#Allison Vaughn Photography

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Synopsis: Three teenage girls break into a shut down pool. When uninvited guests show up, their friendship is tested and one of them is left behind. Cast: Adriana Santos Chloe Roe Adea Lennox Michael Tyler Jennings Lex Laas Vincent Perna Crew: Directed by Victoria Rivera Produced by Camila Zavala Co-Written by Neda Jebelli Cinematography by Allison Anderson Production Design by Juliana Steiner Editor Julienne Jones Sound Mixer- Kieran Altmann Assistant Director - Jon Jones Co-production Wild Combination Production Coordinator - Katya Skakun Production Assistant - Rob Kerr, Michael Dukas, Michael Piccirilli 1st Assistant Camera - Daniel Cardenas 2nd Assistant Camera - King Lu, Sushant Chaudhary Gaffer - David Ospina Key Grip - Zane Pappas Grip - Devin Armstrong On-set Photography - Jacob Krupnick Post-Production Supervisor - Michael J. Cacioppo, Peter Vaughn Graphic Designer - Maggie Briggs Sound Designer - Igor Comes Colorist - Kath Raisch at Company 3 Festivals // Awards: WORLD PREMIERE Tribeca Film Festival 2019 WINNER Best Student Short Palm Springs Shortfest 2019 WINNER Best Fiction Film Bogota Short Film Festival 2019 WINNER Audience Award Nitehawk Shorts 2019 WINNER Prix Du Public Champs-Elysées Film Festival 2019 OFFICIAL SELECTION Telluride Film Festival 2019 OFFICIAL SELECTION Rooftop Films 2019 OFFICIAL SELECTION San Jose International Film Festival 2019 OFFICIAL SELECTION New Hampshire Film Festival 2019 OFFICIAL SELECTION Sun Valley Film Festival 2020

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Synopsis: Three teenage girls break into a shut down pool. When uninvited guests show up, their friendship is tested and one of them is left behind. Cast: Adriana Santos Chloe Roe Adea Lennox Michael Tyler Jennings Lex Laas Vincent Perna Crew: Directed by Victoria Rivera Produced by Camila Zavala Co-Written by Neda Jebelli Cinematography by Allison Anderson Production Design by Juliana Steiner Editor Julienne Jones Sound Mixer- Kieran Altmann Assistant Director - Jon Jones Co-production Wild Combination Production Coordinator - Katya Skakun Production Assistant - Rob Kerr, Michael Dukas, Michael Piccirilli 1st Assistant Camera - Daniel Cardenas 2nd Assistant Camera - King Lu, Sushant Chaudhary Gaffer - David Ospina Key Grip - Zane Pappas Grip - Devin Armstrong On-set Photography - Jacob Krupnick Post-Production Supervisor - Michael J. Cacioppo, Peter Vaughn Graphic Designer - Maggie Briggs Sound Designer - Igor Comes Colorist - Kath Raisch at Company 3 Festivals // Awards: WORLD PREMIERE Tribeca Film Festival 2019 WINNER Best Student Short Palm Springs Shortfest 2019 WINNER Best Fiction Film Bogota Short Film Festival 2019 WINNER Audience Award Nitehawk Shorts 2019 WINNER Prix Du Public Champs-Elysées Film Festival 2019 OFFICIAL SELECTION Telluride Film Festival 2019 OFFICIAL SELECTION Rooftop Films 2019 OFFICIAL SELECTION San Jose International Film Festival 2019 OFFICIAL SELECTION New Hampshire Film Festival 2019 OFFICIAL SELECTION Sun Valley Film Festival 2020

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Synopsis: Three teenage girls break into a shut down pool. When uninvited guests show up, their friendship is tested and one of them is left behind. Cast: Adriana Santos Chloe Roe Adea Lennox Michael Tyler Jennings Lex Laas Vincent Perna Crew: Directed by Victoria Rivera Produced by Camila Zavala Co-Written by Neda Jebelli Cinematography by Allison Anderson Production Design by Juliana Steiner Editor Julienne Jones Sound Mixer- Kieran Altmann Assistant Director - Jon Jones Co-production Wild Combination Production Coordinator - Katya Skakun Production Assistant - Rob Kerr, Michael Dukas, Michael Piccirilli 1st Assistant Camera - Daniel Cardenas 2nd Assistant Camera - King Lu, Sushant Chaudhary Gaffer - David Ospina Key Grip - Zane Pappas Grip - Devin Armstrong On-set Photography - Jacob Krupnick Post-Production Supervisor - Michael J. Cacioppo, Peter Vaughn Graphic Designer - Maggie Briggs Sound Designer - Igor Comes Colorist - Kath Raisch at Company 3 Festivals // Awards: WORLD PREMIERE Tribeca Film Festival 2019 WINNER Best Student Short Palm Springs Shortfest 2019 WINNER Best Fiction Film Bogota Short Film Festival 2019 WINNER Audience Award Nitehawk Shorts 2019 WINNER Prix Du Public Champs-Elysées Film Festival 2019 OFFICIAL SELECTION Telluride Film Festival 2019 OFFICIAL SELECTION Rooftop Films 2019 OFFICIAL SELECTION San Jose International Film Festival 2019 OFFICIAL SELECTION New Hampshire Film Festival 2019 OFFICIAL SELECTION Sun Valley Film Festival 2020

