First of all I want to send a BIG Thank You! out to everyone who came last Sunday to the kick-off party. It was a huge success & highly enjoyable.
I was able to get 36 portraits taken and appiontments for many more!

Thank you to everyone for your patience in waiting to get your portraits taken and for sitting under those hot lights! After 7 hours of taking photos that studio was really cooking!

Another thanks goes out to all the musicians who played and provided an awesome atmosphere, as well as to all the wonderful cooks who brought so many delicious treats!

All in all it was a great time I think for everyone, and one of the most satifying aspects of the day was the sense of community I felt at the end of the night. While wrapping down the day sitting on the front porch under the stars with a miss-match of folks who were still hanging around, I felt like we had done something really positive. We had brought together Ashevillians from so many different walks of life, got people talking to each other who would normally probably never approach each other, and were able to feel a sense of Asheville community. If nothing else, I've reached already a small goal in accomplishing that brief feeling for a few minutes.

I've looked at the portraits and though I have not yet had time to edit many of them - Wow!-! Everyone is so beautiful! It is amazing how a camera can capture the inner beauty of people that often if we are not looking properly can missed by the eye. I do declare there so some good magick happening in that studio. :-)

So far I have appointments lined up over the next few weeks and total number of people is about 50. I need to get at LEAST 100 folks if I am going to be able to do this project to the minimum of my expectations.
So if you have suggestions of people you know who should be a 'Face of Asheville' - send 'em my way!
Either by email - (facesofasheville@gmail.com) or by phone 828-423-5673 (828-ICE-LORD!)

Thanks to all you beautiful people out there!

Blessings to you all on this summer weekend-
Jenny