The Corner
He is all the way in. Fists clenched, leaning forward into the chain-link, whatever he is saying coming from somewhere past the diaphragm. The person beside him is perfectly still.…
words and captured light
Brian Ragle
Documenting the world through photography, film, and the written word. Based in Tennessee.
Writing
The Prayer (triptych)
Altarpieces were made in three panels so the eye could move across the whole story in a single glance. The Annunciation. The Nativity. The Flight into Egypt. Left to right,…
The Announcer
His name is Chuck Farmer and he built this with his own hands: this particular room, its Spartan shields and battle cries, its Christian music and its genuine belief that…
The Laugh
There is a whole tradition in fight photography of the stoic face: the set jaw, the focused eyes, the composure that says I have prepared for this and I am…
Before the Storm
The gym is wherever you find it. This one is a field somewhere in middle Tennessee, the sky going green and heavy the way it does in April when the…