{"id":1801,"date":"2012-10-11T01:00:41","date_gmt":"2012-10-11T06:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/?p=1801"},"modified":"2025-09-15T16:31:36","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T20:31:36","slug":"luke-stephenson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/11\/luke-stephenson\/","title":{"rendered":"Artist: Luke Stephenson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/BALLOON-6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1802\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/11\/luke-stephenson\/balloon-6\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/BALLOON-6.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1125,750\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"balloonanimal_lukestephenson\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/BALLOON-6-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-1802\" title=\"balloonanimal_lukestephenson\" src=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/BALLOON-6-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"536\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/BALLOON-6-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/BALLOON-6-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/BALLOON-6.jpg 1125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 536px) 100vw, 536px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Photographer <a href=\"http:\/\/lukestephenson.com\" target=\"_blank\">Luke Stephenson<\/a> snaps portraits for an unusual band of characters: from balloon animals to show birds to&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/showbirds_lukestephenson.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1805\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/11\/luke-stephenson\/showbirds_lukestephenson\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/showbirds_lukestephenson.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"887,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"showbirds_lukestephenson\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/showbirds_lukestephenson.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-1805\" title=\"showbirds_lukestephenson\" src=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/showbirds_lukestephenson.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"621\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/showbirds_lukestephenson.jpg 887w, https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/showbirds_lukestephenson-300x202.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">clown eggs to&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/clowneggs_likestephenson.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1804\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/11\/luke-stephenson\/clowneggs_likestephenson\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/clowneggs_likestephenson.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"978,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"clowneggs_likestephenson\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/clowneggs_likestephenson.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-1804\" title=\"clowneggs_likestephenson\" src=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/clowneggs_likestephenson.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"685\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/clowneggs_likestephenson.jpg 978w, https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/clowneggs_likestephenson-300x184.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 685px) 100vw, 685px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">the participants of the World Beard and Mustache Championships&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/beardmustache_lukestephenson.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1803\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/11\/luke-stephenson\/beardmustache_lukestephenson\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/beardmustache_lukestephenson.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"834,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"beardmustache_lukestephenson\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/beardmustache_lukestephenson.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-1803\" title=\"beardmustache_lukestephenson\" src=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/beardmustache_lukestephenson.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"667\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/beardmustache_lukestephenson.jpg 834w, https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/beardmustache_lukestephenson-300x215.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 667px) 100vw, 667px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0and <a href=\"http:\/\/lukestephenson.com\/stanellis-super-circus\/\" target=\"_blank\">many more<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photographer Luke Stephenson snaps portraits for an unusual band of characters: from balloon animals to show birds to&#8230; clown eggs to&#8230; the participants of the World Beard and Mustache Championships&#8230; \u00a0and many more.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[16,199],"tags":[37,125,327,1876,254],"class_list":["post-1801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artist","category-photography","tag-art","tag-artist-2","tag-luke-stephenson","tag-photography","tag-portrait"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2Btis-t3","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2852,"url":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/05\/caleb-luke-lin\/","url_meta":{"origin":1801,"position":0},"title":"Artist: 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