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On Assignment: Nuclear Aussies

On Assignment: Nuclear Aussies

Down Under submariners graduate from elite U.S. program

military, Life, South Carolina News, Charleston SC NewsSean RayfordJuly 8, 2023aussies, submarine officers, nuclear submarine, charleston joint base, goose creek, navy, nuclear, north carolina photojournalist, Photos of joint base charleston, joint base charleston graduation photos, photojournalism, South Carolina News, Charleston news

Christmas Bird Count

Christmas Bird Count

Congaree National Park

Palmetto Tasty Tomato Fest

Palmetto Tasty Tomato Fest

Death Ray Robin with tomato dream

Life, People, FestivalsSean RayfordJuly 24, 2022Columbia sc, tasty tomato fest, palmetto tasty tomato fest, Columbia SC festival, South Carolina festival, carolina photojournalist

Party at Thomas Cooper Library

Party at Thomas Cooper Library

Gamecocks celebrate national champsionship

Sports, Photojournalism, People, Life, GamecocksSean RayfordApril 4, 2022south carolina students, national champsionship, columbia sc, ncaa basketball, South Carolia womens basketball, thomas cooper library, university of south carolina

On Assignment: Greenville Snow

On Assignment: Greenville Snow

Winter storm drops on Upstate city

Parks & Recreation, weather, Travel, photgraphy, Photojournalism, People, LifeSean RayfordJanuary 17, 2022greenville snow, greenville sc snow photos, greenville sc snow pictures, snow in greenville, sc, snow in greenville sc, winter storm greenville 2022, winter storm photos south carolina

NYE at NBT

NYE at NBT

Annual NYE show returns

Concerts, Life, Holidays, PeopleSean RayfordJanuary 2, 2022live music, rock & roll, live music scene Columbia sc, local music scene Columbia sc, photography, concert photography, flippants, rex darling, outer ego, new year's eve, new brookland tavern, live music venues of the south

"We will not comply"

"We will not comply"

Protestors push back on vaccine mandates

COVID-19, Life, pandemdic, People, photgraphy, Photojournalism, ProtestsSean RayfordNovember 14, 2021protests, protest, vaccines, vaccine mandate, South Carolina, freedom rally, medical liberties, medical freedom, anti-mandate, south carolina photojournalist, columbia sc photojournalist

Photos: Veterans Day Parade

Photos: Veterans Day Parade

Columbia, SC

Holidays, Life, People, photgraphy, Photography, Photojournalism, militarySean RayfordNovember 11, 2021veterans day, veterans day columbia sc, veterans day parade columbia sc, veterans, columbia sc, columbia sc photojournalist, south carolina photojournalist, Photojournalism, photography, photos, fort jackson

Pump Track Death Race

Pump Track Death Race

Halloween Pumpkin Pump King

Early Voting - West Columbia

Early Voting - West Columbia

Lexington County votes

Life, Photojournalism, PoliticsSean RayfordOctober 29, 2020early voting, voting, south carolina, election, voters

Five Points crowded despite pandemic

Five Points crowded despite pandemic

Let the good times roll

COVID-19, Photojournalism, LifeSean RayfordOctober 18, 2020five points columbia sc, pandemic, covid-19, columbia sc photographer, Columbia sc coronavirus, south carolina photojournalist

CPD's Sgt. Walker Fired

CPD's Sgt. Walker Fired

Officer dismissed after viral video

Life, People, Photojournalism, ProtestsSean RayfordSeptember 1, 2020south carolina photographer, south carolina, columbia sc protets, columbia sc police, police officer fired, protests, protests columbia sc

MAGA Boat Parade: Charleston, SC

MAGA Boat Parade: Charleston, SC

Charleston waters swarmed

Politics, Photojournalism, LifeSean RayfordMay 25, 2020holiday parade, trump 2020, donald trump, trump, beer, america, parade, boat parade, maga, charleston sc

Floodwaters creep on light show

Floodwaters creep on light show

South Carolina Swamp Party

Earth, Pictorial, Nature, LifeSean RayfordMay 22, 2020snappy syncs, fireflies, south carolina, south carolina fireflies, fireflies photography, best fireflies photographs, nature, springtime

Publico takes a break as SC reboots

Publico takes a break as SC reboots

Pandemic photo report: May 5, 2020

COVID-19, Photojournalism, LifeSean RayfordMay 6, 2020college, south carolina, coronavirus stories, Columbia sc coronavirus, reopen sc, nightlife, social distancing, columbia sc, south carolina photographer

“Covid-19 haircut is why I'm wearing a hat.”

“Covid-19 haircut is why I'm wearing a hat.”

ReopenSC Protestors return to capital city

Life, Photojournalism, ProtestsSean RayfordMay 2, 2020protest, reopen sc protest, columbia sc, photography, coronavirus stories, covid-19, reopen covid19, reopen south carolina, qanon, qanon south carolina

Burying their dead and still digging out

Burying their dead and still digging out

SC neighborhood fears another round of storms

Life, Photojournalism, weather, PhotographySean RayfordApril 19, 2020tornado damage, tornado during pandemic, death, south carolina, hampton county sc, nixville, nixville tornado, tornados, tornado 2020 south carolina

Tornadoes slam South Carolina

Tornadoes slam South Carolina

“We crawled out from under that rubble”

Life, Disasters, weatherSean RayfordApril 14, 2020tornado during pandemic, tornado 2020 south carolina, tornado damage, tornados, tornado orangeburg county, tornado livingston sc, wreckage, disaster during pandemic, Photojournalism, photography

Canceled: A Southern Portrait Pt. IV

Canceled: A Southern Portrait Pt. IV

“It's like watching an avalanche.”

Photojournalism, Life, COVID-19Sean RayfordApril 11, 2020coronavirus stories, columbia sc, commercial photographer columbia sc, Columbia sc coronavirus, covid-19 stories, covid stories, covid-19, portrait project

Canceled: A Southern Portrait Pt. III

Canceled: A Southern Portrait Pt. III

“It came to a grinding halt.”

Photojournalism, Life, COVID-19Sean RayfordApril 1, 2020coronavirus, coronavirus stories, Columbia sc coronavirus, Photojournalism, photography, covid stories, covid-19 stories, portrait project, portrait photographer columbia sc, commercial photographer columbia sc