Holiday Parades Return

Photos by Sean Rayford

Lexington Christmas Parade / December 5, 2021

Following a year of pandemic cancelled holiday parades, folks in Lexington and Columbia returned this weekend to celebrate winter festivities in the streets. The Cayce Parade of Lights returns Saturday, December 11. Copyright 2021 Sean Rayford. All rights reserved.

Columbia, SC Carillon Holiday Parade / Dec. 4, 2021

About the photographer: Sean has been photographing SC since 1997 when he joined the Gamecock Newspaper at the University of South Carolina. He came to school to study computer science — but those classes sucked. After receiving a degree in Media Arts, Sean worked as an assistant manager at a record store and began freelancing with the local daily newspaper. After a few years and multiple gun-point hold-ups, Sean found a job tending bar at a small live music venue, balancing the service industry with freelance photography for over a decade. He lost his job after telling his boss off at the bar one night and took on photography full time in 2015. Since then, Sean has become a regular contributor to Getty Images, The Associated Press, The New York Times and many others. You can see more of his work at www.seanrayford.com.

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