caravans to celebrate their teenage residents' accomplishment.

One was Cedar Creek, where several dozen newly minted graduates paraded through the subdivision as neighbors cheered. Coronavirus robbed these students of part of their senior year, and the caravans were one way to restore a sense of normalcy.

All photos by Whitley Carpenter.

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Homedrone: Photo Gallery: KISS in Columbia, SC

By Chris McKay | February 17, 2020 1:07pm

A generation or so ago, back in the year 2000, I covered a concert as a photojournalist for the first time. The band I was photographing was KISS. They were on their farewell tour. I was shooting for Flagpole, which had recently taken a chance on me as a writer. I had never written. I had never studied writing. I did, however, love music, and had a massive interest in covering what was out there. After a few shows, Flagpole Music Editor Ballard Lesemann encouraged me to start taking a camera and reach out for a photo pass. So I did. I didn’t even have a professional camera and I’d certainly never studied that! But hey, why not?

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Culture Briefs: Photo Gallery: Snow Day in Athens

By Whitley Carpenter | February 8, 2020 8:51pm

Surprise! It snowed in Athens on Saturday, transforming the Classic City into a bona fide winter wonderland for a few precious hours.

Here are a few photos for proof, courtesy of Flagpole's Whitley Carpenter:

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Homedrone: Photo Gallery: 2020 Athens in Harmony Concert

By Whitley Carpenter | January 20, 2020 10:34am

This year's Athens in Harmony concert, designed to promote cultural sharing and racial reconciliation, took place at The Foundry on Sunday, and Flagpole photographer Whitley Carpenter was there to document the night. Check out photos from the show below:

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Culture Briefs: Photo Gallery: 2019 Downtown Parade of Lights

By Anika Chaturvedi | December 6, 2019 10:32am

Thursday evening, the annual Downtown Parade of Lights filled the streets of Athens with holiday cheer. Check out a few photos from the parade below:

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Culture Briefs: Photo Gallery: 2019 Wild Rumpus Parade

By Whitley Carpenter | October 28, 2019 1:30pm

The Wild Rumpus Parade and Spectacle celebrated its 10th anniversary last weekend, with thousands of costumed partiers taking it to the streets of downtown Athens to celebrate Halloween. Check out photos from the event below, courtesy of Flagpole's Whitley Carpenter:

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Culture Briefs: Photo Gallery: 2019 Boo-le-Bark on the Boulevard

By Whitley Carpenter | October 14, 2019 9:37am

Dogs in Halloween costumes roamed the streets of the Boulevard neighborhood Sunday for the fourth annual Boo-le-Bark on the Boulevard parade and contest. Flagpole photographer Whitley Carpenter was there to capture the canine cuteness:

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Culture Briefs: Photo Gallery: Athens PRIDE 2019

By Whitley Carpenter | October 7, 2019 12:25pm

This year's Athens PRIDE celebration took place Sunday, Sept. 29, and Flagpole photographer Whitley Carpenter was there to document the day. Check out photos below:

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Culture Briefs: Photo Gallery: LatinxFest 2019

By Whitley Carpenter and Anika Chaturvedi | September 30, 2019 4:44pm

This year's LatinxFest celebration took place downtown on Saturday, and Flagpolephotographers Whitley Carpenter and Anika Chaturvedi were there to capture the action. Check out photos from the festival below:

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Homedrone: Photo Gallery: Five Things We Loved at Wildwood Revival 2019

By David Eduardo | September 30, 2019 10:44am

Build all the amphitheatres, Athens. But the perfect outdoor venue already exists off Wolfskin Road, at Cloverleaf Farm, a painstakingly preserved pristine Southern property now in its third century of usefulness.

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