Alex Boerner
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At Saltbox, Ricky Moore wants to break the chowder rules
Ricky Moore wants to change perceptions of what chowder can be. “Everybody’s reference point is that chowder is creamy and thick,” explains Moore, the chef and proprietor of Durham’s Saltbox Seafood Joint. “I just take the essence of what the seafood is and enhance it. There’s no reference point at all.” To wit, he’s made […]
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Calvin’s Cutlass
“You like my old school?” The voice came from the car’s owner, Calvin Higgs, of Durham, after I had spent a couple minutes photographing the air fresheners in the windshield of his ’87 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme. Yes…I do.
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Custom paint: Photos from Tattoo Fest
Red, raised skin and fresh black ink curve behind the ear of Corin Anderson, 37, of Clayton. The subtle lines are in honor of her Siamese cat, Harley, who she had to leave in Canada. “He only liked me,” says Anderson, who was one of the many attending Tattoo Fest as part of Ray Price’s […]
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A zen approach to the street
Street photography is different from news photojournalism in that street photos often ask questions, not answer them. Street photography is difficult to definesome practitioners of this style even resist a definitionbecause it is many things. But I would describe it as working toward a zen state, an exploration in light, pattern, color, behavior, history, emotion, […]
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Urban beekeepers care for their colonies
I can talk bees for hours” says Trish Lemm, as she tends to the two hives in her yard late Sunday morning along Anderson Street, in Durham. Lemm is a member of the Durham County Beekeepers Association. This is the third year Lemm has kept honey bees in her yard. Her hives are new; she […]