The Pull: Brian Vernor, Part II

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By Padraig 0
The course went up, over, around, and through the woods. Racers unanimously approved of the technical circuit presented by the Asheville Cyclocross National Championship crew. Here a rider muscles his way over the flyover during the men's Elite race.

In the second part of my conversation with photographer Brian Vernor, we talk about storytelling through photography as well as photography when it is in service to a written feature. We also discuss the difference between commercial work and editorial work and how storytelling is a more compelling way to reach people than just marketing a product. 

Temple Ishite-ji, Matsuyama, Shikoku, Japan, 2016.

Prior to flying to Japan to work on the “88 Temples” feature for Bicycling, Brian and I spent considerable time on the phone and I revealed things to him that I hadn’t admitted to my closest friends. We discuss how those revelations informed the way he shot the feature. 

Builder Todd Ingermanson of Black Cat.

We also explore how there’s more to Brian’s work than photography alone.

 

 

The Pull is brought to you by the North American Handmade Bicycle Show, the world’s premier annual gathering of bicycle framebuilders and framebuilding enthusiasts. The 2019 show will take place March 15-17th at the Sacramento Convention Center in Sacramento, California.

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Brian Vernor
Patrick’s feature “88 Temples” in Bicycling Magazine

 

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Padraig

When playing drums in a rock and roll band didn't turn at to be as lucrative as he'd hoped, Padraig left his hometown of Memphis to pursue an MFA in poetry at UMASS Amherst. Writing about his other love, bicycles, seemed a natural progression; certainly it paid better than either poetry or rock music. His work has appeared everywhere from Bicycling Magazine to the LA Times. His feature, "My Day With Ilya," won a Lowell Thomas Award for travel writing. These days he lives in Sonoma County, California, where he attempts to inspire his two demitasse ninja with the wonder of bikes. Favorites: flavor: maple; wine: Boheme Pinot Noir; beer: Russian River Pliny the Elder; neurochemical: dopamine; poetry: Andrew Hudgins; fiction: Thomas Pynchon; music: David Sylvian; comedy: Firesign Theater; event: 8-Hours of Wente.

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