My first trip to Memphis was in October and I was stunned by the music everywhere. Everywhere. So when I went back to work on this new project I knew I could not neglect Stax Records and Sun Studio. Both these places were the birthplaces of firsts — the birth of soul at Stax …
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11.28.2011 by Kendrick Brinson
Thanksgiving
Time with my family in South Carolina is precious. It’s not often that everyone can get together because my brother and I both live out of town and I travel so much for work. So when I see them, they have to put up with me taking photos. No moments like these will ever …
11.22.2011 by Kendrick Brinson
Memphis: Al Green’s Full Gospel Tabernacle
On two Sundays in October I went to The Full Gospel Tabernacle in Memphis, Tennessee. The head of the church, Reverend Al Green still harnesses the same charisma that charmed listeners to his beautiful, soulful tunes like “Let’s Stay Together,” “Tired of Being Alone,” “I’m Still in Love with You.” Decades ago in the …
11.17.2011 by Kendrick Brinson
Moving June Stone
As you know, photography opens doors every day. We’re let into strangers homes, sometimes in their most intimate moments, to record their lives. Well, the same goes for recording our own lives. As much as photojournalism touts unbiasedness, when you document your own life and the people who are important to you, you can …
11.17.2011 by Luceo Images
From the Archive
From the Archive is a regular column that features one image from our archive and appears every Thursday. LUCEO Images has a thorough group archive (keyword search bar, top right) and it can be found here.
This week we are featuring an archive image taken in The Bahamas by Kendrick Brinson.
About this Image:
“This year …
11.15.2011 by Kendrick Brinson
Memphis: Graceland
A lot of my initial exploration of Memphis for this photo story involves wandering the historic places that made Memphis the music Eden it was decades ago. With that, I couldn’t neglect Elvis’ final resting place and his famous home Graceland, which lures fans of The King from all over the world. I also …
11.14.2011 by Kendrick Brinson
Topophilia: Puerto Rico
Those of you who purchased the Brinson/Eich 2×2 know that my “Sense of Place” series has grown and evolved into a personal project called “Topophilia.”
Topophilia is literally “love of place.”
When Geographer Yi-Fu Tuan wrote a book entititled Topophilia in the 1970s, he claimed that the term could include “all emotional …
11.10.2011 by Kendrick Brinson
La Isla de Encantada
I used to think that as a photojournalist, it was my duty and dream to fly to exotic places and produce hard-hitting news stories and then head home. I actually tried to do just that once, I photographed a clinic in rural Guatemala with starving children on my own (ie no client), and, while …
11.09.2011 by Kendrick Brinson
Future for The FADER
I photographed Atlanta rapper Future for The FADER in August. I’m starting to get used to the hurry up and wait that I’ve experienced with every rapper I’ve photographed–I get there at the place and time they select and then wait an hour or two for them to show up. I photographed him recording …
11.08.2011 by Kendrick Brinson
Memphis: Beat the Battle Against Crime
I’ve started a new project after a weekend shoot for a magazine client in Memphis, Tennessee last month (I will share those images once that feature is published). Before last month I’d never been to the city, but after the first day there I knew I wanted to head back. Everywhere I went I …