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PHOTOGRAPHER| Not a fuckin' lot. That's the life of Ben "the Boog" Zales, and we agree it's a pretty damn good one. Ben's been building choppers and chasing the shutter behind the lens for a solid decade now. "I've been into bikes for ten years," Ben says.
It ' s always fascinating to think of stars before they were famous, especially those who existed in an entirely different space from us. Elvis Presley shot to fame, peaked, and faded two decades before I was born.
WORDS BY RACHAEL FLORA EDITED BY EIC Since 2014, Jane "Patch" Addams has been leveling the playing field for female-driven patches in the motorcycle scene. In a "If you can read this, the bitch fell off" culture, we need the embroidered wit and craft from ladies like the brain behind Zig Zag Patch Co.
YOU don't need to be a psychology buff to enjoy "dream boy" by Andrew Lyman, but it sure couldn't hurt. The winning exhibit of Non-Fiction Gallery's "Your Art Here" contest, "dream boy" explores themes of sexuality, queerness, coming of age, digital communication, otherness and isolation, and single pieces individually and collectively explore even more themes.
Imagine that you've built a golf course in Calcutta and monkeys emerge from the trees to steal the balls from the course. It's an absurd situation, but here you are. Even with all your planning, you didn't factor in the wildlife. Monkeys come with the turf in Calcutta, but they're hindering your golf games.
There's only one place in town to go if you're interested in rap battles and breakdancing: the Jinx on Tuesdays. Sounds weird, but it's true. It's the longest-running weekly club event in Savannah. Hip Hop Night at the Jinx is an open mic of sorts that combines freestyle rapping, break dancing and DJ-ing.
On the west side of Savannah, between West Boundary and MLK up near Bay, is a little neighborhood called Yamacraw Village. Built in the 1940s, it's made up largely of Section 8 housing and, if you believe everything you hear, it's essentially an active minefield.
Surrounded by a team of volunteers, Morgan Lamb crouches on the beach on Wassaw Island, Ga., in the dead of night, watching the waves roll up to the shore. Finally, he sees the target emerging from the breaking waves: a loggerhead sea turtle. Using her flippers, the massive female crawls across the sand to lay her eggs.
Let's say you bite your nails. Do you remember the very first time you put your finger in your mouth and chewed down? What did the action offer you in the moment-a way to channel your frustration or anger or anxiety into a physical activity? Does the habit affect you now?
" Russ took one of the boxes with about 700 negatives and took them to his parents ' house in Little Rock and put it in their attic, " recalls Johnson. " He doesn ' t remember, he ' s had too many beers or something, " interjects Powell with a laugh.
Art can be frustrating when taken too seriously. It's easy to lose inspiration and be overly self-critical. Sometimes, the reinstatement of childlike wonder is just what an artist needs to fall in love with art again. That's the gist of Welcome to the Jungle Gym, a collaborative exhibit between SCAD professor Dick Bjornseth and eight-year-old Porter Stromberg.
City Council held an impromptu meeting Monday morning in response to Savannah's eight shootings in the past seven days. Mayor Edna Jackson, Alderman Mary Osborne, and Chief of Police Julie Tolbert each addressed the media before allowing questions. After voicing her displeasure with the recent gun violence, Jackson discussed the implementation of Operation Ceasefire.