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"HIDDEN FIGURES" (2016) Review

"HIDDEN FIGURES" (2016) Review In all my years of reading about the men and women who worked at NASA, whether in the air or on the ground, I have only come across two people who people of color. And both were astronauts. Not once did those articles ever reveal the numerous African-Americans who worked at NASA - including those women who worked as mathematicians (Human Computers) for NASA during the Space Race between the 1950s and 1970s. Imagine my surprise when I learned that 20th Century Fox Studios planned to distribute a movie based upon the 2016 non-fiction book, "Hidden Figures". Written by Margot Lee Shetterly, the book focused on three NASA mathematicians - Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson. Even before the movie was finally released, a NBC series called "TIMELESS" aired an episode set during the Apollo 11 mission that featured one of the movie's main characters - Katherine Johnson. In the midst of all of this, I found myself anticipating the movie. As I had stated earlier, "HIDDEN FIGURES" began in early 1961 in which mathematicians Katherine Johnson and Dorothy Vaughn, along with aspiring engineer Mary Jackson; are working at NASA's West Area Computers division of Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia with minimum satisfaction. Dorothy, who works as an unofficial supervisor of the black women who served as Human Computers, requests to be officially promoted to supervisor. Her request is rejected by her supervisor, Vivian Mitchell. Mary identifies a flaw in the experimental space capsule's heat shields. Space engineer Karl Zielinski encourages her to aggressively pursue a degree in engineering for a more substantial position at NASA. In order to attain a graduate degree in engineering, Mary would have to take the required courses in math and physics from a University of Virginia night program being taught at the all-white Hampton High School. After the Soviet Union manages to send a successful Russian satellite launch, pressure to send American astronauts into space increases. Vivian Mitchell assigns Katherine to assist Director Al Harrison's Space Task Group, due to her skills in analytic geometry. Katherine becomes the first African-American woman to work with the team and in the building. But her new colleagues are initially dismissive of her presence on the team, especially Paul Stafford, the Group's head engineer. The movie focuses on the three women's efforts to overcome bigoted attitudes and institutional racism to achieve their goals at NASA. "HIDDEN FIGURES", like any other historical drama I have ever seen or read, is mixture of fact and fiction. Some of the movie's characters are fictional. And Allison Schroeder and director Theodore Melfi may have mixed up the dates on some of the film's events. But as far as I am concerned, this did not harm the movie. More importantly, Schroeder and Melfi created a screenplay that maintained my interest in a way that some films with a similar topic have failed to do. In other words, "HIDDEN FIGURES" proved to be a subtle, yet captivating movie. The movie's subtle tone manifested in the racism encountered by the three women. Katherine Johnson dealt with the Space Task Group's quiet refusal to take her seriously via minor pranks and dismissive attitudes. She also has to deal with Paul Stafford's constant stream of complaints, skeptical comments and attempts to take credit for her work. Worst of all, Katherine is forced to walk (or run) several miles back to her old building in order to use the restroom, due to the Space Task Group's restrooms being off-limits to non-whites. Dorothy Vaughn is determined to become the official supervisor for the segregated West Area human computers. But due to her race, her supervisor - Vivian Mitchell - refuses to consider giving Dorothy a genuine promotion. The most subtle example of racism found in the movie manifested in Mary Jackson's desire to return to school and attain a graduate degree in engineering. The racism she faced seemed to be internal. Despite urgings from both her husband and Mr. Zielinski, Mary seemed reluctant to request permission from the Virginia courts to attend a segregated school in order to obtain a graduate Engineering degree. Subconsciously, she seemed to believe that her efforts would be wasted. The fascinating thing about the racism that the three women faced is that violence of any kind was not involved. The racism that they faced was subtle, insidious and nearly soul-crushing. But no violence was involved. The closest they came to encountering violence occurred when a law officer stopped to question them, while Dorothy's car was stranded at the side of the road in the movie's opening scene. The cop eventually escorted them to the Langley Research Center after learning they worked for NASA. Yet, I could not help but feel that the entire scene seemed to crackle with both humor, intimidation and a little terror, thanks to Theodore Melfi's direction. Despite my admiration of Melfi's direction of the above-mentioned scene, I have to admit that I would not regard it as one of the best things about "HIDDEN FIGURES". I am not stating that I found his direction lousy or mediocre. If I must be honest, I thought it was pretty solid, aside from that opening scene, which I found exceptional. "HIDDEN FIGURES" was his third feature-length film as a director . . . and it showed. I suspect that the movie benefited more from its subject matter, screenplay and its cast. I certainly had no problems with the movie's production values. Despite the movie being set in Northern Virginia, it was shot in Georgia. And Mandy Walker's sharp and colorful photography certainly took advantage of the location. And thanks to Wynn Thomas' production designs, Missy Parker's set decorations, and Jeremy Woolsey's art direction, I felt as if I had been transported back to Hampton, Virginia, circa 1961. I can also say the same about Renee Ehrlich Kalfus' costumes, which I felt had accurately reflected the characters' personalities and social class, as shown in the images below:

