karen e wink

There is no such thing as taking too much time, because your soul is in that picture.- Ruth Bernhard

My job has a long list of perks. Covering the arts sits close to the top of that list.
Louisiana Public Radio and the Arts Council produce a series called Crossroads that airs in SW Louisiana on KRVS. [...]

If you want to write you should learn the alphabet. You write and write and in the end you hava a beautiful, perfect alphabet. But it isn’t the alphabet that is important. The important thing is what you are writing, what you are expressing. The same thing goes for photography. Photographs can be technically perfect [...]

In America, the photographer is not simply the person who records the past, but the one who invents it. – Susan Sontag

Everyday newspapers lose good journalists. This is old news. Most are because of layoffs, but not always.
The “American Press” lost one of my favorite reporters last week, but John Guidroz left in pursuit of a [...]

“One is responsible for one’s own life. Passivity provides no protection”.~ Madeleine Kunin
One year has passed since I ventured back into photojournalism. This has been one crazy year. It started slow but then I relocated to Southwest Louisiana. Hurricanes, helicopters, air boats, and lots of sports– I have relished all of it. My skills [...]

Shielded by the Protector choose one of my photos for their new CD produced by S2S records. They will be hosting a CD release show, Wed. June 25 @ Meridian Underground w/ Dark Sundays. For more photos of SBP go here.

The lack of posts is an indication of my schedule. here is one project. I shot a local musician for Philly.ms (a local arts & entertainment weekly). You can download a pdf of the full paper at www.philly.ms

More fotos are on my flickr account: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotokew/sets/72157604030671013/.
2008 © Karen E. Wink

My musical expertise is not expansive; in fact it is quite simple. I know two things: what music touches my soul and what music makes my rear shake. Michelle Malone’s Sugarfoot LP does both. Go check out her page and take a listen.
If you ever get the opportunity to see her perform live, [...]

Better view of the foto here.
2008 © Karen E. Wink

Two bands from Bakersfield, CA found their way to the Meridian Underground Saturday Night. Both bands are hard core to say the least. Athens can be found here: http://www.myspace.com/athens777 and A Legion of Thieves can be found here, http://www.myspace.com/alegionofthieves.
Sandwiched between these two hardcore metal heads was a little band from Houston, TX called [...]