Artistically Speaking - Brian Stokes
This video features natural artist Brian Stokes. He spoke with Taylor Prejean and Karen Wink of the American Press about his art and how prison introduced color to his work.
Source: americanpress.com
Christy Scothorn is the first female tattoo artist in Lake Charles. She studied art at McNeese and became a tattoo artist to making a living creating art. She is the owner of the popular Lake Charles shop, Atomic Heart Tattoo. I photographed her using Tri-X (still to be developed) and shot a few polaroids.
Source: karenwink.com
I did a drive-by of some new street art in LC thanks to Brad Puckett
Ashley Withers and I interviewed Marguerite Meaux, a nurse that worked the maternity ward of Lake Charles Memorial Hospital during the deadly 1957 storm -hurricane Audrey. I had 60 minutes of great interview to edit. It was a challenge to break it down to 12 minutes and remain true to the story and the setting. Plus, I spent many hours looking for photos and anything about Hurricane Audrey.
Lake Charles was home to an air base at Chennault at one time. I think this old building was part of that facility.
Source: karenwink.com
ahhhh, summer time! and there is already a storm brewing in the gulf.
Spend the entire day in Beauregard Parish including a trip to No Man’s Land and Merryville, La. The Mayor showed us the two markers for Leather Britches Smith, who was killed during the Grabow Riot.
A local folklorist and McNeese professor has written a book about the man and the event.
Currently I am editing my interview with Julie Kane, the Louisiana Poet Laureate. She is such a delight and a great poet. Interviewing her is already a top highlight of 2012.
I wanted to “jazz” up the poetry reading B-roll. Having seen a typographic of an Ira Glass interview by David Shiyang Liu, I decided to use some of the tools on Final Cut Pro X to give some of Kane’s poems the same touch. My plans are to use the “illustrated” poems in the next episode of “Artistically Speaking.”
Source: americanpress.com
Today I lost an old friend - Funny Face. She was an old cat. I have had her since 1996. She has moved all over with me - Louisiana, Mississippi, and Atlanta. I thought old age would catch up to her at some point but I didn’t expect my neighbor’s pit bull to kill her in my front yard because he was not properly tethered.
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