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Caption caption caption beginning with details of the current photograph.© Habitat for Humanity International/Raymond McCrea Jones https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Palmetto-Portrait/17https://raymjones.com/pf-media/Jones_PPP_012.JPGJones_PPP_012.JPGATLANTA, GEORGIA, USA (12/1/2023) - Caption caption caption beginning with details of the current photograph. © Habitat for Humanity International/Raymond McCrea Jones https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Palmetto-Portrait/18https://raymjones.com/pf-media/Jones_PPP_009.JPGJones_PPP_009.JPGATLANTA, GEORGIA, USA (12/1/2023) - Caption caption caption beginning with details of the current photograph. © Habitat for Humanity International/Raymond McCrea Jones https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Palmetto-Portrait/19https://raymjones.com/pf-media/Scan20240926_0042-positive.JPGScan20240926_0042-positive.JPGATLANTA, GEORGIA, USA (12/1/2023) - Caption caption caption beginning with details of the current photograph. © Habitat for Humanity International/Raymond McCrea Jones https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Palmetto-Portrait/20https://raymjones.com/pf-media/241013-AH-PalmettoPortrait-7361.jpg241013-AH-PalmettoPortrait-7361 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Palmetto-Portrait/21https://raymjones.com/pf-media/241017-AH-PalmettoPortrait-9490.jpg241017-AH-PalmettoPortrait-9490Creative Director: Raymond McCrea JonesScope: Public art murals (wheat paste)Title: Palmetto Portrait ProjectClient: City of Palmetto https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Palmetto-Portrait/22https://raymjones.com/pf-media/Raymond_Jones_PPP_Opening_003.JPGRaymond_Jones_PPP_Opening_003.JPG https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Palmetto-Portrait/23https://raymjones.com/pf-media/241017-AH-PalmettoPortrait-9236.jpg241017-AH-PalmettoPortrait-9236 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Palmetto-Portrait/24https://raymjones.com/pf-media/241017-AH-PalmettoPortrait-9608.jpg241017-AH-PalmettoPortrait-9608 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Palmetto-Portrait/25https://raymjones.com/pf-media/241013-AH-Drone-PalmettoPortrait-0476.jpg241013-AH-Drone-PalmettoPortrait-0476Creative Director: Raymond McCrea JonesScope: Public art murals (wheat paste)Title: Palmetto Portrait ProjectClient: City of Palmetto https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Palmetto-Portrait/26https://raymjones.com/pf-media/b27ab7059a5444d8a9220a7c9f1aa938.MP4https://raymjones.com/pf-media/Screenshot2024-10-24at12.05.33PM.pngb27ab7059a5444d8a9220a7c9f1aa938.MP4 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Editorial/1https://raymjones.com/pf-media/TI-cover.jpgTI-coverT.I. for Atlanta Magazine, 2018. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Editorial/2https://raymjones.com/pf-media/Tip-1.jpgTip-1T.I. 2018. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Editorial/3https://raymjones.com/pf-media/RMJ-House-Call-Smoove-15.jpgRMJ-House-Call-Smoove-15JB Smoove for the Wall Street Journal. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Editorial/4https://raymjones.com/pf-media/Billboard.jpgBillboard21 Savage for Billboard Magazine's Year in Music. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Editorial/5https://raymjones.com/pf-media/21Savage-RMJ-2.jpg21Savage-RMJ-221 Savage for Billboard Magazine's Year in Music. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Editorial/6https://raymjones.com/pf-media/RJ3_1662.jpgRJ3_1662 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Editorial/7https://raymjones.com/pf-media/Slutty-RMJ-25.JPGSlutty-RMJ-25.JPG https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Editorial/8https://raymjones.com/pf-media/ph200602C_Eco2.0_ATL_JustAddHoney_01497.jpgph200602C_Eco2.0_ATL_JustAddHoney_01497 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Editorial/9https://raymjones.com/pf-media/Harris.jpgHarrisActor Harris Dickinson for Out Magazine. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Editorial/10https://raymjones.com/pf-media/Harris-Dickinson-RMJ-23.jpgHarris-Dickinson-RMJ-23Actor Harris Dickinson for Out Magazine. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Editorial/11https://raymjones.com/pf-media/ATL-Mag-1.jpgATL-Mag-1 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Editorial/12https://raymjones.com/pf-media/rmj-sara-blakely-12.jpgWeekend Confidential - Sara BlakelySpanx founder Sara Blakely photographed at company headquarters in 2013. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Editorial/13https://raymjones.com/pf-media/RJ3_3507.jpgRJ3_3507 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Editorial/14https://raymjones.com/pf-media/deep-south-38.jpgdeep-south-38 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Editorial/15https://raymjones.com/pf-media/Peanuts-Jones-38.jpgPeanuts-Jones-38 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Editorial/16https://raymjones.com/pf-media/DSCF4543.jpgDSCF4543Santa Fe https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Editorial/17https://raymjones.com/pf-media/DSCF2701.jpgDSCF2701 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Editorial/18https://raymjones.com/pf-media/RJ3_1095.jpgRJ3_1095 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Editorial/19https://raymjones.com/pf-media/DSCF2619.jpgDSCF2619 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Editorial/20https://raymjones.com/pf-media/RJ3_5601.jpgRJ3_5601 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Editorial/21https://raymjones.com/pf-media/RJ3_0939.jpgRJ3_0939 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Editorial/22https://raymjones.com/pf-media/DSCF4560.jpgDSCF4560 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Editorial/23https://raymjones.com/pf-media/DSCF2637.jpgDSCF2637 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Editorial/24https://raymjones.com/pf-media/deep-south-42.jpgdeep-south-42 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Editorial/25https://raymjones.com/pf-media/deep-south-46.jpgdeep-south-46 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Editorial/26https://raymjones.com/pf-media/deep-south-31.jpgdeep-south-31 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Editorial/27https://raymjones.com/pf-media/deep-south-12.jpgdeep-south-12 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Editorial/28https://raymjones.com/pf-media/RMJ-Ryan-5.jpgRMJ-Ryan-5Ryan Lochte, a member of the U.S. swim team and 11-time Olympic medalist, poses for a portrait with newly-colored silver hair before heading to Brazil for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Editorial/29https://raymjones.com/pf-media/Jacquees-RMJ-4.jpgJacquees-RMJ-4Jacquees for Billboard Magazine. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Editorial/30https://raymjones.com/pf-media/DSC00622.jpgDSC00622 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Editorial/31https://raymjones.com/pf-media/005_bars.jpg005_barsBest Bars in Atlanta for Atlanta Magazine. Shown here, Wrecking Bar Brewpub. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Editorial/32https://raymjones.com/pf-media/008_bars.jpg008_barsBest Bars in Atlanta for Atlanta Magazine. Shown here, Argosy. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Editorial/33https://raymjones.com/pf-media/010_bars.jpg010_barsBest Bars in Atlanta for Atlanta Magazine. Shown here, Argosy. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Editorial/34https://raymjones.com/pf-media/_MJ_0380-copy1.jpg_MJ_0380Zach Roerig, known for his roles in Friday Night Lights and The Vampire Diaries. