Jerk of All Trades would like to thank its contributors and readers. We look forward to giving you more exclusive coverage in 2020.
1. NATIONAL WOMENS HALL OF FAME
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3. THE TIMELESS BEAUTY OF DEY YOUNG
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4. LOVE & DEATH, KITTEN DE VILLE’S TALE
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5. THRU THE EYES OF MICHAEL SPLEET
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6. KRISTIN HERSH ROCKS PIONEERTOWN
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7. THE MOST CRITICAL
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8. IN PRAGUE WITH LAUREN RUTH WARD
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9. OUT IN THE FIELD WITH WEDNESDAY AJA
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10. Cruelty-Free Vanity and the Eco-Conscious Lifestyle
About the Contributors
Christine Jacquemyn my After more than 25 years of self-taught learning, training, and experience in the field of Feng Shui and currently focused in Strategic Numerology, my vocation is to harmonize the interaction between individuals and their private or professional environments. Rarely placed in the spotlight, I prefer to observe by far the happy transformation of people to whom I can bring comfort through my practice. The Happiness of One and All makes me Happy! My special happiness is to follow in different countries the marvelous human being that is LP, an extraordinary artist with multiple talents. The many trips made in her wake have allowed me to meet people from different horizons who favor evolution and richness in communication.
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Eli Pelaez runs The Cruelty-Free Vanity on youtube, where she makes videos on cruelty-free beauty, thrift fashion and the occasional random video all surrounding a vegan & eco-conscious lifestyle.
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Jessica Moncrief has been photographing, promoting and writing about the Los Angeles and Orange County music scenes for the past 10 years. Her love of music and fear of becoming completely senile has been a driving force in documenting all the cool shit she experiences. See more of Jessicas work at Janky Smooth LA’s online go-to rag for live concert reviews and free concert tickets.
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Maggie St.Thomas since 1994, the photographic and journalistic work of Maggie St.Thomas have graced the pages and covers of over 300 print publications, album covers, and centerfolds including Rolling Stone and High Times Magazine. A featured artist on television programs including NBC’s The Today Show, KTLA Ch 5 news, and a guest speaker on handfuls of radio outlets and podcasts.
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Marie Randall Based in the Inland Empire of So. Cal. Teacher by day, concert photographer on school nights and whenever possible. I’ve been taking pictures since high school and in college, I set up a darkroom in an extra bathroom. As a kid, I loved the concert pictures in Circus and Creem magazine, and the photos by Mick Rock, Lynn Goldsmith, Neil Zlowzower. To me, concert photography isn’t so much about being technically perfect, but more about getting the attitude and energy of a concert. I use Sony a7 mirrorless cameras and my trusty Sony RX100.
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Michael Spleet hails from the Motor City, USA. An exclusive Canon camera user has attained in his archives photographs of Michigan artists and music acts coming through the Detroit area since the late 2000s. Spleet’s photographs have been published in Detroit Free Press, Real Detroit, Hour Detroit and Metro Times to name a few, as well as many CD covers and promotional items.
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Sara Culver Provencio- Having been with Jerk of All Trades magazine since before its birth, Contributing Editor Sara Culver Provencio is a practicing attorney and student of life. A chronic freelance writer, Sara has not only embraced rock and roll culture but has also written extensively about socio-economic issues in Orange County, California particularly family homelessness, prison reentry workforce solutions, and progressive politics’ interplay with modern interpretations of religions. Sara has recently returned to her roots in Western Pennsylvania, a state key to federal elections, to support burgeoning LGBT advocacy issues and in her leisure time pursues the study of wine in the Great Lakes and Finger Lakes regions.
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Wednesday Aja is known for documenting modern-day subcultures… and things that go bump (and grind!) in the night. Exploring themes of custom, costume, and community; images invite the viewer into an inverted Land of Oz, one where the imagination ignites in black and white, in the space between light and shadow.
Most recently Wednesday was the Featured Artist at the iconic Hotel Figueroa in Downtown Los Angeles. This 3-month residency featured 32 photographs from ongoing projects centering on the gender, identity, and gravity-defying subcultures of Drag, Burlesque, and Circus. All three subjects hang together as explorations of the self’s relationship to masque, costume, and unbridled expressions of personhood.
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