Monday, September 17, 2012
photo gallery / Inside CL Celebrating 40 years, CL's staff goes retro
Posted by Clay Duda @clayduda on Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 2:55 PM
- Dustin Chambers
- DON'T BLOW IT: Photo Editor Joeff Davis (right) and Associate Editor of Digital Clay Duda pay homage to a photo of CL staffers from 1994 (below).
If you haven’t noticed, here at Creative Loafing we’re pretty excited about our 40th anniversary year (and party this Wednesday!). It’s a pretty big deal for any newspaper, alternative weekly or nay, to have stayed afloat and intertwined with a community for a stint that reaches across generations.
But rare is the day that an entire editorial staff is willing to stand behind the news hole that signs their checks and make complete fools of themselves to celebrate a milestone. This past week at CL, we did exactly that.
Rummaging through our archives room, we came across some amazingly retro stuff: a whole box of neon-themed CL swag, a handful of old photos, and even a CL sponsored swimsuit competition VHS from 1991 (more on that later).
What do you know about Creative Loafing’s (now defunct) credit card line? How about multi-colored wrist fanny packs? What about the CL-sponsored SCCA racecar?
For the rest, you’ll have to check out the full gallery of staff photos.
With world-renowned staff photographer Joeff Davis behind the lens (with one exception, above, where he’s in the photo), the people that bring Atlanta cultural happenings to newsstands near you every week decided to breath some new life into these old, forgotten trinkets.
In the photo above, Photo Editor Joeff Davis and Associate Editor of Digital Clay Duda (that's me) pay homage to a random print from a 1994 CL event:
- Dusty Old Box
- ARCHIVED: CL staffers in May 1994.
The what, why, and where of the old photo has been lost somewhere in the sands of CL history, but 18 years after it was snapped the same kind of fun-loving, community-driven culture still permeates the office halls.
We’d like to invite you to come celebrate 40 years of Creative Loafing, and the Best of Atlanta in 2012, with all the staffers and others this Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012 at the Goat Farm. There’s an awesome line-up of bands with their own Atlanta history, some great food and performances, and a hefty amount of spirits to raise your own.
If you have any of your own CL relics or memories from over the years, we encourage you to share them below. If we get a big enough response we’ll put all the images and/or essays into a post of their own.
Photo gallery: CL Retro 2012
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