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Editorial/35https://raymjones.com/pf-media/27437_005_1359.jpg27437_005_1359Sergeant Andy Manzi, a 2017 CNN Hero, served two tours in Iraq before being honorably discharged. After war, he was lost, angry and had severe PTSD, but then he discovered the healing power of surfing. He wanted to give that same healing to other veterans so he started Warrior Surf, a nonprofit that provides free six-week long surf camps and therapy sessions to veterans. Since 2015, the foundation has provided services totally free to more than 200 veterans and active duty service members and their families. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Editorial/36https://raymjones.com/pf-media/RMJ_5012a.jpgRMJ_5012aCascade roller skating rink in Atlanta has sprouted a vibrant community of skaters during it's lifetime and has been the source of many music videos, documentaries and even a feature length film. Each night of the week skaters turn out to show off and get turnt like only ATL can. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Editorial/37https://raymjones.com/pf-media/DSC05863.jpgDSC05863 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Editorial/38https://raymjones.com/pf-media/jones-walking-dead-3.jpgjones-walking-dead-3.jpgCast of the AMC series "The Walking Dead" for The Hollywood Reporter. Michonne (Danai Gurira), Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) and The Governor (David Morrissey). https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Editorial/39https://raymjones.com/pf-media/rmj-dovehunt-miss-113.jpgrmj-dovehunt-miss-113 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Editorial/40https://raymjones.com/pf-media/RMJ_9578.jpgRMJ_9578 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Editorial/41https://raymjones.com/pf-media/rmj-summerhill-livingwalls-33.jpgrmj-summerhill-livingwalls-33.jpgLiving Walls, Atlanta, 2013. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Editorial/42https://raymjones.com/pf-media/rmj-summerhill-livingwalls-5.jpgrmj-summerhill-livingwalls-5.jpgLiving Walls, Atlanta, 2013. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Editorial/43https://raymjones.com/pf-media/Creature-Colin-Laura-6.jpgCreature-Colin-Laura-6 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Editorial/44https://raymjones.com/pf-media/KordaleNKaleb-RMJ-24.jpgKordaleNKaleb-RMJ-24Kordale and Kaleb and family. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Editorial/45https://raymjones.com/pf-media/IMG_0144.jpgIMG_0144.jpgCross Sound Ferry between Connecticut and Long Island. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Editorial/46https://raymjones.com/pf-media/RJ3_9956.jpgRJ3_9956 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Editorial/47https://raymjones.com/pf-media/music-midtown-2.jpgmusic-midtown-2 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Editorial/48https://raymjones.com/pf-media/Ted-Terry.jpgTed-Terry https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Editorial/49https://raymjones.com/pf-media/rmj-publicschool-20.jpgrmj-publicschool-2009/08/13 A peaks throug the curtain before the beginning of the show. Public School Spring collection at Milk Studios.NYTCREDIT: Raymond McCrea Jones for The New York Times https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Editorial/50https://raymjones.com/pf-media/DSC02230.jpgDSC02230 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Editorial/51https://raymjones.com/pf-media/Equestrian-RMJ-15.jpgEquestrian-RMJ-15 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Editorial/52https://raymjones.com/pf-media/deep-south-2.jpgdeep-south-2TomorrowWorld, 2014. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Editorial/53https://raymjones.com/pf-media/rmj-tw-9.jpgrmj-tw-9.jpgTomorrowWorldIn September 2013 tens of thousands of revelers descended upon Bouckaert Farm in Chattahoochee Hills outside of Atlanta for the massive electronic dance music festival called TomorrowWorld. It was the debut of a U.S. incarnation of the Belgian festival, Tomorrowland, that’s been going on since 2005 and is the largest of its kind in the world. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Editorial/54https://raymjones.com/pf-media/7T2A0807.jpg7T2A0807 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Editorial/55https://raymjones.com/pf-media/Jones-Porchfest-2015-11.jpgJones-Porchfest-2015-11 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Editorial/56https://raymjones.com/pf-media/RMJ-Wired-1.jpgRMJ-Wired-1 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Editorial/57https://raymjones.com/pf-media/Equestrian-RMJ-33.jpgEquestrian-RMJ-33 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Editorial/58https://raymjones.com/pf-media/music-midtown-3.jpgmusic-midtown-3Music Midtown, 2018. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Editorial/59https://raymjones.com/pf-media/_MJ_0998-copy1.jpg_MJ_0998Sir Richard Branson, founder of Virgin Group. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Editorial/60https://raymjones.com/pf-media/_MJ_1032-copy1.jpg_MJ_1032Sir Richard Branson, founder of Virgin Group. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Editorial/61https://raymjones.com/pf-media/Jamal-Lewis-1.jpgJamal-Lewis-1Retired NFL all-star Jamal Lewis, 2018. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Editorial/62https://raymjones.com/pf-media/RJ3_9397.jpgRJ3_9397 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Editorial/63https://raymjones.com/pf-media/RMJ-covenant-web-5.jpgRMJ-covenant-web-5The photographs in this series are part of a new ongoing project aimed a putting a face on homeless children and youth. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Editorial/64https://raymjones.com/pf-media/Schroder-RMJ-low-3.jpgSchroder-RMJ-low-3Dennis Schröder of the Atlanta Hawks. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Editorial/65https://raymjones.com/pf-media/Schroder-RMJ-low-12.jpgSchroder-RMJ-low-12Dennis Schröder of the Atlanta Hawks. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Editorial/66https://raymjones.com/pf-media/RMJ_9687.jpgRMJ_9687Lacfest is a country rap music festival held yearly in Blackshear, GA. Thousands of spectators drive from all over the southeast and beyond to "let their country hang out." Like many festivals within this genre, Lacfest is held at a mud bog. The entire weekend is filled with mudding, drinking, music and food. The Lacs, who are from Baxley, started this festival in 2011. Here, John Lee Smith, known by his stage name Big Smo, from Nashville poses for a portait before taking the stage to perform.CREDIT: Raymond McCrea Jones https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Mustangs/1https://raymjones.com/pf-media/Equestrian-RMJ-2.jpgEquestrian-RMJ-2Elisa Wallace, a professional equestrian who was a part of the U.S. national team, lives and trains in Jasper, Ga.. When she's not training or competing she is working passionately at rescuing and training wild mustangs. Mustangs are feral horses that are found in the wild in the Western U.S. They are found primarily on public lands especially lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management. Due to land scarcity and growing population size, each year hundreds are rounded up and placed in holding facilities and even euthanized or slaughtered. