The 9th annual Renaissance Pageant took place at the Holiday Inn Select on Nov. 15. Female impersonators competed in various categories including evening wear, swimsuit, and a talent show.
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(Photo by Alan Friedman)
Mmm, doesn’t that look appetizing? As the man next to me so eloquently put it, “It looks like a bucket of dog shit, doesn’t it?” But it sure tasted excellent. This chili was being served up by the Vortex at the Chomp and Stomp chili cook-off in Cabbagetown Nov. 7. Having such a gigantic pot of chili meant that toward the end of the day the crowds were lining up at their booth.
It was fun photographing chili because it looks so disgusting, especially with direct flash, and in a giant metal pot, with chunks and brown stains lining the sides. Interestingly, despite being horrible to look at, chili is, as we all know, completely delicious. Other teams at the cook-off got quite creative with their chili naming. There was CILF (Chili I’d Like to Fork), Chilibrex (the prescription cure for headaches, backaches, and bad haircuts), Chef Boy-Ar-V, Whitey’s Mighty Chicken Chili, and the chili that was “as delicious as it is blasphemous,” the Pope-in Hot Chili.
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(Photo and text by Alan Friedman)
Chomp and Stomp filled Cabbagetown with bowls of chili and dancing feet on Nov. 7 as the neighborhood festival got yet another sunny day.
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(Photo by Alan Friedman)
Eyedrum Gallery is hosting a Day of the Dead art show that opened on Oct. 23 and will run through Nov. 29. Patrons of the art gallery were treated to a performance from Uncle Daddy and the Kissin’ Cousins along with the portrayal of a colorful part of Mexican culture.
(Photo by Alan Friedman)
This image is from the Sweet Auburn Heritage Festival that took place Oct. 3-4. I thought it was funny how this guy’s face fit perfectly in a gap in the line of cotton candy hanging from his booth, especially because of his serious expression contrasted with something fun and light-hearted like cotton candy. Even while talking to people that walked by the booth, he never moved from that position.
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(Photos and text by Alan Friedman)
A young vendor guards his wares at the Sweet Auburn Heritage Festival on Oct. 3.
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(Photos by Alan Friedman)
Cabbagetown Market held its third annual pig roast on Sept. 26. There were local pigs, locally grown sides and locally brewed beer, plus local music. Rain forced this year’s event to sheltered space so it was held at the Cabbagetown Community Center, but a little rain didn’t stop everyone from getting their roast on.
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(Photo by Alan Friedman)
The second Allstate HBCU Step Showdown returned to Atlanta to build upon the momentum of last year’s show. The best nine teams faced off at the Atlanta Civic Center on Sept. 25.
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(Photo by Alan Friedman)
This photo was taken at the Atlanta Arts Festival at Piedmont Park. I took plenty of pictures of people looking at artwork, but the “3-D” artwork at this booth made for some especially funny and interesting images. I liked this one in particular because these three people came together and made this perfect symmetry in the frame for just a couple of seconds, and they all brought the glasses up to their face at the exact same time. It was one of those photographs that just fell into place right in front of me, for just long enough for me to snap a few frames. I also thought the lack of context makes the image kind of confusing and funny.
(Photo and text by Alan Friedman)
Sadly, the second day of the Summer Shade Fest in Grant Park was rained out. But it did make for a purty photo.
(Photo by Alan Friedman)
Bassnectar opened for Sound Tribe Sector 9 [STS9], but both acts put on a psychedelic show at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater on Aug. 22.
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(Photo by Alan Friedman)
The Red Bull Manny Mania skateboarding competition took place at Underground Atlanta Aug. 8. The competition, started in 2007, is a manual contest for skaters all over the nation and stops in 15 different cities between June and September.
(Photo by Alan Friedman)
Every last Friday of the month, cyclists gather at Woodruff Park to ride through the streets of Atlanta en masse. Frequently causing major traffic angst and inspiring curses from the cars of road warriors hurrying home or to happy hour, it is always a sight to see and a source of pride for the huge cyclist community of the city.
(Photo by Alan Friedman)
I took this photograph at the Audacity of Hoops event, organized by the Dirty Truth Campaign, which took place July 25 at a public park in Mechanicsville. The purpose of the event was to bring together the community — especially youth — to rally behind the cause of cleaning up the neighborhoods near Turner Field, whose empty lots and abandoned buildings attract crime and drugs. The photograph was taken just before the first basketball game of the tournament that was held at the park. A member of the Dirty Truth Campaign had just given the two teams an overview of the rules and then had them put their hands in before the game. He must have heard me snapping away as fast as my camera would go because after the first one, he had them put their hands in a second time, presumably realizing too that it was a good shot. This was my favorite picture I took at the event because to me it symbolizes unity and the coming together of the kids in the community to get behind a common cause.
(Photo and text by Alan Friedman)
A young boy checks out the basketball court and the documentary images of Mechanicsville posted around the court during the Dirty Truth Campaign’s Audacity of Hoops event.
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(Photo by Alan Friedman)
Shot at the annual Atlanta Tattoo Arts Festival over the weekend at the Crowne Plaza Hotel Perimeter.
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(Photo by Alan Friedman)
