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Nolan DeWeese defends in CBC’s 3-0 win over Rockhurst on November 16, 2018 offers CBC a chance at their 9th title The 2018 St. Louis All-Region Soccer Team for Class 4 schools has been announced. Recognition for Conference, Regional and State awards is done by members of the Missouri State High School Soccer Coaches Association(MSHSSCA). 2018 Missouri Class 4 All-Region Soccer: St. Louis…

Cameron Blaylock is a photographer who took a different approach to New York Fashion Week. Instead of shooting the runway, stylists and models he wanted to show who his fellow photographers were.  A group usually behind the lens, we talked to Cameron to see what inspired this idea and how it went.

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one photo from the collection of Runway Passport's NYFW Photographer - Mark Luebbers. 

WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO SHOOT THE PHOTOGRAPHERS OF NYFW?  The idea for the project came out of my inability to shoot inside the Mercedes-Benz building; when I did the project I had been living in New York City for about 5 months and didn't have many photography connections. So I decided to photograph the fashion photographers milling about Lincoln Center. I was interested in capturing and publishing photos of these anonymous artists who produce widely disseminated images of models. The project was also about meeting other photographers. I wrote down each name and later created a Facebook album with tags. I now enjoy being in touch with some of the photographers I met during the shoot.

  DID YOU NOTICE ANY DIFFERENCE IN SHOOTING PHOTOGRAPHERS VS PEOPLE YOU NORMALLY SHOOT - DO THEY RESPOND DIFFERENTLY SINCE THEY ARE USED TO BEING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LENS? Most of the fashion photographers were very happy to be photographed. Some of them declined, which really shocked me. I thought, “How can you say ‘no’ when you photograph people without permission all the time?”.

  WHAT DID YOU LEARN FROM THIS PROJECT? Most fashion photographers aren't fashionable dressers. The most important thing for them is to take beautiful photographs of beautiful people.

  WHAT IS YOUR DREAM PHOTO SHOOT TO DO ONE DAY? The writer Steven Thomson and I recently had the idea to collaborate on a book about Art Nouveau architecture in the former East Germany. I'd love to see that come to fruition.

HOW DO YOU DESCRIBE YOUR WORK IN GENERAL?  At the moment, most of the photography I do is commercial, specifically architectural. In my personal work, I try to make something that marries the familiar with the strange or unexpected.