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Mustangs/2https://raymjones.com/pf-media/Equestrian-RMJ-33.jpgEquestrian-RMJ-33 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Mustangs/3https://raymjones.com/pf-media/Equestrian-RMJ-38.jpgEquestrian-RMJ-38 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Mustangs/4https://raymjones.com/pf-media/Equestrian-RMJ-23.jpgEquestrian-RMJ-23 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Mustangs/5https://raymjones.com/pf-media/Equestrian-RMJ-25.jpgEquestrian-RMJ-25 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Mustangs/6https://raymjones.com/pf-media/Equestrian-RMJ-26.jpgEquestrian-RMJ-26 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Mustangs/7https://raymjones.com/pf-media/Equestrian-RMJ-27.jpgEquestrian-RMJ-27 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Mustangs/8https://raymjones.com/pf-media/Equestrian-RMJ-18.jpgEquestrian-RMJ-18 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Mustangs/9https://raymjones.com/pf-media/Equestrian-RMJ-29.jpgEquestrian-RMJ-29 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Mustangs/10https://raymjones.com/pf-media/Equestrian-RMJ-31.jpgEquestrian-RMJ-31 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Mustangs/11https://raymjones.com/pf-media/Equestrian-RMJ-17.jpgEquestrian-RMJ-17 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Mustangs/12https://raymjones.com/pf-media/Equestrian-RMJ-15.jpgEquestrian-RMJ-15 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Mustangs/13https://raymjones.com/pf-media/Equestrian-RMJ-14.jpgEquestrian-RMJ-14 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Mustangs/14https://raymjones.com/pf-media/Equestrian-RMJ-9.jpgEquestrian-RMJ-9 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Mustangs/15https://raymjones.com/pf-media/Equestrian-RMJ-8.jpgEquestrian-RMJ-8 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Mustangs/16https://raymjones.com/pf-media/Equestrian-RMJ-11.jpgEquestrian-RMJ-11 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Mustangs/17https://raymjones.com/pf-media/Equestrian-RMJ-22.jpgEquestrian-RMJ-22 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Mustangs/18https://raymjones.com/pf-media/Equestrian-RMJ-20.jpgEquestrian-RMJ-20 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Mustangs/19https://raymjones.com/pf-media/Equestrian-RMJ-34.jpgEquestrian-RMJ-34 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Mustangs/20https://raymjones.com/pf-media/Equestrian-RMJ-21.jpgEquestrian-RMJ-21 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Mustangs/21https://raymjones.com/pf-media/Equestrian-RMJ-37.jpgEquestrian-RMJ-37 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Mustangs/22https://raymjones.com/pf-media/Equestrian-RMJ-35.jpgEquestrian-RMJ-35 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Trap-Chronicles/1https://raymjones.com/pf-media/RS-Trap-1.jpgRS-Trap-1Trap Chronicles featured in Rolling Stone. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Trap-Chronicles/2https://raymjones.com/pf-media/RJ3_5345.jpgRJ3_5345// Trap Chronicles // From #1 chart toppers like Migos or 21 Savage to rising stars like Lil Gnar or Lil Keed Atlanta is known worldwide as the hub of trap music. The studios, neighborhoods, producers, managers and strip clubs all play a vital role in the burgeoning genre’s ecosystem. Built on the foundation of long established rap artists and labels in the city there’s a culture and system in Atlanta that has caused the creative explosion of Trap music. Furthermore the reach of trap music is now felt internationally and undeniably powerful in the capitalism of the music industry. As the trap machine continues to develop new artists at a phenomenal rate there’s a constant push and pull between authenticity and street credibility and the marketability of an increasingly popular genre in pop culture. Trap Chronicles explores these themes.The rapper Yung Mal, left, sits with a friend in front of the trap house where he sometimes stays in East Atlanta. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Trap-Chronicles/3https://raymjones.com/pf-media/RJ3_9956.jpgRJ3_9956 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Trap-Chronicles/4https://raymjones.com/pf-media/RJ3_8386.jpgRJ3_8386// Trap Chronicles // From #1 chart toppers like Migos or 21 Savage to rising stars like Lil Gnar or Lil Keed Atlanta is known worldwide as the hub of trap music. The studios, neighborhoods, producers, managers and strip clubs all play a vital role in the burgeoning genre’s ecosystem. Built on the foundation of long established rap artists and labels in the city there’s a culture and system in Atlanta that has caused the creative explosion of Trap music. Furthermore the reach of trap music is now felt internationally and undeniably powerful in the capitalism of the music industry. As the trap machine continues to develop new artists at a phenomenal rate there’s a constant push and pull between authenticity and street credibility and the marketability of an increasingly popular genre in pop culture. Trap Chronicles explores these themes.Album release party for the recording artist Skooly. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Trap-Chronicles/5https://raymjones.com/pf-media/RJ3_5850.jpgRJ3_5850Yung Nudy at LVRN. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Trap-Chronicles/6https://raymjones.com/pf-media/RJ3_0805.jpgRJ3_0805The producer Dun Deal. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Trap-Chronicles/7https://raymjones.com/pf-media/RMJ_21-0241.jpg21 Savage. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Trap-Chronicles/8https://raymjones.com/pf-media/RJ3_1565.jpgRJ3_1565The entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuk who has become somewhat of the "trap whisperer," with rapper Tee Grizzley at a Super Bowl party in 2019. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Trap-Chronicles/9https://raymjones.com/pf-media/RJ3_9315.jpgRJ3_9315The general vibe at Magic City on a Friday night. Here, a customer called Coco Luxury gets a dance from three of her favorite dancers. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Trap-Chronicles/10https://raymjones.com/pf-media/RJ3_6201.jpgRJ3_6201LVRN content director Jeremy Baiden. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Trap-Chronicles/11https://raymjones.com/pf-media/RJ3_7693.jpgRJ3_7693Skooly https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Trap-Chronicles/12https://raymjones.com/pf-media/RJ3_5814.jpgRJ3_5814Young Thug watching Lil Keed perform at his album release show. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Trap-Chronicles/13https://raymjones.com/pf-media/RJ3_9540.jpgRJ3_9540The general vibe at Magic City on a Friday night. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Trap-Chronicles/14https://raymjones.com/pf-media/RJ3_9612.jpgRJ3_9612A stripper collects her earning after a dance at Magic City. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Trap-Chronicles/15https://raymjones.com/pf-media/RJ3_9946.jpgRJ3_9946A display at the Trap Music Museum. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Trap-Chronicles/16https://raymjones.com/pf-media/RJ3_1226.jpgRJ3_1226Lil Keed performing at a Super Bowl party by Gary Vaynerchuk. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Trap-Chronicles/17https://raymjones.com/pf-media/RJ3_2186.jpgRJ3_2186Megan Thee Stallion https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Trap-Chronicles/18https://raymjones.com/pf-media/RJ3_2517.jpgRJ3_2517Lil Keed after performing at a Rolling Stone party. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Trap-Chronicles/19https://raymjones.com/pf-media/RJ3_3429.jpgRJ3_3429Young Thug performing at a Rolling Stone party for the Super Bowl. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Trap-Chronicles/20https://raymjones.com/pf-media/RJ3_5031.jpgRJ3_5031DJ eSUDD, left, works with rapper Fatt Sosa at the Street Execs Studio, owned by megastar 2 Chainz.CREDIT: Raymond McCrea Jones https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Trap-Chronicles/21https://raymjones.com/pf-media/RJ3_0518.jpgRJ3_0518The infamous Magic City on Forsyth St. in Castleberry Hill. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Trap-Chronicles/22https://raymjones.com/pf-media/RJ3_5286.jpgRJ3_5286Producer and rapper Smiley Face. