Contributors

EDITORIAL Lizzie Bowen Meg Herndon Anna Grace Moore Lauren Sexton Noah Wortham

CONTRIBUTORS Evelyn Adams Carmen Brown James Culver Rachel Culver Lauren Dowdle Patrick McGough Caroline Newman Blair Ramsey Christiana Roussel

DESIGN Jamie Dawkins Kate Green Connor Martin-Lively Briana Sansom

MARKETING Octavia Campbell Evann Campbell Jessica Caudill Kari George Michaela Hancock Rachel Henderson Rhett McCreight Tori Montjoy Madison King Viridiana Romero

ADMINISTRATION Mary Jo Eskridge Alec Etheredge Stacey Meadows Lauren Morris Tim Prince Brittany Schofield Savana Tarwater Anna Willis

Evelyn Adams,Photographer

Evelyn Adams is an Alabama-based photographer with a passion for turning even the mundane, everyday into art. Specializing in portraiture and lifestyle photography, she sees beauty in taking a backseat during photoshoots when she can — to watch, to learn, to capture and compose. Evelyn strives to take a documentary approach to her art. Check out her work on her Instagram: @ evelynadams.co and her website: evelynadams.co.

Carmen Brown, Writer

Carmen earned her master’s degree in communication and information sciences from the University of Alabama. She has worked as a magazine feature writer for the last 15 years and also works as a writing coach and copy editor. Her work has been published in HomeCare, Tuscaloosa Magazine, The Executive and more. She enjoys writing articles on a variety of topics but especially health and wellness and inspirational articles on human resilience. Check out her website at carmensheabrown.com.

James Culver, Photographer

James lives in the Birmingham area with his wife, Rachel, a native of Homewood, and their three children, Callie, James III and John Michael. James is a graduate of Auburn University and spent years in Atlanta working as a graphic designer, creative director and photographer. He specializes in event, real estate and portrait photography, and he can be found on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook at @jculvercreative and at jculver.com.

Blair Ramsey, Photographer

Blair is a Vestavia Hills based photographer whose company, Southern Intrigue Photography, specializes in sports action, portrait and commercial images. Blair and her husband, John, have two sons, Cooper and Cameron, who have both had the privilege of being Auburn cheerleaders. Blair’s work can be found at southernintriguephotography. com, on Instagram @southernintriguephotography and Facebook @ southernintrigue.

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