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Hardcore Christian
Location: Des Moines, Iowa, USA
Nationality: USA
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Photographer, Photojournalist, Journalist, Editor, Writer, Politics, Video Editor, Multimedia, News, Video, Photography, Portraiture, VR, Freelance, Professor, Visual Communications , Lecturer
Covering:
Middle East,
USA & Canada
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Research, Audio Recording, Photo Assisting, Adobe Premier, Photo Editing, Multimedia Production, Photojournalism, Motion Graphics, Video Editing, Visual Effects, Film Photography, Cinematographer
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Tripp Durden shows off his tattoos at Audiofeed Festival in Urbana, Illinois on Saturday, July 1, 2017. © 2017 KC McGinnis
As a teenager growing up in the evangelical subculture, I was a fan of Christian hard rock and metal in the early 2000s. The music helped me feel adventurous and unique, and it was an important way for me to craft an identity.
Since 1984, every countercultural Christian punk’s dream was to play at a festival called Cornerstone – a weeklong bohemian campout commonly likened to a Christian Woodstock. Cornerstone went defunct in 2012, but a group of Cornerstone veterans established a festival called Audiofeed a few years later, in part as an attempt to reunite the Cornerstone crowd.
I came to this festival to get a clearer picture of what the next generation of post-culture war evangelicals might look like. One veteran of the festival recalled the days he couldn’t wear his Slayer T-shirt in church, while a transgender teen claimed to have both become a Christian and come out as trans on the festival grounds. Both people may represent, to varying degrees, how countercultural Christian movements like the Christian hardcore scene can predict broader movements toward tolerance within each generation of evangelicals.
Since 1984, every countercultural Christian punk’s dream was to play at a festival called Cornerstone – a weeklong bohemian campout commonly likened to a Christian Woodstock. Cornerstone went defunct in 2012, but a group of Cornerstone veterans established a festival called Audiofeed a few years later, in part as an attempt to reunite the Cornerstone crowd.
I came to this festival to get a clearer picture of what the next generation of post-culture war evangelicals might look like. One veteran of the festival recalled the days he couldn’t wear his Slayer T-shirt in church, while a transgender teen claimed to have both become a Christian and come out as trans on the festival grounds. Both people may represent, to varying degrees, how countercultural Christian movements like the Christian hardcore scene can predict broader movements toward tolerance within each generation of evangelicals.
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"Reformation Punk" band Anti-World System performs at Audiofeed Festival in Urbana, Illinois on Friday, June 30, 2017. © 2017 KC McGinnis
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Fans dance in the pit as "Reformation Punk" band Anti-World System performs at Audiofeed Festival in Urbana, Illinois on Friday, June 30, 2017. © 2017 KC McGinnis
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A fan takes a selfie with Christian metal band Grave Robber at Audiofeed Festival in Urbana, Illinois on Friday, June 30, 2017. © 2017 KC McGinnis
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A band gets ready to perform while fireworks go off in the background at Audiofeed Festival in Urbana, Illinois on Sunday, July 2, 2017. © 2017 KC McGinnis
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Hardcore band Headrush performs at Audiofeed Festival in Urbana, Illinois on Sunday, July 2, 2017. © 2017 KC McGinnis
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Lucas Wright washes makeup off of his face at Audiofeed Festival in Urbana, Illinois on Sunday, July 2, 2017. © 2017 KC McGinnis
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A member of the Blood & Ink label gets dunked in a dunk tank at Audiofeed Festival in Urbana, Illinois on Saturday, July 1, 2017. © 2017 KC McGinnis
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Alic Scoat drinks a beer in a pool made out of a pickup bed during Audiofeed Festival in Urbana, Illinois on Saturday, July 1, 2017. The party was later broken up by security; Audiofeed is an alcohol-free festival.
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Fans crowd surf to Irish punk band Flatfoot 56 at Audiofeed Festival in Urbana, Illinois on Sunday, July 2, 2017. © 2017 KC McGinnis
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Donnie and Nancy Loughney of Akron, Ohio pose for a picture at Audiofeed Festival in Urbana, Illinois on Thursday, June 29, 2017. © 2017 KC McGinnis
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Heather Vaught of Evansville, Indiana plays with her daughter Maybelle at Audiofeed Festival in Urbana, Illinois on Friday, June 30, 2017. © 2017 KC McGinnis
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