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Trap-Chronicles/23https://raymjones.com/pf-media/RJ3_5527.jpgRJ3_5527Lil Gotit https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Trap-Chronicles/24https://raymjones.com/pf-media/RJ3_6090.jpgRJ3_60906LACK's producer Singawd at LVRN studios. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Trap-Chronicles/25https://raymjones.com/pf-media/RJ3_6882.jpgRJ3_6882An interactive listening session setup in a vacant motel in East Atlanta for 21 Savage's album I Am > I Was. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Trap-Chronicles/26https://raymjones.com/pf-media/RJ3_6955.jpgRJ3_6955An interactive listening session setup in a vacant motel in East Atlanta for 21 Savage's album I Am > I Was. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Trap-Chronicles/27https://raymjones.com/pf-media/RJ3_7056.jpgRJ3_7056An interactive listening session setup in a vacant motel in East Atlanta for 21 Savage's album I Am > I Was. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Trap-Chronicles/28https://raymjones.com/pf-media/RJ3_7132.jpgRJ3_7132An interactive listening session setup in a vacant motel in East Atlanta for 21 Savage's album I Am > I Was. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Trap-Chronicles/29https://raymjones.com/pf-media/RJ3_7372.jpgRJ3_7372Coalition DJs 10 year anniversary party. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Trap-Chronicles/30https://raymjones.com/pf-media/RJ3_7844.jpgRJ3_7844A working list for the artist Skooly's upcoming album at Street Execs Studio. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Trap-Chronicles/31https://raymjones.com/pf-media/trap-2.jpgtrap-2Stacks of $1 dollar bills are offered to customers at a club in Atlanta to use for tipping. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Trap-Chronicles/32https://raymjones.com/pf-media/trap-1.jpgtrap-1Gucci sneakers on Lil Gotit https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Trap-Chronicles/33https://raymjones.com/pf-media/RJ3_9195.jpgRJ3_9195Taylor Girlz and LightSkinKeisha talking to press backstage at the Coalition DJs 11th anniversary show. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Trap-Chronicles/34https://raymjones.com/pf-media/TIP-3.jpgTIP-3Rapper, actor and producer T.I. with his youngest daughter Heiress at a family dinner party for another son, Domani. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Birth-of-a-Warrior/1https://raymjones.com/pf-media/DSC06881.jpgDSC06881"Birth of a Warrior: Ten Weeks in Basic Training" is the second monograph by Raymond McCrea Jones. It was published by University Press of New England imprint ForeEdge in September 2015. From the publisher: “The stunning photographs in "Birth of a Warrior" chronicles the transformation of 162 young men from across the country into U.S. Army Delta Company 2/47. From four in the morning until late at night, through arrival, processing, outfitting, marching, inspection, drill, physical training, combat training, and live-fire exercises, Jones documents an astonishing metamorphosis. Granted unprecedented access to the lives of these recruits and the NCOs responsible for their basic training, he photographs everything from their first haircuts to the tossing of their caps at graduation. "Birth of a Warrior" is both their story and our story: a profound look at the culture and humanity of those who go off to war.” Recent press: School of Visual Arts lecture NPR: WUNC NPR: WABE Politico Mashable Atlanta Celebrates Photography Arts ATL You can order the book at any one of the following locations: UPNE, Amazon or Indie Bound. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Birth-of-a-Warrior/2https://raymjones.com/pf-media/0147-soldiers-rmj.jpg0147-soldiers-rmj.jpg"Birth of a Warrior: Ten Weeks in Basic Training" is the second monograph by Raymond McCrea Jones. It was published by University Press of New England imprint ForeEdge in September 2015. From the publisher: “The stunning photographs in "Birth of a Warrior" chronicles the transformation of 162 young men from across the country into U.S. Army Delta Company 2/47. From four in the morning until late at night, through arrival, processing, outfitting, marching, inspection, drill, physical training, combat training, and live-fire exercises, Jones documents an astonishing metamorphosis. Granted unprecedented access to the lives of these recruits and the NCOs responsible for their basic training, he photographs everything from their first haircuts to the tossing of their caps at graduation. "Birth of a Warrior" is both their story and our story: a profound look at the culture and humanity of those who go off to war.” Recent press: School of Visual Arts lecture NPR: WUNC NPR: WABE Politico Mashable Atlanta Celebrates Photography Arts ATL You can order the book at any one of the following locations: UPNE, Amazon or Indie Bound. Here, Army recruits sit silent and still as they wait to depart the bus and set foot at Fort Benning for the first time.Recruits traverse the night infiltration course while being lit by flares as bullets pass by overhead. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Birth-of-a-Warrior/3https://raymjones.com/pf-media/0001-soldiers-rmj.jpg0001-soldiers-rmj.jpg https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Birth-of-a-Warrior/4https://raymjones.com/pf-media/0025-soldiers-rmj.jpg0025-soldiers-rmj.jpgRecruits line up in formation. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Birth-of-a-Warrior/5https://raymjones.com/pf-media/RMJ_2740.jpgRMJ_2740A recruit from D/Co 247 takes a rare quiet moment to sit under a tree during a field exercise to study. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Birth-of-a-Warrior/6https://raymjones.com/pf-media/0013-soldiers-rmj.jpg0013-soldiers-rmj.jpg https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Birth-of-a-Warrior/7https://raymjones.com/pf-media/0057-soldiers-rmj.jpg0057-soldiers-rmj.jpgA drill instructor uses push ups to "motivate" recruits. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Birth-of-a-Warrior/8https://raymjones.com/pf-media/IMG_0870.jpgIMG_0870 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Birth-of-a-Warrior/9https://raymjones.com/pf-media/IMG_0895.jpgIMG_0895 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Birth-of-a-Warrior/10https://raymjones.com/pf-media/0027-soldiers-rmj.jpg0027-soldiers-rmj.jpgRecruits stand amid their personal items and newly issued uniforms as a drill instructor helps them organize. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Birth-of-a-Warrior/11https://raymjones.com/pf-media/0047-soldiers-rmj.jpg0047-soldiers-rmj.jpgRecruits are required to do physical training every day to meet certain requirements by the end of basic training or they will not graduate. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Birth-of-a-Warrior/12https://raymjones.com/pf-media/0082-soldiers-rmj.jpg0082-soldiers-rmj.jpgDrill instructors are restricted from things like using cell phones or smoking around recruits but during a break in the action two instructors relax. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Birth-of-a-Warrior/13https://raymjones.com/pf-media/0044-soldiers-rmj.jpg0044-soldiers-rmj.jpgA drill instructor has a one on one talk with a new recruit. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Birth-of-a-Warrior/14https://raymjones.com/pf-media/0115-soldiers-rmj.jpg0115-soldiers-rmj.jpgA platoon runs through the forest during an exercise. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Birth-of-a-Warrior/15https://raymjones.com/pf-media/0032-soldiers-rmj.jpg0032-soldiers-rmj.jpg One of the most common injuries of recruits during basic training are foot injuries. