A portrait of the artist at play: David W. Robinson with EveAnna Manley (photograph by Dave Clark)
The second part of my THE Show report from Newport Beach 2016 shifts the focus (so to speak) from the event, the rooms, and the equipment, to the people in our high-end audio community.
As an artist, I am always looking at people, and considering faces and forms photographically. I've been doing so for decades now; there is no off switch. Nor would I want one.
Over the past few years, I've allowed myself to do more and more portraits at various audio shows. These are rich locations not only for music and the audio arts, but also the audio artisans, journalists, performers, and attendees. Faces…forms…light, color, and shadows…the canvas of the human race in motion.
And so I've decided, for the first time, to break out my portraits and moments that I saw and acted upon, as a separate feature of my coverage of THE Show 2016. There will be some overlap of photographs, since a few had to be used in part one of my report…nevertheless, they belong here, despite the redundancy. They appear in no particular order, just as I was moved to place and sequence them.
I hope that these photographs draw you into a deeper sense of the fascinating people who are members of our audio community.
[All photographs are Copyright © 2016, all rights reserved, by David W. Robinson. They may not be copied, republished, or reused in any way without the express written permission of the artist.]
A Portrait of Dave Clark of Positive Feedback
A Portrait of Carol Clark of Positive Feedback
Wes Bender and Jonathan Tinn
Chebon Littlefield of Mytek Digital
Joe Cohen of The Lotus Group
Doug White of The Voice That Is
Din Johnson of Ristretto Roasters
Ray Kimber of Kimber Kables
Dick Diamond of YG Acoustics and Bill Parish of GTT Audio
Ted Denney III of Synergistic Research
Bill Artope of Dynamic Design
Joel Durand of Durand Tonearms and Talea Audio
Dan Wright of ModWright
Carol Clark and EveAnna Manley
Wes Bender
Joel Durand and Din Johnson: A Reverie...
Patrick O'Connor of Blue Coast Records and Dominique Brulhart of Merging Technologies: A Moment
Dan Meinwald of EAR USA
Kevin Malmgren of Evolution Acoustics
Jonas Sacks of NativeDSD.com
Scott Robertson of Positive Feedback: A Portrait
Cookie Marenco of Blue Coast Records: A Moment
Keith Knight: Portrait of a Guitarist
Marc Phillips of Colleen Cardas Imports
Steve Hoffman
Owen Kwon of Astell & Kern, a portrait
Knut Skogrand of Skogrand Cables
Jonathan Tinn of Blue Light Audio
Joel Durand of Durand Tonearms
Cookie Marenco and EveAnna Manley: A Moment
Jean LaCrosse and Marjorie Baumert: A Moment
Steven Norber of PranaFidelity
Olu Sonuga of Dynamic Design
Jonathan Tinn and Din Johnson
Fred Ainsley of LampizatOr North America: A Portrait
Maurice Jung of THE Show: A Portrait
Lou Hinkley of Daedalus Audio
Keith Knight, guitarist: A Portrait
Wes Bender: A Moment
Brian Moura of Positive Feedback
And finally…
Dave and Carol Clark: A Portrait From Show's End