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Impressions:  THE Show Newport Beach, 2016, Part 2 – Photographic Portraits and Moments

07-08-2016 | By David W. Robinson | Issue 87

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A portrait of the artist at play:  David W. Robinson with EveAnna Manley (photograph by Dave Clark)

The second part of my THE Show report from Newport Beach 2016 shifts the focus (so to speak) from the event, the rooms, and the equipment, to the people in our high-end audio community.

As an artist, I am always looking at people, and considering faces and forms photographically. I've been doing so for decades now; there is no off switch. Nor would I want one.

Over the past few years, I've allowed myself to do more and more portraits at various audio shows. These are rich locations not only for music and the audio arts, but also the audio artisans, journalists, performers, and attendees. Faces…forms…light, color, and shadows…the canvas of the human race in motion.

And so I've decided, for the first time, to break out my portraits and moments that I saw and acted upon, as a separate feature of my coverage of THE Show 2016. There will be some overlap of photographs, since a few had to be used in part one of my report…nevertheless, they belong here, despite the redundancy. They appear in no particular order, just as I was moved to place and sequence them.

I hope that these photographs draw you into a deeper sense of the fascinating people who are members of our audio community.

[All photographs are Copyright © 2016, all rights reserved, by David W. Robinson. They may not be copied, republished, or reused in any way without the express written permission of the artist.]

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A Portrait of Dave Clark of Positive Feedback

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A Portrait of Carol Clark of Positive Feedback

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Wes Bender and Jonathan Tinn

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Chebon Littlefield of Mytek Digital

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Joe Cohen of The Lotus Group

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Doug White of The Voice That Is

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Din Johnson of Ristretto Roasters

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Ray Kimber of Kimber Kables

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Dick Diamond of YG Acoustics and Bill Parish of GTT Audio

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Ted Denney III of Synergistic Research

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Bill Artope of Dynamic Design

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Joel Durand of Durand Tonearms and Talea Audio

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Dan Wright of ModWright

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Carol Clark and EveAnna Manley

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Wes Bender

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Joel Durand and Din Johnson:  A Reverie...

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Patrick O'Connor of Blue Coast Records and Dominique Brulhart of Merging Technologies:  A Moment

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Dan Meinwald of EAR USA

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Kevin Malmgren of Evolution Acoustics

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Jonas Sacks of NativeDSD.com

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Scott Robertson of Positive Feedback:  A Portrait

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Cookie Marenco of Blue Coast Records:  A Moment

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Keith Knight:  Portrait of a Guitarist

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Marc Phillips of Colleen Cardas Imports

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Steve Hoffman

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Owen Kwon of Astell & Kern, a portrait

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Knut Skogrand of Skogrand Cables

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Jonathan Tinn of Blue Light Audio

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Joel Durand of Durand Tonearms

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Cookie Marenco and EveAnna Manley:  A Moment

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Jean LaCrosse and Marjorie Baumert:  A Moment

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Steven Norber of PranaFidelity

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Olu Sonuga of Dynamic Design

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Jonathan Tinn and Din Johnson

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Fred Ainsley of LampizatOr North America:  A Portrait

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Maurice Jung of THE Show:  A Portrait

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Lou Hinkley of Daedalus Audio

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Keith Knight, guitarist:  A Portrait

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Wes Bender:  A Moment

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Brian Moura of Positive Feedback

And finally…

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Dave and Carol Clark:  A Portrait From Show's End