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Birth-of-a-Warrior/16https://raymjones.com/pf-media/RMJ_8646.jpgRMJ_8646 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Birth-of-a-Warrior/17https://raymjones.com/pf-media/RMJ_2152.jpgRMJ_2152 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Birth-of-a-Warrior/18https://raymjones.com/pf-media/0127-soldiers-rmj.jpg0127-soldiers-rmj.jpgA drill instructor looks up toward recruits as they rappel down the wall. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Birth-of-a-Warrior/19https://raymjones.com/pf-media/0093-soldiers-rmj.jpg0093-soldiers-rmj.jpgA recruit falls from the obstacle and covers his face as he was trained. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Birth-of-a-Warrior/20https://raymjones.com/pf-media/RMJ_4751-copy1.jpgRMJ_4751 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Birth-of-a-Warrior/21https://raymjones.com/pf-media/0161-soldiers-rmj.jpg0161-soldiers-rmj.jpgRecruits help straighten the beret of another as they prepare for graduation. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Birth-of-a-Warrior/22https://raymjones.com/pf-media/0157-soldiers-rmj.jpg0157-soldiers-rmj.jpgA recruit says goodbye to his mother as family day comes to a close. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Palomares-1966/1https://raymjones.com/pf-media/DSC06932.jpgDSC06932In 1966, a B-52 bomber on a Cold War nuclear patrol exploded over Spain, releasing four hydrogen bombs. Fifty years later, Air Force veterans involved with the cleanup are sick and want recognition. Here, John H. Garman was in the United States Air Force when, in 1966, a fully loaded B-52 bomber on a Cold War nuclear patrol collided with a refueling jet high over the Spanish coast, freeing four hydrogen bombs that went tumbling toward a coastal farming village called Palomares. Mr. Garman was among those who were first on the scene of the crash. See the entire story at nytimes.com<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/20/us/decades-later-sickness-among-airmen-after-a-hydrogen-bomb-accident.html">nytimes.com</a> https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Palomares-1966/2https://raymjones.com/pf-media/04_Palomares.jpg04_Palomares https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Palomares-1966/3https://raymjones.com/pf-media/02_Palomares.jpg02_Palomares https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Palomares-1966/4https://raymjones.com/pf-media/03_Palomares.jpg03_Palomares https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Palomares-1966/5https://raymjones.com/pf-media/DSC06926.jpgDSC06926Nolan F. Watson, also among those at the crash site, had problems with painful joints, kidney stones and localized skin cancer. In 2002, he was diagnosed with kidney cancer. In 2010, more cancer showed up in his remaining kidney. Recent abnormal blood tests suggested leukemia. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Palomares-1966/6https://raymjones.com/pf-media/06_Palomares.jpg06_Palomares https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Palomares-1966/7https://raymjones.com/pf-media/07_Palomares.jpg07_Palomares https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Palomares-1966/8https://raymjones.com/pf-media/08_Palomares.jpg08_Palomares https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Palomares-1966/9https://raymjones.com/pf-media/DSC06930.jpgDSC06930 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Palomares-1966/10https://raymjones.com/pf-media/09_Palomares.jpg09_Palomares https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Palomares-1966/11https://raymjones.com/pf-media/DSC06940.jpgDSC06940Arthur Kindler, who had been so covered in plutonium while searching the tomato fields a few days after the crash that the Air Force made him wash off in the ocean and took his clothes, got testicular cancer and a rare lung infection that nearly killed him four years after the crash. Credit https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Palomares-1966/12https://raymjones.com/pf-media/11_Palomares.jpg11_Palomares https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Palomares-1966/13https://raymjones.com/pf-media/12_Palomares.jpg12_Palomares https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Palomares-1966/14https://raymjones.com/pf-media/13_Palomares.jpg13_Palomares https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Palomares-1966/15https://raymjones.com/pf-media/DSC06917.jpgDSC06917Victor B. Skaar, now 79, worked with the testing team at the crash site. “Did we follow protocol?” he said. “Hell, no. We had neither the time nor the equipment.” https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Palomares-1966/16https://raymjones.com/pf-media/15_Palomares.jpg15_Palomares https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Palomares-1966/17https://raymjones.com/pf-media/16_Palomares.jpg16_Palomares https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Palomares-1966/18https://raymjones.com/pf-media/17_Palomares.jpg17_Palomares https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Palomares-1966/19https://raymjones.com/pf-media/DSC06914.jpgDSC06914 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Palomares-1966/20https://raymjones.com/pf-media/19_Palomares.jpg19_Palomares https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Palomares-1966/21https://raymjones.com/pf-media/DSC06924.jpgDSC06924Dr. Lawrence T. Odland, the Air Force’s chief of radiation testing, persuaded the Air Force in 1966 to set up a permanent “Plutonium Deposition Registry Board” to monitor the men for life, but the program was terminated. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Palomares-1966/22https://raymjones.com/pf-media/20_Palomares.jpg20_Palomares https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Palomares-1966/23https://raymjones.com/pf-media/21_Palomares.jpg21_Palomares https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Palomares-1966/24https://raymjones.com/pf-media/DSC06935.jpgDSC06935 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Palomares-1966/25https://raymjones.com/pf-media/23_Palomares.jpg23_Palomares https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Palomares-1966/26https://raymjones.com/pf-media/24_Palomares.jpg24_Palomares https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Palomares-1966/27https://raymjones.com/pf-media/DSC06922.jpgDSC06922 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Backwoods-Rhymes/1https://raymjones.com/pf-media/RMJ_9665.jpgRMJ_9665Backwoods Rhymes, Rolling Stone. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Backwoods-Rhymes/2https://raymjones.com/pf-media/RMJ_9667.jpgRMJ_9667 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Backwoods-Rhymes/3https://raymjones.com/pf-media/RMJ_9660.jpgRMJ_9660 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Backwoods-Rhymes/4https://raymjones.com/pf-media/RMJ_9608.jpgRMJ_9608 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Backwoods-Rhymes/5https://raymjones.com/pf-media/RMJ_9578.jpgRMJ_9578 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Backwoods-Rhymes/6https://raymjones.com/pf-media/RMJ_9687.jpgRMJ_9687Lacfest is a country rap music festival held yearly in Blackshear, GA. Thousands of spectators drive from all over the southeast and beyond to "let their country hang out." Like many festivals within this genre, Lacfest is held at a mud bog. The entire weekend is filled with mudding, drinking, music and food. The Lacs, who are from Baxley, started this festival in 2011. Here, John Lee Smith, known by his stage name Big Smo, from Nashville poses for a portait before taking the stage to perform.CREDIT: Raymond McCrea Jones https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Backwoods-Rhymes/7https://raymjones.com/pf-media/RMJ_9927.jpgRMJ_9927 