Only one cast member from "HIDDEN FIGURES" had received any acting nominations. Octavia Spencer received both an Academy Award nomination and Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Personally, she deserved it. I thought Spencer gave a very subtle, yet commanding performance as the group's aspiring supervisor, Dorothy Vaughn. I was also impressed by Janelle Monáe, who not only gave a very entertaining performance as the extroverted and witty Mary Jackson, but also did an impressive job in conveying her character's self-doubts about pursuing an Engineering graduate's degree. I am surprised that Taraji P. Henson did not received any major acting nominations for her performance as NASA mathematician Katherine Goble (later Johnson). Personally, I find that baffling. I was very impressed by her quiet and subtle performance as the widowed mathematician, who not only struggled to endure the dismissive attitude of her Space Group Task Force colleagues, but also found love again after spending a few years as a widow. Personally, I thought Henson's performance deserved at least an award nomination or two. "HIDDEN FIGURES" also featured top notch performances from the supporting cast. Kevin Costner gave a very colorful performances as the Space Group Task Force director Al Harrison. The movie's other colorful performance came from Glen Powell, who portrayed astronaut and future U.S. senator John Glennn. Jim Parsons was just as subtle as Henson in his portrayal of the racist, yet insecure head engineer Paul Stafford. Mahershala Ali gave a nice and charming performance as Katherine's second husband, Jim Johnson. But his performance did not strike as particularly memorable. Aldis Hodge, on the other hand, gave an intense and interesting performance as Mary's politically-inclined husband, Levi Jackson; who urges his wife to overcome her reluctance to pursue a graduate degree in Engineering. This movie seemed to be filled with subtle performance for Kirsten Dunst also gave one as the slightly racist Vivian Mitchell, supervisor of all the Human Computers. The movie turned out to be quite a surprise for me. Watching the trailer, I came away with the impression that it would be one of those nice, but mediocre live-action Disney films. And to be honest, there were moments when Theodore Melfi's direction gave that impression. He does not strike me as a particularly memorable director. But that opening sequence featuring the three protagonists and a cop seemed to hint Melfi's potential to become a first-rate director. In the end, the movie's superb Oscar-nominated screenplay and the excellent performances of a cast led by Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer and Janelle Monáe made "HIDDEN FIGURES" one of my favorite movies of 2016.

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Night Swim from Victoria Rivera on Vimeo.

Synopsis: Three teenage girls break into a shut down pool. When uninvited guests show up, their friendship is tested and one of them is left behind.

Cast: Adriana Santos Chloe Roe Adea Lennox Michael Tyler Jennings Lex Laas Vincent Perna

Crew: Directed by Victoria Rivera Produced by Camila Zavala Co-Written by Neda Jebelli Cinematography by Allison Anderson Production Design by Juliana Steiner Editor Julienne Jones Sound Mixer- Kieran Altmann Assistant Director - Jon Jones Co-production Wild Combination Production Coordinator - Katya Skakun Production Assistant - Rob Kerr, Michael Dukas, Michael Piccirilli 1st Assistant Camera - Daniel Cardenas 2nd Assistant Camera - King Lu, Sushant Chaudhary Gaffer - David Ospina Key Grip - Zane Pappas Grip - Devin Armstrong On-set Photography - Jacob Krupnick Post-Production Supervisor - Michael J. Cacioppo, Peter Vaughn Graphic Designer - Maggie Briggs Sound Designer - Igor Comes Colorist - Kath Raisch at Company 3

