South Carolina Photojournalist Sean Rayford

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'No Kings’ Coalition Plans Oct. 18 Nationwide Protests

'No Kings’ Coalition Plans Oct. 18 Nationwide Protests

Progressive allies prepare for demonstrations

ProtestsSean RayfordSeptember 3, 2025no kings protest, no kings, no kings protest south carolina, no kings protest october, upcoming protests, upcoming protests in SOuth Carolina, South carolina protests, news about protests

PHOTOS - Labor Day Protest: Columbia, SC

PHOTOS - Labor Day Protest: Columbia, SC

Nationwide rallies for workers and against Trump

Columbia SC News, Photography, Photojournalism, photojournalism, photgraphy, Protests, south carolina, South Carolina NewsSean RayfordSeptember 1, 2025photojournalist in the south, photojournalism, Photojournalism, South Carolina, south carolina protest, protest photography

Gas station owner charged with murder

Victim: Fourteen year-old Cyrus Carmack-Belton

Protests, south carolina, South Carolina NewsSean RayfordMay 29, 2023Carmack-Belton, rick chow, Cyrus Carmack-Belton, parklane rd shell gas station, murder, columbia sc, Columbia SC, columbia sc photojournalist, columbia sc protets, South Carolina News

No celebrations today

Pro-Choice advocates rally at statehouse

Politics, ProtestsSean RayfordJuly 4, 2022abortion rights, abortion, protest, Columbia sc, roe vs. wade

Columbia reacts to SCOTUS decision

Roe vs. Wade overturned

Politics, ProtestsSean RayfordJune 25, 2022roe vs. wade

March for Our Lives

Columbia march one of hundreds nationwide

Politics, ProtestsSean RayfordJune 12, 2022march for our lives Columbia sc, march for our lives, protest, gun violence, moms demand action

Pro-Choice Rally at SC Statehouse

Demonstrators respond to SCOTUS leak

Politics, ProtestsSean RayfordMay 5, 2022pro-choice, roe vs. wade, roe v. wade, abortion, abortion rights, reproductive rights south carolina, South Carolina, Columbia SC, protest, pro-choice rally Columbia sc

Year in Pictures: 2021

by SC photojournalist Sean Rayford

On Assignment: Arbery's Killers Guilty

Brunswick community reacts to jury verdict

"We will not comply"

Protestors push back on vaccine mandates

COVID-19, Life, pandemdic, People, photgraphy, Photojournalism, ProtestsSean RayfordNovember 14, 2021protests, protest, vaccines, vaccine mandate, South Carolina, freedom rally, medical liberties, medical freedom, anti-mandate, south carolina photojournalist, columbia sc photojournalist

Protestors demonstrate outside Lexington hospital

Protestors demonstrate outside Lexington hospital

Group touts ivermectin, Regeneron, hydroxychloroquine

COVID-19, Politics, ProtestsSean RayfordSeptember 22, 2021covid-19 stories, covid, covid stories, covid-19, trump, donald trump, lexington sc, hospital protest, south carolina hospital protest, south carolina covid, covid south carolina, cvovid-19 south carolina, hydroxychloroquine, ivermectin

Protestors demand medical freedom

South Carolinians stand against pandemic mandates

COVID-19, Photojournalism, Politics, ProtestsSean RayfordSeptember 19, 2021pandemic, covid-19 stories, covid stories, covid-19, rep, medical freedom, medical liberties

Mask Mandate Showdown

Parents sound off in Berkeley County

pandemdic, Photojournalism, ProtestsSean RayfordAugust 25, 2021mask mandate, covid-19 stories, covid, covid-19, berkeley county, berkeley county school board, masking in schools, South Carolina, Anti Mask mandate, ACLU

Charleston protestors march for Wright, Toledo

Charleston protestors march for Wright, Toledo

“No justice, no peace. Let’s prosecute the police.”

Black Lives Matter, People, Protests, Charleston SC NewsSean RayfordApril 19, 2021protest, charleston sc, police, police reform, duante wright, Adam Toledo, activism, charleston

"Crock of Crap"

Quiet day at statehouse

ProtestsSean RayfordJanuary 20, 2021sc statehouse, protests, donald trump, conspiracy theories

"I'll smash your camera"

Stop the steal protest: Columbia, SC

Protests, PoliticsSean RayfordJanuary 8, 2021protest, stop the steal, south carolina, proud boys, sc statehouse, donald trump, south carolina photographer, south carolina photojournalist

Protestors allege stolen election

“Thank you God for Trump being victorious.”

Photojournalism, Protests, weather, PoliticsSean RayfordNovember 8, 2020stopthesteal, stop the steal, qanon, conspiracy theories, trump, trump 2020, donald trump, election, protest

CPD's Sgt. Walker Fired

Officer dismissed after viral video

Life, People, Photojournalism, ProtestsSean RayfordSeptember 1, 2020south carolina photographer, south carolina, columbia sc protets, columbia sc police, police officer fired, protests, protests columbia sc

Gamecocks stand against inequality

‘Matter’ is the Minimum

Protests, SportsSean RayfordAugust 31, 2020Gamecocks, protest, south carolina