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Backwoods-Rhymes/8https://raymjones.com/pf-media/RMJ_0135.jpgRMJ_0135Lacfest is a country rap music festival held yearly in Blackshear, GA. Thousands of spectators drive from all over the southeast and beyond to "let their country hang out." Like many festivals within this genre, Lacfest is held at a mud bog. The entire weekend is filled with mudding, drinking, music and food. The Lacs, who are from Baxley, started this festival in 2011. Here, Dusty "Tex" Dahlgren of Moonshine Bandits gestures toward the Rolling Stone photographer.CREDIT: Raymond McCrea Jones https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Backwoods-Rhymes/9https://raymjones.com/pf-media/RMJ_9999.jpgRMJ_9999 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Backwoods-Rhymes/10https://raymjones.com/pf-media/RMJ_9616.jpgRMJ_9616 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Backwoods-Rhymes/11https://raymjones.com/pf-media/RMJ_9821.jpgRMJ_9821 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Backwoods-Rhymes/12https://raymjones.com/pf-media/RMJ_9639.jpgRMJ_9639 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/TomorrowWorld/1https://raymjones.com/pf-media/7T2A0807.jpg7T2A0807 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/TomorrowWorld/2https://raymjones.com/pf-media/tomorrowworld2-12.jpgtomorrowworld2-12 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/TomorrowWorld/3https://raymjones.com/pf-media/rmj-tw-9.jpgrmj-tw-9.jpgTomorrowWorldIn September 2013 tens of thousands of revelers descended upon Bouckaert Farm in Chattahoochee Hills outside of Atlanta for the massive electronic dance music festival called TomorrowWorld. It was the debut of a U.S. incarnation of the Belgian festival, Tomorrowland, that’s been going on since 2005 and is the largest of its kind in the world. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/TomorrowWorld/4https://raymjones.com/pf-media/7T2A1039.jpg7T2A1039 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/TomorrowWorld/5https://raymjones.com/pf-media/7T2A1189.jpg7T2A1189 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/TomorrowWorld/6https://raymjones.com/pf-media/7T2A0624.jpg7T2A0624 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/TomorrowWorld/7https://raymjones.com/pf-media/tomorrowworld2-26.jpgtomorrowworld2-26 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/TomorrowWorld/8https://raymjones.com/pf-media/7T2A0734.jpg7T2A0734 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/TomorrowWorld/9https://raymjones.com/pf-media/7T2A0562.jpg7T2A0562 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/TomorrowWorld/10https://raymjones.com/pf-media/7T2A0156.jpg7T2A0156 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/TomorrowWorld/11https://raymjones.com/pf-media/7T2A0761.jpg7T2A0761 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/TomorrowWorld/12https://raymjones.com/pf-media/rmj-tw-26.jpgrmj-tw-26.jpg https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/TomorrowWorld/13https://raymjones.com/pf-media/rmj-tw-11.jpgrmj-tw-11.jpg https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/TomorrowWorld/14https://raymjones.com/pf-media/rmj-tw-33.jpgrmj-tw-33.jpg https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/TomorrowWorld/15https://raymjones.com/pf-media/tomorrowworld2-11.jpgtomorrowworld2-11 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/TomorrowWorld/16https://raymjones.com/pf-media/tomorrowworld2-14.jpgtomorrowworld2-14 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/TomorrowWorld/17https://raymjones.com/pf-media/rmj-tw-25.jpgrmj-tw-25.jpg https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/TomorrowWorld/18https://raymjones.com/pf-media/rmj-tw-15.jpgrmj-tw-15.jpg https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/TomorrowWorld/19https://raymjones.com/pf-media/rmj-tw-43.jpgrmj-tw-43.jpg https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/TomorrowWorld/20https://raymjones.com/pf-media/rmj-tw-47.jpgrmj-tw-47.jpg https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/TomorrowWorld/21https://raymjones.com/pf-media/tomorrowworld2-16.jpgtomorrowworld2-16 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/TomorrowWorld/22https://raymjones.com/pf-media/tomorrowworld2-18.jpgtomorrowworld2-18 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/TomorrowWorld/23https://raymjones.com/pf-media/tomorrowworld2-21.jpgtomorrowworld2-21 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/TomorrowWorld/24https://raymjones.com/pf-media/tomorrowworld2-22.jpgtomorrowworld2-22 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/TomorrowWorld/25https://raymjones.com/pf-media/tomorrowworld2-23.jpgtomorrowworld2-23 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/TomorrowWorld/26https://raymjones.com/pf-media/tomorrowworld2-24.jpgtomorrowworld2-24 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/The-Furry-Fandom/1https://raymjones.com/pf-media/jones-furries-03.jpgjones-furries-03.jpg https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/The-Furry-Fandom/2https://raymjones.com/pf-media/jones-furries-02.jpgjones-furries-02.jpg https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/The-Furry-Fandom/3https://raymjones.com/pf-media/jones-furries-19.jpgjones-furries-19.jpgFurry Weekend Atlanta, 2013. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/The-Furry-Fandom/4https://raymjones.com/pf-media/jones-furries-04.jpgjones-furries-04.jpgFurry FandomThe majority of those part of the furry fandom believe the group as a whole gets a bad rap because of a small portion of the base that takes the fascination with anthropomorphism to a place many are uncomfortable with. Fetishes, sexual deviance, etc. However, the majority of furries prefer to spend them time surrounded by others like them simply having a good time. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/The-Furry-Fandom/5https://raymjones.com/pf-media/jones-furries-01.jpgjones-furries-01.jpg https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/The-Furry-Fandom/6https://raymjones.com/pf-media/jones-furries-05.jpgjones-furries-05.jpg https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/The-Furry-Fandom/7https://raymjones.com/pf-media/jones-furries-06.jpgjones-furries-06.jpg https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/The-Furry-Fandom/8https://raymjones.com/pf-media/jones-furries-07.jpgjones-furries-07.jpg https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/The-Furry-Fandom/9https://raymjones.com/pf-media/jones-furries-09.jpgjones-furries-09.jpg https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/The-Furry-Fandom/10https://raymjones.com/pf-media/jones-furries-10.jpgjones-furries-10.jpg 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https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Deep-South-Paradise/30https://raymjones.com/pf-media/deep-south-40.jpgdeep-south-40 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Deep-South-Paradise/31https://raymjones.com/pf-media/deep-south-44.jpgdeep-south-44 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Deep-South-Paradise/32https://raymjones.com/pf-media/deep-south-45.jpgdeep-south-45 https://raymjones.com/Creative-Direction/1https://raymjones.com/pf-media/Creature_Flashsheet.jpgCreature_FlashsheetCreative Director: Raymond McCrea JonesDesigner: Ryan Warner WoodScope: BrandingClient: Creature Studio https://raymjones.com/Creative-Direction/2https://raymjones.com/pf-media/0I0A3635.jpg0I0A3635Creative Director: Raymond McCrea JonesScope: Full buildout and interior designClient: Creature Studio https://raymjones.com/Creative-Direction/3https://raymjones.com/pf-media/Creature-finished-20.jpgCreature-finished-20Creative Director: Raymond McCrea JonesScope: Custom