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Went the Georgia/LSU game with some friends of mine. We tailgated all day and it was such an amazing ending to my break! I posted a video from a touchdown.

Fernbank: Georgia's Heart of Gold

During my 4th quarter I had a cool opportunity to creative direct a photography exhibition for Fernbank Museum of Natural History here in Atlanta. They opened up a new exhibition called Gold, which is just what it sounds, an exhibition of gold of the world. Portfolio Center (my school) and Fernbank teamed up to bring a special side exhibit which would be stories of gold in Georgia portrayed in photography. 7 photographers from PC picked a different topic and spent 3 months shooting the particular subject. The topics ranged from Georgia Miners, to gold label recording artists, all the way to the story of the Gold Grillz. I got brought on once the images had been shot to basically handle most of the communication between Fernbank and Portfolio Center, as well as the photographers. I had to opportunity to work closely with the board of directors of Fernbank, where I found myself presenting and discussing the exhibition to them at a conference table. I also got a chance to do some of the design work for the exhibit (opening banner, artist statement plaques, captions, and interior design of the exhibit.) It got to be pretty strenuous and time consuming at times, but priceless experience. I have attached some photos of the opening night. The exhibit opened on September 26th and will remain until January 2010. Go check it out!

Here is some information about the exhibit, as well as a podcast of the photographers explaining where their ideas came from and what they accomplished through the assignment.
Georgia's Heart of Gold