Cut Worms x POND Mag

Cut Worms recently did an "interview" with POND MAG in the style of a playlist, my photo is included from an afternoon during SXSW in Austin, Texas.

"I love film and television. Throughout my life, it has often been through these mediums that I've been introduced to a lot of the music I love. In high school I used to rent movies from Blockbuster all the time and watch them in my basement and sometimes play guitar and write at the same time. I got really into David Bowie after I saw Wes Anderson's The Life Aquatic for the first time. I delved into girl groups and early Rolling Stones records after watching Scorsese's Mean Streets. Lately I've been really interested in how music is a huge source of power in film and TV. The music often makes the film or show and, in my opinion, doesn't usually get the lion's share of credit." 

- MAX CLARKE

HEAR THE FULL PLAYLIST HERE!

Five Years of #SXSHESHREDS

“Those who have ever been to a She Shreds show before know the drill: community first, everyone is welcome, and no one is “good for a girl”, they’re just good. Fans and musicians come to our shows to be surrounded by people they love and look up to in an environment that in other contexts might be controlled by corporations. This necessity to be surrounded by an alternative yet necessary perspective on the music industry, one that celebrates diversity and identity is what fosters the spaces that She Shreds creates—no one can stop us from honoring that.”

— Fabi Reyna, Editor in Chief, She Shreds

I'm honored I was able to be a part of the She Shreds SXSW experience this year. I was involved with the one two years ago, as well, but this one was especially... special. Originally, the day was supposed to be at a space called Kinda Tropical - an old gas station convenience store turned cafe and small local market with cool teas, local beers, iced coffee on tap, and breakfast tacos. Everything was beautiful - the aesthetic could not have been more ideal and She Shreds had swagged up the place with decor, merch, cacti, banners, prayer flags, gender neutral bathrooms, and a breezy little stage on the back patio. The sun was beaming, and Shamir took the stage as I sipped the first few sips of my extra strong, bone chilling iced coffee as I began to shoot photos for the day.

And then... barely 30 minutes into the set, cops appeared and began roaming around the scene, eventually shutting us down due to a double whammy of overcapacity and unknown lack of a permit from our venue. Everyone lingered around like "Whaaat" for about the length of time that it took to make some phone calls, secure a new location, pack up all the merch, the gear, and relocate EVERYONE - the whole dang crew of show-goers and show-players. The Sahara Lounge saved the day in under 45 minutes. The show must go on!

Everyone packed into the teeny tiny super cozy bar that smells of old (and new) Lonestar beer. Like 500 bodies. A whole community. We were still all in this together, no one was letting anyone give up. The bands played on, and the day evolved into it's own beautiful success story. I was there to document the whole dang thing and I'm happy to share my photos of #SXSHESHREDS with y'all. 

FULL STORY AND ALL PHOTOS HERE!

Thanks for reading, see you out there next year!

xo, Emily

French Vanilla

French Vanilla

Speedy Ortiz

And to close this out, here's me, fresh faced and super stoked to shoot the full day ahead!

FOUND WITH PHOTOGRAPHER EMILY QUIRK

Original Fuzz magazine had me as their FOUND artist to close out the year in December. Another in depth interview with me to learn about my experience, processes, inspirations, and future outlook. I share a few photos in this piece that are their debut to the world. 

✨THE FULL INTERVIEW✨

Thanks for having me ❤️ 

"The Eternal Character of Emily Quirk's Music Photography"

I'm TRULY HONORED to have been interviewed by Amadeus Magazine in October. They interviewed me about my life as a photographer, paired with kinder words from Alex than I was ever prepared to handle. I hope my word vomit responses are anywhere near as inspiring as my photos maybe can be. 

Please read the full piece HERE!

Thank you, from my whole heart. ❤️

Novo Guitars

I've seen where drumsticks are grown, and now I've seen where guitars are built - and Novo Guitars are crafted and come to life right here in Nashville, Tennessee. Original Fuzz magazine did a feature editorial on their process, paired with my photos - dive into it here.

Learn to Chain Stitch with Ranger Stitch

One of my favorite editorial style shoots I did last year was with Ranger Stitch, the chainstitching wizard of Nashville, for Original Fuzz Magazine - the full piece can be found here!

Looking Back on 2017

HELLO! 2017 is finally behind us, and 2018 is launching full speed ahead! I'm extremely excited about what this year holds - it feels like a truly fresh beginning with so much potential and opportunity for what's in store. There were numerous photo highlights the latter half of 2017 for me that I never brought to light through my personal site, so I'm excited to now share these collectively.

For my first throwback, I'm going to wild out with the time The Wall Street Journal reached out to us at Original Fuzz about our experience with La Croix. WHAT?! We're regarded as experts on our favorite fruity, bubbly water and we (somehow) managed to get our team's faces published in the highly esteemed publication with one of my photos. 

The full article can (unfortunately) only be accessed if you have a paid subscription to the WSJ, but here's the proof screenshot I'm giddy to share with you.

The Original Fuzz team, aka La Croix aficionados 

In 2018, let's kick back and crack open some ice cold seltzers while we plan our next photo collaboration. Cheers! *sip, ahhh*

POSIDRAG!

Wow, what an insane couple weeks it's been! Photos and life and work and all the like, somewhere in the midst of it all I had a little moment and now have a piece in this very dope new online zine called POSIDRAG that I want you to check out, along with all the other submissions! Our theme was SNACKS!

"We decided to call it POSIDRAG - it's a made up word! In my opinion it means something like ying/yang - but open to interpretation."

You can play too! 💛