CONTRIBUTORS
GUS SAMARCO / P HOTO G R A PH ER Samarco is a Brazilian transplant to Raleigh who is an avid reader and likes to listen to Heavy Metal and watch bike races on TV. Samarco photographed owner of CORE Fitness Jojo Polk and Raleigh Mayor Mary-Ann Baldwin for this issue. “I was very impressed with Jojo’s determination to overcome paralysis and the fact he gets to look back and find good things that came from his tragic accident. Mary-Ann Baldwin has a great personality and was very spontaneous in front of the camera.”
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JILLIAN CLARK / P HOTO G R A P HE R Clark is an editorial and portrait photographer based here in Raleigh with a soft spot for photographing musicians and artists. Clark photographed our cover artist, Louis St.Lewis. “Louis is a favorite subject of mine—he’s eccentric and theatric, but he’s not to be mistaken for anyone’s quirky novelty; he’s such a true artist and I’m really lucky to have had him in front of my lens throughout the years.”
DAVID MENCONI / WR I T ER The 2019 Piedmont Laureate, Menconi spent 28 years covering music for The News & Observer. He has also written for Billboard, Rolling Stone, The New York Times and Spin magazine. His book on the history of North Carolina music will be published in the fall of 2020 by University of North Carolina Press. Discovering that North Carolina Poet Laureate Jaki Shelton Green will release an album in 2020 was very cool—emblematic of how broad, deep and multi-faceted this state’s music really is.
Eamon Queeney (WHEELER); Bryan Regan (SAMARCO); courtesy Jillian Clark; courtesy David Menconi
LARRY WHEELER / W R I TE R Wheeler, Director Emeritus of NCMA, consults nationally with arts and nonprofit organizations on vision and storytelling. He is particularly interested in advancing the success of regional artists and arts organizations as described in this issue of WALTER. Wheeler’s travels focus on significant arts events in the world and enjoying his friends. He recently received the NC Award in Fine Arts, considered the State’s highest honor.
JAN/FEB 2020