wallpaperClient: Creature Studio https://raymjones.com/Creative-Direction/4https://raymjones.com/pf-media/241013-AH-Drone-PalmettoPortrait-0476.jpg241013-AH-Drone-PalmettoPortrait-0476Creative Director: Raymond McCrea JonesScope: Public art murals (wheat paste)Title: Palmetto Portrait ProjectClient: City of Palmetto https://raymjones.com/Creative-Direction/5https://raymjones.com/pf-media/241017-AH-PalmettoPortrait-9490.jpg241017-AH-PalmettoPortrait-9490Creative Director: Raymond McCrea JonesScope: Public art murals (wheat paste)Title: Palmetto Portrait ProjectClient: City of Palmetto https://raymjones.com/Consulting/1https://raymjones.com/pf-media/AlgorithmicSouthscreenrecord.mp4AlgorithmicSouthscreenrecord https://raymjones.com/Consulting/2https://raymjones.com/pf-media/Creaturesitescreenrecord.mp4Creaturesitescreenrecord https://raymjones.com/Consulting/3https://raymjones.com/pf-media/ATLPN-screenshot.jpgATLPN-screenshotATL Photo Night was founded in 2016 by my self and Kevin D. Liles. It's a monthly forum for photographers and visual artists. https://raymjones.com/Consulting/4https://raymjones.com/pf-media/251023_ATLPN_hetherington_KL100680.jpg251023_ATLPN_hetherington_KL100680 https://raymjones.com/About/1 https://raymjones.com/Transition-1/1 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Faces-of-Straight-Edge/1https://raymjones.com/pf-media/oos_full_10.jpgoos_full_10.jpg"Out of Step: Faces of Straight Edge" chronicles the contemporary straight edge community in America with over 140 pages of beautiful black & white photographs. Photographed over two years, Jones traveled around the country seeking out a diverse population to incorporate into the work. This work was independently published by Empire Press in 2007. You can order the book on Amazon.com. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Faces-of-Straight-Edge/2https://raymjones.com/pf-media/oos-comp2.jpgoos-comp2.jpgOut of Step: Faces of Straight Edge, Empire Press (2007). https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Faces-of-Straight-Edge/3https://raymjones.com/pf-media/DSC06895.jpgDSC06895"Out of Step: Faces of Straight Edge" chronicles the contemporary straight edge community in America with over 140 pages of beautiful black & white photographs. Photographed over two years, Jones traveled around the country seeking out a diverse population to incorporate into the work. This work was independently published by Empire Press in 2007. You can order the book on Amazon.com. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Faces-of-Straight-Edge/4https://raymjones.com/pf-media/oos_full_2.jpgoos_full_2.jpg https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Faces-of-Straight-Edge/5https://raymjones.com/pf-media/oos-comp1.jpgoos-comp1.jpg https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Faces-of-Straight-Edge/6https://raymjones.com/pf-media/oos_full_16.jpgoos_full_16.jpg https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Faces-of-Straight-Edge/7https://raymjones.com/pf-media/oos_full_27.jpgoos_full_27.jpg https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Faces-of-Straight-Edge/8https://raymjones.com/pf-media/oos_full_7.jpgoos_full_7.jpg https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Faces-of-Straight-Edge/9https://raymjones.com/pf-media/oos_full_8.jpgoos_full_8.jpg https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Faces-of-Straight-Edge/10https://raymjones.com/pf-media/stef2.jpgstef2.jpg https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Faces-of-Straight-Edge/11https://raymjones.com/pf-media/oos_full_19.jpgoos_full_19.jpg https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Faces-of-Straight-Edge/12https://raymjones.com/pf-media/oos_full_9.jpgoos_full_9.jpg https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Faces-of-Straight-Edge/13https://raymjones.com/pf-media/oos_full_11.jpgoos_full_11.jpg https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Faces-of-Straight-Edge/14https://raymjones.com/pf-media/oos_full_13.jpgoos_full_13.jpg https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Faces-of-Straight-Edge/15https://raymjones.com/pf-media/ken24-2.jpgken24-2.jpg https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Faces-of-Straight-Edge/16https://raymjones.com/pf-media/oos_full_14.jpgoos_full_14.jpg https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Faces-of-Straight-Edge/17https://raymjones.com/pf-media/oos_full_15.jpgoos_full_15.jpg https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Faces-of-Straight-Edge/18https://raymjones.com/pf-media/oos_full_1.jpgoos_full_1.jpg https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Faces-of-Straight-Edge/19https://raymjones.com/pf-media/oos_full_6.jpgoos_full_6.jpg https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Faces-of-Straight-Edge/20https://raymjones.com/pf-media/oos_full_17.jpgoos_full_17.jpg https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Faces-of-Straight-Edge/21https://raymjones.com/pf-media/oos_full_18.jpgoos_full_18.jpg https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Faces-of-Straight-Edge/22https://raymjones.com/pf-media/oos_full_22.jpgoos_full_22.jpg https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Faces-of-Straight-Edge/23https://raymjones.com/pf-media/oos_full_26.jpgoos_full_26.jpg https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Faces-of-Straight-Edge/24https://raymjones.com/pf-media/oos_full_29.jpgoos_full_29.jpg https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Faces-of-Straight-Edge/25https://raymjones.com/pf-media/oos_full_30.jpgoos_full_30.jpg https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Faces-of-Straight-Edge/26https://raymjones.com/pf-media/oos_full_3.jpgoos_full_3.jpg https://raymjones.com/Transition-2/1 https://raymjones.com/Transition-3/1 https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Closer-Than-My-Breath/1https://raymjones.com/pf-media/Skull-logowithtext.jpgSkull-logowithtext<a href="https://raymstudio.bigcartel.com">Click here to learn more about the project and the limited edition print drops.</a><a href="https://instagram.com/raym.jones">Click here to following along with all of the updates.</a> https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Closer-Than-My-Breath/2https://raymjones.com/pf-media/_J2_4815_Uncle_Frank.jpg_J2_4815_Uncle_FrankUncle Frank, 2025Archival Pigment PrintSigned and Numbered by the artistEdition of 1011”x14”Uncle Frank is a soul I’ll never get to meet. He died at the age of 42 — an alcoholic whose addiction killed him, leaving behind parents, siblings, and a niece who crowned him her favorite uncle. This photograph is a fragment of her memory of him — a tangible artifact she uses to fill in the blanks between moments and stories that inevitably grow fuzzier over time. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Closer-Than-My-Breath/3https://raymjones.com/pf-media/_J2_4714_Window-into-Heaven.jpg_J2_4714_Window-into-HeavenWindow into Heaven, 2025Archival Pigment PrintSigned and Numbered by the artistEdition of 1011”x14” A black box sealed off from the outside — so void and dark inside that an entire universe could exist within it, and no one would ever know. A black box that can create beauty and suffering in the same instant, without hesitation. The dark matter magic that freezes time and visualizes memory. The witchcraft of photography. