Tucson's All Souls' Procession: 2011

"Tucson's All Souls' Procession: 2011" (c) 2011 Stu Jenks

I didn't take that many photographs at this year's ASP (All Souls' Procession), but that was more than OK with me. I was helping managing the photographers backstage and around the Grand Finale site, and I walked with the Urn, as well, through much of downtown, just because. Then the bagpipes called like me they always do and I walked with the Seven Pipers until I got to the Finale site.

What makes the ASP so powerful to me, among other things, is it's both a very large public event and a very private personal one, all at the same time. I can be surrounded for tens of thousands of people, but a single tear may fall from my eye when I hear Amazing Grace on the pipes, or when I think of my dead mother and sister, all while drummers, dancers and celebrants in dead face walk through my hometown.

Anyway.

To see some amazing work by the MMOS (Many Mouths One Stomach)/ASP photographers that had special access, just go to my Facebook page and to the ASP FB pages and browse around. You'll be bedazzled. The photogs you'll see on my Facebook (and at other FB pages as well) break the stereotype of the obnoxious photographer. Talented, wonderful folk all, besides being great imagemakers, they are also some of the most respectful, kindest artists you'll find anywhere. Thanks, everyone who had a photo pass (and many of those who didn't have passes,) for being such wonderful photographic ladies and gentlemen.

And below of my images from All Souls' Procession. I was going for grainy yet sharpish. And I seem to have been drawn to the faces of those around the Urn, and the faces of those who worked so hard to make this all happen. Thanks, Alphonso, Jefe, Paul, Heather, Moises, Nadia, and on and on and on. Literally, too many to name.

And I had to take some pics of fire too. I am a Zippo man, after all.

Comments

[Jacqueline Pollard]

Wonderful Work, Stu! <3

I really enjoy the angles, and candid capturing of your work.

Thank you for posting the photo of collecting for the Urn. Touches my heart to relive that moment.

Would you mind if I were to use either photos of myself on Facebook? I will surely credit you via tag, and link over to this site. Thanks for considering and capturing!