PHOTOGRAPHER | ANTHONY BELLEMARE

Auga Viva - Conquering the Green River Narrows

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As the gates open from a dam up high on the mountain, gravity takes over and the water begins to flow down hill turning the Green Narrows River into a beautiful, yet wild and roaring energy. Agua Viva or Living Water is an attempt to capture the spirit of the river as boaters from the annual Green Narrows Race try to navigate their way through the one mile course of boulders, logs, waterfalls and dangerous current.

Green Narrows Race 2010
Outside Asheville, North Carolina

Verve Magazine

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Verve is a monthly magazine that highlights women in Western North Carolina. Stories focus on artists, fashion, business and the extraordinary personalities that can only be found here in the mountains. Here are some of the women I have been fortunate to meet and photograph over the past year.

2010 Asheville Zombie Walk

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Hundreds of citizen zombies take over the streets of downtown for the Asheville Zombie Walk 2010.

100 Strangers: Portraits of Asheville

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“In every day life, dozens of people pass in and out of our range of vision, their faces set with determination to get where they’re going and do what they need to. But the attitude people convey in public rarely reveal what’s beneath the surface. In his series titled 100 Strangers, photographer Anthony Bellemare digs deeper, transforming brief encounters with passer-by into intimate and enduring portraits.”

BoldLife Magazine | Face Value by Joanne O’Sullivan

The Green River Narrows Race 2009

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On the first weekend of every November paddlers gather near Asheville, North Carolina for the Green Race on the Class V narrows of the Green River. This grassroots creek race with whitewater rapids like Frankenstein, Go Left or Die, and Gorilla, makes the this one of the most extreme paddle races in North America.

Larry and His Flask

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Larry And His Flask
Summer 2009. Playing on the streets of Asheville.

My Dentist is a Supernatural Bodybuilder

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Amy Haldeman
Asheville, North Carolina

US Air Guitar Championships 2009

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Asheville, North Carolina
at The Orange Peel

Culinary Arts

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Asheville, North Carolina
on the campus of AB Tech

A-B Tech’s Culinary Team won a silver medal and third place nationwide in the American Culinary Federation Student Team Championship July 14 in Orlando.

A team from A-B Tech has made it to nationals for three of the past four years after winning first place in state and regional competition. This year’s team faced student chefs from the Pennsylvania Culinary Institute, Pittsburgh Chapter; Schoolcraft College in Livonia, Mich., and Kapi’olani Community College, Honolulu, Hawaii.

The competition requires student teams to prepare 24 plates of a four-course signature meal, while also being judged on their floor skills. Medals are awarded based on the number of points teams earn from a possible 40, with A-B Tech finishing with 33.75. A score of 34 was needed to receive gold.

“The competition was tough. (Our team) did a fantastic job. As always, we all learn a great deal from these experiences, and had a great time,” said Chef Charles deVries, one of the coaches.

A Day in the Life of Asheville

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Asheville, North Carolina

Each year a 36hr community photo project is held to capture a day in the life of Asheville. Citizens of all skill levels are encouraged to participate and the top 100 photos go into the permanent archive of the Pack Memorial Library for future generation to enjoy.