CONTRIBUTORS
PJ Sykes
Photographer
PJ Sykes, a professional photographer from Richmond, VA, shoots visceral, compelling live shots that have appeared in national publications such as SPIN, Paste, Alternative Press, the regional RVA magazine, and featured on the websites of Merge Records, Touch and Go!, Dischord Records and TIME magazine. Tired of seeing less-than-stellar live rock photos, PJ began shooting at local shows six years ago. He enjoys being able to present to others what he sees—the story of the live musical experience.
IN THE BLACK & WHITE:
017 - Autocue
016 - Vic Chesnutt
015 - Monotonix
014 - Heks Orkest
013 - Adalusians
012 - Akron/Family
011 - XX Merge Day 4
010 - XX Merge Day 3
009 - XX Merge Day 2
008 - XX Merge Day 1
007 - Ume
006 - The Coathangers
005 - Joe Lally
004 - Moruza
003 - Buck Gooter
002 - CJ Boyd
001 - MACRoCk
Holga photo of PJ Sykes by Melissa Koch
Laura O' Neil
Photographer
Laura has spent the last 10 years in DC, NYC and Richmond VA working various jobs in the music industry and finally learned how to use a camera. Having a unique perspective and ample experience with her subject matter, she specializes in dramatic images that capture the power and emotion of music. Her images are meant to be listened to loud. She also thinks she sounds more professional when she writes in the third person.
Mike Dulin
Writer
The Master Plan of a Captain Forever Lost at Sea
Mike Dulin is an anthro-journalist/ poet/playwright living north of Richmond, Virginia on an art-farm known as Dudetown. Along with writing poetry and composing journalistic pieces exposing culture and environment relations; Dulin is also the producer, writer, and director of an independent, surrealist theatre group called PunkSinatra. His work focuses on communication and understanding across all boundaries -- mainly through the use of common cultural symbols. While he works to say a lot in his various projects he believes Henry David Thoreau said it best:
“Many, no doubt, are well disposed, but sluggish by constitution and by habit, and they cannot conceive of a man who is actuated by higher motives than they are, accordingly they pronounce this man insane, for they know that they could never act as he does, as long as they are themselves.”
David Kenedy
Photographer
"The past five years of live coverage and alternative portraiture in Richmond has taken me through some amazing experiences, and I feel more alive because of it. RVA has been a huge inspiration for me, seriously I don’t know what I would have done without these guys. Now my work is appearing internationally, through magazines like Revolver, Spin, Guitar World, Metal Maniacs, Royal Flush, Vice, and Inked. This is the beginning of a long journey, and I am proud to be a part of such an important focal point in Richmond’s creative community."
Casey Longyear
Casey still remembers the exact moment she fell in love with Richmond, and has opened a hip second hand boutique just feet away from where she had that realization. Built through friendship and a love for creative expression, her store Rumors has become an outlet for community involvement and artistic collaborations. From coordinating fashion shows, to counseling budding VCU fashionistas, to selling clothing to people who actually think they have no interest fashion, Casey keeps Richmond's core at the heart of every project she dedicates herself to.
Check out the blog - http://www.rumorsownsyou.tumblr.com
Melissa Koch
Editor, Photographer, Writer
Melissa can usually be found shooting one of her Holgas or film cameras and hunting for vintage items at thrift stores. She has written show reviews and edits IN THE BLACK & WHITE for RVAmag.
photo by: PJ Sykes
Johnny Hugel
Writer
Johnny Hugel is a hopeless multi-tasker who spends many an evening writing about the distractions (across film, tv, comedy and the web) that keep him from focusing on his own projects, as scattered as they may be.
Jon "EP" Headlee
Filmmaker
Executive Producer of RVA TV (jon@rvamag.com), Producer for Identity: Richmond, contributing writer for the website and the magazine, and occasional photography. I'm decent with a camera in my hands, but down right sexy with my Canon HD, "Albert", by my side. Living up to my namesake, I tend to do a lot with my head, though I enjoy the occasional sojourn out of it.
Unfortunately I played football in high school instead of music, but perhaps one day I'll release a one-hit filled EP, and call "Squirrely Jesus". In the meantime, I need to finish the various projects I've started snowballing, including a feature-length documentary, a series of books on Film, Religion, Philosophy, and Mythology, a multi-media epic tale revolving around Richmond (circa 2050), and somehow make a living.
Lauren Vincelli
Writer
Lauren Vincelli is an artist, writer, DJ and graphic designer who was born and raised in Richmond, VA. and is a graduate of the University of Richmond.
She co-hosts a radio show, Radio El Radon with Adam Lacy every Wednesday from 7-9pm that can be heard live on WDCE 90.1FM in Richmond and is later podcasted from the RVA Magazine site.
Vincelli is an avid pizza enthusiast and blogs regularly about her pizza experiences on her Pizzalicious Blog.
e-mail her: Lauren@rvamag.com
Check out Lauren’s links:
http://pizzaliciousblog.blogspot.com
http://www.wdce.org
http://laurenvincelli.blogspot.com
http://twitter.com/ohyouknowocto
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