Festivals // Awards: WORLD PREMIERE Tribeca Film Festival 2019 WINNER Best Student Short Palm Springs Shortfest 2019 WINNER Best Fiction Film Bogota Short Film Festival 2019 WINNER Audience Award Nitehawk Shorts 2019 WINNER Prix Du Public Champs-Elysées Film Festival 2019 OFFICIAL SELECTION Telluride Film Festival 2019 OFFICIAL SELECTION Rooftop Films 2019 OFFICIAL SELECTION San Jose International Film Festival 2019 OFFICIAL SELECTION New Hampshire Film Festival 2019 OFFICIAL SELECTION Sun Valley Film Festival 2020

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Synopsis: Three teenage girls break into a shut down pool. When uninvited guests show up, their friendship is tested and one of them is left behind. Cast: Adriana Santos Chloe Roe Adea Lennox Michael Tyler Jennings Lex Laas Vincent Perna Crew: Directed by Victoria Rivera Produced by Camila Zavala Co-Written by Neda Jebelli Cinematography by Allison Anderson Production Design by Juliana Steiner Editor Julienne Jones Sound Mixer- Kieran Altmann Assistant Director - Jon Jones Co-production Wild Combination Production Coordinator - Katya Skakun Production Assistant - Rob Kerr, Michael Dukas, Michael Piccirilli 1st Assistant Camera - Daniel Cardenas 2nd Assistant Camera - King Lu, Sushant Chaudhary Gaffer - David Ospina Key Grip - Zane Pappas Grip - Devin Armstrong On-set Photography - Jacob Krupnick Post-Production Supervisor - Michael J. Cacioppo, Peter Vaughn Graphic Designer - Maggie Briggs Sound Designer - Igor Comes Colorist - Kath Raisch at Company 3 Festivals // Awards: WORLD PREMIERE Tribeca Film Festival 2019 WINNER Best Student Short Palm Springs Shortfest 2019 WINNER Best Fiction Film Bogota Short Film Festival 2019 WINNER Audience Award Nitehawk Shorts 2019 WINNER Prix Du Public Champs-Elysées Film Festival 2019 OFFICIAL SELECTION Telluride Film Festival 2019 OFFICIAL SELECTION Rooftop Films 2019 OFFICIAL SELECTION San Jose International Film Festival 2019 OFFICIAL SELECTION New Hampshire Film Festival 2019 OFFICIAL SELECTION Sun Valley Film Festival 2020

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Let her sleep now -- for when she wakes, she will move mountains. http://ift.tt/2iT7V1b

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This mother-daughter duo took me to the zoo! We learned about different animals and even fed a giraffe! #ThisJobisNeverBoring http://ift.tt/2iQKCoR

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“In 900 years of time and space, I’ve never met anyone who wasn’t important” — The Doctor, Season 6, Christmas Special Welcome to Earth's newest companion. Destined to save the world, Mr. Kingston was born, at home, to a loving family who have selfishly dedicated their lives to a cause you may not be aware of -- The Legacy House. Too many children are born and live through the foster care system. Once they become of age, they are often sent to homeless shelters, instead. What the Legacy House does is provide girls who are aging out of the foster care system, a place to lovingly call home and help them receive great start at life, something they may not have had the chance to experience in their lives as of yet. These young women are provided their own rooms, and in some cases, apartments (if they have young children with them), warm meals, loving support -- and are required to continue to follow their dreams and receive a college education. The Legacy Housing Project is run by Local Heroes, so it is no doubt that they will make a huge difference, and this sweet boy pictured, is destined to follow. My two hearts are beating with happiness to have met them. VIEW MORE INFO: http://ift.tt/2jocF2q If you like this photo, please feel free to "Like", "Comment", "Share", or "Like" Allison Vaughn Photography. Your continued support helps me continue to help immortalize these moments in our lives that are fleeting, and provide families memories to last many lifetimes. http://ift.tt/2kaqwGN

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HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY =) Now for only $25*, receive a 15 minute session, 1 digital web file for sharing, and a 5x7 print. FEBRUARY 10th and 11th ONLY. For MORE INFORMATION (or to book now): http://ift.tt/2kIdvXP *Price is for 1 child. http://ift.tt/2kJ5yxD

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Let's share LOVE this upcoming holiday with Valentine's Mini Sessions. Information coming SOON! Stay tunes for booking and package information! http://ift.tt/2kh0vI4

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Thanks to a client of mine, I got the instructions on how to make my own glittered wooden piece for my upcoming Valentine's Day sessions. It's going to be sparkly but.. no worries. By the time it's done, the glitter should be mod-podged so it doesn't come off. :) http://ift.tt/2jPrjwl

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