FarWest Folk Alliance Conference Photos
Sunday, November 15th, 2009
Joe Craven -- Keynote Performance
It was an honor to serve once again this year as an official photographer for the 6th annual Far-West Folk Alliance Conference, held this year in Irvine, CA.
Three days and nights of incredible music and community with tons of unforgettable performances by many of the most prominent names (and those who should be better known) on the folky side of country, Americana, and blues. Plus tons of great panels covering all manner of business and artistic themes of interest to the performer, promoter, and venue host.
Below are complete slideshows of photos from as many Friday and Saturday events as possible (there is so much ground to cover at the conference, and this was the biggest attendance yet for them!). My sincerest apologies to those whom I missed somehow or failed to get a good shot of — hopefully I’ll do better next year. There were many dear friends that I barely had a chance to exchange more than a few words with. Regretfully, a sick baby at home kept me from hearing and photographing the majority of the wee hour guerrilla showcases, and missing Sunday altogether. But there’s a lot of good photos nonetheless, and the baby is well again.
Faith Petric -- Feisty Folk Icon Is Honored
Much love and respect to the entire Far-West leadership and community — they put on one hell of a music conference!
Joe Craven -- Keynote Performance
It was an honor to serve once again this year as an official photographer for the 6th annual Far-West Folk Alliance Conference, held this year in Irvine, CA.
Three days and nights of incredible music and community with tons of unforgettable performances by many of the most prominent names (and those who should be better known) on the folky side of country, Americana, and blues. Plus tons of great panels covering all manner of business and artistic themes of interest to the performer, promoter, and venue host.
Below are complete slideshows of photos from as many Friday and Saturday events as possible (there is so much ground to cover at the conference, and this was the biggest attendance yet for them!). My sincerest apologies to those whom I missed somehow or failed to get a good shot of — hopefully I’ll do better next year. There were many dear friends that I barely had a chance to exchange more than a few words with. Regretfully, a sick baby at home kept me from hearing and photographing the majority of the wee hour guerrilla showcases, and missing Sunday altogether. But there’s a lot of good photos nonetheless, and the baby is well again.
Faith Petric -- Feisty Folk Icon Is Honored
Much love and respect to the entire Far-West leadership and community — they put on one hell of a music conference!
Official Photographer, Far-West Folk Conference
Sunday, September 13th, 2009
We are very pleased to announce that Duff Ferguson has once again been named an official photographer at the annual Far-West Folk Conference, to be held in Irvine, CA in November. The conference is an industry-only event that gathers all the movers and shakers of the folk music community on the West Coast for three days of networking, showcases, panel discussions, and all night jams.
Photographs that Duff took last year were used on an album cover for James Lee Stanley and a folk festival program insert for Nathan Rogers, as well as numerous promotional uses by the conference and many of the attendees.
Kingston Trio
Saturday, March 28th, 2009
Among the many artists we shot as official photographers at last fall’s Far West Folk Alliance meeting in Phoenix, AZ were the remaining members of the Kingston Trio, including Bob Shane himself.
The Kingston Trio is arguably the most influential folk singing group ever — many people we spoke to at the conference named them specifically as the reason they took up folk music. They were given a lifetime achievement award at the main dinner event at the convention and also addressed attendees at a far ranging panel.
We have yet to post many of these photos on the site (long overdue, we know), but in the meantime the Trio has added one to their news pages (ours is on the bottom right). The image attached here is low quality, but higher quality ones will be added to this site soon…
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