KEXP Audioasis - One Last Time

Discover America, live at KEXP © William Anthony

Many Seattle locals know and love the great "listener powered" radio station 90.3 FM, KEXP.ORG. From November 2003 to November 2005 I was their photographer of record. (They now employ a team of volunteer photographers.) And nearly every Saturday night from 6-9pm, I dropped by to photograph the local music show Audioasis. It was always great fun to cram into the tiny live performance space with local bands and shoot their in-studios. All the while doing my best not to unplug or knock over anything by accident. I met some great people during my stint there and really came to love being at the station, hanging out with the DJs and musicians alike. It also gave me a chance to cut my teeth, photographically. It was a great experience all around.

So, with just a week or so until my relocation to Los Angeles, I decided to call up my Audioasis DJ buddy Abe Beeson and ask if I could drop by and shoot one last in-studio. And lucky me, it was the great local outfit, Discover America.

Shooting their set brought back a lot of really good memories.This is a small edit from their live set.

Farewell mighty Audioasis.




Discover America, live at KEXP © William Anthony


Abe Beeson with some product placement for Tacoma Screw.
© William Anthony

Update: See the rest of the set here.

A Photo Editor (APE) Promo

Rob Haggart, the formerly anonymous, former Director of Photography at Men's Journal and Outside magazine tried a little experiment in photographer promotion. He put out a call for entries on his very popular blog asking photographers to submit their freshest images to be considered for inclusion in a free online slideshow he'd make available to art directors, photo editors and art buyers. A monumental task when you consider over 1,300 photographers participated. From this, a pool of 297 images/photographers was chosen for the final slideshow.

I made the cut.

See the slideshow post here. Or see the full screen version at ilikethesephotos.com

Below are my submissions.


(L) UrbanLab founders Sarah Dunn & Martin Felsen with their daughter Aubrey, for Architect Magazine.
(R) Erin with gnome on Polaroid with bbq sauce. Personal Work.
© William Anthony


Untitled. Personal Work. © William Anthony

Rob posted that if no one included in his slideshow got any new work as a result of this promotion, he'd consider the experiment a failure. So if you are an art buyer, photo editor or art director—do it for Rob. Call me.

Alaska Airlines

I just completed a great assignment for Alaska Airlines. The Seattle-based airline needed some imagery of their employees for collateral and photo library. My crew and I spent two full days at Seatac Airport photographing staff and crew going about their work day in the terminals, gates, aircraft and their ultra-snazzy "Boardroom" VIP lounge.






All images © William Anthony

Great people. Great airline.

Credits
Photo Assistant: Ryan Schierling
Styling: Jenny Verador
Alaska Airlines Brand & Product Marketing Manager: Kathy Weishaar
Agency: HMG