Name:
Rosa McWaters

Aka:  
Rosa Wonder

Website:
myspace.com/recollectionvintage

Where are you from?
I was born in Vienna, Austria then lived in Detroit for a few years, but I would have to say Georgia - I’ve been here since the Fourth grade.

Who do you work for? 
First I work for my daughter Amalee - mom is my number one job. I am also a stylist, and I have a vintage clothing shop inside of Bill Hallman called Recollection Vintage. I also work with my husband Rob Wonder to run our bar - El Bar.

What are your Current Project(s)? 
I am launching an etsy site for Recollection Vintage and as far as styling I am working with new artist Jessica Tonder and photographer Zach Wolfe.

Who would you love to work with?
Anyone inspired and creative…too many to name.

If you had to give all your sneakers away to charity except for one pair, which ones would you keep? 
My Basquiat Reeboks that were a birthday present from my husband - I love them, and only 200 made!

What’s on your iPod right now?
The new cd from Rob Wonder Ponce People, I get the sneak preview haha!

What’s your Favorite ATL food?
The Bookhouse…my sister’s the chef.

What’s your Favorite ATL hangout?
El Bar of course.

What are your Pet Peeves?
People who talk shit and they don’t know.

Shout outs?
Rob Wonder - the love of my life… My girls - Julia, Lan, Sharlene, Jessica, Michelle, Nini, Sharon, Mimi, and Rita… All my El Bar posse - Colleen, Tara, Ed, Kevin, Cristo, Cory, Lord, Rasta Root… Dax, Zach, Ryan and of course the Process and EC!!

Epidemik Coalition Holiday Tee - 2008

We created an extremely limited run of these A Pick Me Up tees for the Holiday Season. Yes, our house brand might be called PROCESS, but that doesn’t mean we’ve strayed from our EC screen-printing roots. Originally, Georgios drew our squid friend for the Breather conference in Decatur earlier this year, but we loved the graphic so much we wanted to share it for the holidays. Pick one up in your size in the Epidemik Coalition Online Store. There are already only a few left.

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Never pay a cover at El Bar in 2009. There’s a very special opportunity to become an El Bar V.I.P. on the horizon. As always, we’re in the thick of it. Details coming soon.

Yaari.com is a social networking site that connects young people through questions about Indian entertainment media. They came to Epidemk Coalition needing an identity package as well as some web-design consulting. Much of the Yaari.com community is located overseas with dial-up connections, so the challenges posed in the web design process require the site to be lightweight and easy to use while remaining young and vibrant. Now that the logo is done, we’ll start jamming on the look and feel of the site in the coming days.

Epidemik Coalition resident photographer, Jorge Menes, commissioned our former intern/illustrator E. Charrow to draw his holiday cards. I really like how the watercolors interplay with the line art. If you were nice to Jorge this year, you’ll probably get one of these in the mail.

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My buddy Logan, the drummer for Chi-town’s Crystal Gravy, sent me this iPhone photo yesterday as the stickers I worked on with his band arrived in time for their big weekend show. Don’t be surprised if you start seeing these babies all over Chicago’s hot spots.

Bear Fight - A drink, of sorts, consisting of two drinks taken one after the other. An Irish Car Bomb and a Jäger Bomb. You simply line them up and take one after the other, wait 5-10 minutes, and then you will know how it has earned it’s name.

This celebratory drink, although not invented by us in Atlanta, has been a favorite of ours lately. I know you’re thinking that we’re crazy, but you really only take on a Bear Fight when you’re looking to get the evening started without delay. Spending the holidays with good friends are perfect for taking on the Bear. The Bear Fights shown above were from a few weeks back in Austin with a crew of friends I hadn’t seen in years.

Next time you see Colleen or Rosa at the EL, tell ‘em we sent you. Be careful!

Our friend and favorite bartender, Colleen Burley, is going to be showing at the Annual Telephone Factory Art Show this weekend. Colleen will be showing in Limo Matt’s apartment, which is located on the second floor (216). The hours are Saturday from 11-7 and Sunday from 1-6. Come out and show your support.

The Telephone Factory
828 Ralph McGill Boulevard, NE
Atlanta, Georgia 30306

So for this week I would like to start with a special shout out to one of my best friends, Alex Liebold. I have known Alex for a good bit now and the one thing I know is that this is one of his most favorite times of the year. Perfect example, his Last Christmas dedication website. For those of you who don’t know, Last Christmas was a song done back in the 80’s by Wham!. Alex just started it up again and his current count is up to 331 different versions of the song. Either way I am looking forward to seeing what kind of awesome versions Alex comes up with this year and if there is anyone out there that has a version that he doesn’t have send it to him and add to the list!

Now its on to the photo showcase. This week were gonna take a look at Richard Avedon. Most people out there will be familiar with his work but it is always worth taking a second look at. Avedon started his career as a photographer for the Merchant Marines back in 1942 by taking identification photos of the crewmen. A few years later he was working as an advertising photographer for a department store where he was picked up by Harper’s Bazaar which led to a staff photographer position at Vogue up until the late 80’s. He was most notable for his portraits taken with a large format camera on a white background. Avedon was the best at capturing the most revealing aspects of his subjects weather it was celebrities or the working class in the American west.

I recently came across an article on NPR about the responsibility of a portrait photographer to portray their subject in the right way. It was something that made me think about Avedon and his work and some of the complaints that people have had about him over the years. If anyone wants to hear the article you can find it here. Personally I think that the responsibility lies in the editors hands that chooses to run the photo. The photographer is simply doing what he is hired to do and that is take a photograph. Either way Avedon is a legend no matter what way you look at it.

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Autographed DJ Clark Kent/Black Friday Air Force 1 shoebox

About a week ago, sneaker fiends in New York, Boston, and Miami were camping out for these Nike Air Force 1’s that they had never even seen before. They were set to release early Friday morning, November 28th a.k.a. Black Friday. The designer of the sneaker, DJ Clark Kent, and Nike kept the sneaker a mystery for weeks, yet people were still hyped on its release.

After combing the internet for photos of the shoes on Friday morning, I was disappointed to see the lack of quality images so I got together with Decatur Dan and we made it happen. Also, word on the street is that these will be dropping in other cities soon. ATLiens, check your usual spots for more info.

Don’t forget to download DJ Clark Kent’s hard-to-find Black Friday Mixtape that he made for the release of the shoe. Note: It’s a large file, so I’ll have to take it down in a few days. Get it while you can!

Download: DJ Clark Kent - Black Friday Mixtape

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