Entry 09: Tasuma

Written By John Rash

Tasuma. Greensboro Arboretum 7/09/06.


©2006 Rash Photo
My friends Will and Sandy have been playing music together for nearly 8 years. Their newest project has taken the name Tasuma, and can be found playing around Greensboro on a weekly basis. We got together at the park on Sunday evening and attempted to do some band promo shots. The lighting was a bit too harsh at times, and it became very difficult to balance the light on both of their faces in the location we chose for the shoot. However, I think some of the images came out quite nice. Here are a few so you can see what I mean.

All images and words ©2006 Rash Photo / John F Rash.

John Rash

John Rash is a filmmaker, photographer, and visual artist based in Oxford, Mississippi. John earned his M.F.A. in Documentary and Experimental Art from Duke University and B.F.A. in Art Education from UNC-Greensboro, and now works as Assistant Professor of Film Production and Southern Studies at the University of Mississippi. His documentary films and photographs often focus on topics of identity, counter-culture communities, social justice, and environment and have been shown in festivals and museums around the world. John has received multiple awards for his documentary works including the Soul of Southern Film Award from Indie Memphis Film Festival for Negro Terror, History+ Best Documentary Award from the North Carolina Museum of History for Our Movement Starts Here, and an Emmy nomination for his film about South Carolina-based photographer Sam Wang. John is also the founder of the Southern Punk Archive which aims to preserve the stories of DIY punk communities in the American South. In 2025, John was an Artist in Residence at the Swatch Art Peace Hotel in Shanghai and a resident artist at Crosstown Arts in Memphis, TN in 2022.

https://www.johnrash.com
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