Sideshow Atlanta

The BET Awards were held in Atlanta at the Civic Center Oct. 18 and, like any red carpet event, it was a visual feast and fiasco. The throngs of press, publicists and hangers-on could have filled a high school football stadium. But instead they were packed behind ropes and in designated areas.

Rubbing shoulders with stars while feigning disinterest is an art form that most in attendance Saturday seem to have perfected. The screams that occasionally came from outside the heavily-secured gates would lead one to think that being inside those gates is what some dreams are made of. But the reality, at least from this photographer’s point of view, is sadly more mundane — glittering and glossy as much of celebrity is, but tiring nonetheless.

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(Photos by Tara-Lynne Pixley)

Atlanta fans of Kool Korner Grocery have exhaled their last breath of hope that the Cuban sandwich shop would re-open. Now, the next-door gallery has also gone the way of the grocery. Kool Korner Gallery held its Great Last Show Saturday, Oct. 11.

(Photos by Addison Hill)

Everyone wants to have their voices heard and attendees of the Democratic National Convention are certainly no exception. The first two days of the DNC in Denver saw several different groups making their individual statements via wardrobe, signs, shouting, symbols and even torture demonstration.

(Photos by Joeff Davis)

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(Photos by Ed Adams)

Acura teamed with GenArt to present a joint car launch and photo gallery show at the W Hotel June 26. Local nightlife photographer Chris Merkle, the Midnight Socialite, hosted.

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(Photos by Alan Friedman)

At locations throughout Atlanta, dozens of Sen. Barack Obama supporters held bake sales as part of the “Hungry for Change” fundraising effort. Considering one group in southwest Atlanta raised $300 by 3 p.m., there’s an easy explanation why Obama opted out of the public campaign finance system earlier in the week. He’s got a finance system all his own. “Everybody’s showing up with $2, $3,” said volunteer Karen Ceesay at the Southwest Atlanta location, or “Swatts!,” as she called it.

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(Photos by David Lee Simmons)

CL hosted Beer Fest 2008 at Woodruff Park June 14. Over 100 beers on tap, beer pong, music and summer heat. Of course, drunken debauchery ensued.

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(Photos by Tara-Lynne S. Pixley)