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Closer-Than-My-Breath/4https://raymjones.com/pf-media/_J2_4443_Lake-Terry.jpg_J2_4443_Lake-TerryLake Terry, 2025Archival Pigment PrintSigned and Numbered by the artistEdition of 1011”x14”I grew up in Nascar country, central North Carolina. By the age of 8 I was ripping around on go karts fitted with plastic bodies of our favorite drivers like Bill Elliott and Dale Earnhardt. Everyone’s dads drank Budweiser and smoked. Church, nascar, bicycles, summer nights, flashlight tag, fireflies, scraped knees, fights, dirt jumps, micro machines, skateboarding, sunburn and He-man. Make a collage of those things and it would encapsulate the 1980s for me. This photograph is a symbol of the fleeting existence of memories and how sometimes even when you think you’ve lost a memory forever it can be rediscovered and reconstructed. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Closer-Than-My-Breath/5https://raymjones.com/pf-media/_J2_4797-Fern-Cotton-and-Oysters.jpg_J2_4797-Fern-Cotton-and-OystersFern, Cotton and Oysters, 2025Archival Pigment PrintSigned and Numbered by the artistEdition of 1011”x14”In certain parts of the country you may come upon a random collection of oyster shells in the dirt. When you look closer you’ll realize that these shells have been buried under the dirt for quite some time. As you dig them up and brush the dirt away you’ll find that they are in remarkably good condition as if they were just buried. Someone once told me this is because folks would eat oysters in large quantities, maybe for a dinner party or celebration, and then they would just throw them out into the yard in a pile. And they told me that oyster shells do not degrade as they are remarkably resilient. I’ve found oyster shells all around my property. The cotton in this photograph was gathered along the side of the road in South Georgia. I grabbed a handful blowing across the road and stuck in a jar. The mystique and tortured history of cotton really hits hard when you see a cotton field in the South with your own eyes. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Closer-Than-My-Breath/6https://raymjones.com/pf-media/010_Inside_and_Out.jpg010_Inside_and_OutInside and Out, 2025Archival Pigment PrintSigned and Numbered by the artistEdition of 1011”x14”We exist to love, explore, learn, create, grow, change, chase, fail and reflect. We are all connected. Everything we do individually has the potential to help or hurt those around us. Once can choose a life of empathy, ambition and humility or one can choose a path of fear, intolerance and egotism. This choice is not pre-determined. Walking along this journey, hand in hand with other humans, sharing experiences, conquering challenges and growing together must be the hallmark of a life lived in pursuit of ultimate enlightenment. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Closer-Than-My-Breath/7https://raymjones.com/pf-media/_J2_4753-A-Forgotten-Place.jpg_J2_4753-A-Forgotten-PlaceA Forgotten Place, 2025Archival Pigment PrintSigned and Numbered by the artistEdition of 1011”x14”Kudzu is everywhere around us in the Deep South. It springs up with its large deep green leaves, growing at an unimaginable pace. It places a mother root deep below the surface and proliferates itself through vines that spread underground before jumping out of the soil seemingly from nowhere. It is resilient beyond belief. It can create a canvas of green waves washing over entire tracts of land. It can even be cooked and eaten like collards. But as it grows and grows it swallows up anything in its path completely blocking out the sun from reaching anything under it. The rolling green shapes that are created belie a graveyard of dead or dying plants below the surface that are utterly defenseless against a predator as ruthless as this. Kudzu is here to stay and cannot be destroyed but we can learn to live amicably with it. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Closer-Than-My-Breath/8https://raymjones.com/pf-media/_J2_4802-Familial.jpg_J2_4802-FamilialFamilial, 2025Archival Pigment PrintSigned and Numbered by the artistEdition of 1011”x14”What is a memory but a reconstruction of a moment in time made from a real experience. Layers and layers of images stacked on top of one another and stitched together in whatever mode one’s brain can devise. Is this memory true or is it just a combination of the stories you’ve heard and the photographs you’ve seen? Did it even really happen? Was I even there? And, in the end, does it even matter? Photography is magic. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Closer-Than-My-Breath/9https://raymjones.com/pf-media/_J2_5151_Ultra_Ultra_Positive.jpg_J2_5151_Ultra_Ultra_PositiveUltra Ultra Positive, 2025Archival Pigment PrintSigned and Numbered by the artistEdition of 1011”x14”The layered imagery in this photograph allows for many questions to be asked? Lying asleep in my thoughts I often think about how I got here. Why was I born into this family at this time? It’s meaningless to ask really, but it does portend a deeper inner dialogue that has real value. Questions of humanity, rights to land, borders, concepts of culture, otherness, family and even politics. I challenge you to look at this photograph and be open to whatever arises in your mind. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Closer-Than-My-Breath/10https://raymjones.com/pf-media/_J2_4378-Version-3.jpg_J2_4378-Version-3Version 3, 2025Archival Pigment PrintSigned and Numbered by the artistEdition of 1011”x14”Sometimes it takes looking through layer upon layer of a memory to find some semblance of what the actual reality is. But I think maybe we obsess too much over the accuracy of our memories when we should be appreciating their dynamic ability to evolve with us as we move through different stages of life. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Closer-Than-My-Breath/11https://raymjones.com/pf-media/_J2_4739_Like-Nascar-but-Better-1.jpg_J2_4739_Like-Nascar-but-Better-1Like Nascar but Better, 2025Archival Pigment PrintSigned and Numbered by the artistEdition of 1011”x14”If I were a spider I would weave a web to collect all of the things I love in. Like my family, my music, my art, my memories and my dogs. I would bask in the sun, sometimes not moving for days but always knowing that any joy and peace I currently have is waning. Soon the home I’ve built will be destroyed by any number of causes. And I will move on and rebuild. I love this metaphor for living. This is the Joro spider. They are found in Georgia and South Carolina. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Closer-Than-My-Breath/12https://raymjones.com/pf-media/_J2_5006_Solace-in-Roots-1.jpg_J2_5006_Solace-in-Roots-1Solace in Roots, 2025Archival Pigment PrintSigned and Numbered by the artistEdition of 1011”x14”During my weeks long recovery from the broken femur and hip surgery I increasingly felt drawn outside. It was as if the trees and sun and sounds of life continuing on fully unaware of my pain and self pity was calling to me to join them. I found solace in a tree on my property that has sprawling cavernous roots that I imagine stretch for miles underground. This tree is a White Oak that I have crudely estimated to be at least 225 years old. I spent time sitting under it, studying the details and scars in its bark and watching all of the organisms to which this single tree is their whole world. This tree appears in many of the photographs in this series, unintentionally so yet obviously for a reason. https://raymjones.com/Visual-Storytelling/Closer-Than-My-Breath/13https://raymjones.com/pf-media/_J2_4509_Not-Stopping-Until-I-Get-There-.jpg_J2_4509_Not-Stopping-Until-I-Get-There-Not Stopping Til I Get There, 2025Archival Pigment PrintSigned and Numbered by the artistEdition of 1011”x14”On my property I discovered the remnants of the foundation from an old structure that had stood on this land but long forgotten. At first it was nothing more than discarded debris that was simply in the way. Over time as I walked by, I became more and more interested in its texture and character. 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