About Us
MEET BETH HALL THRASHER
& JASON THRASHER
About Thrasher
Photo +Design
Beth and Jason have been working together since they met—first, on the tours for Beth’s Short Attention Span Film & Video Festival and Jason’s UNDERSKATEMENT skateboarding film festival, then on the startup they created in Los Angeles to showcase super-short films online, before YouTube and Vimeo were a thing. When they got back home to Athens, they used their DIY fundraising and promotional skills to help get the world-class Skate Park of Athens built.
Not too long after, Thrasher Photo + Design was born.
“Over the years, we’ve had the privilege of working with an ever-growing network of talented creatives on projects from Athens to Atlanta, New York to San Francisco and beyond. We’re so grateful to the Athens, Georgia community, and for the exciting work we get to do for our clients.”
“We love using our creative skills to help clients meet their goals- no matter how high they aim.”
Beth Hall Thrasher
Thrasher Photo + Design
Beth Hall Thrasher
Creative Director
Beth Hall Thrasher’s work as an art director for television at NHK-Tokyo, CNN-Headline News in Atlanta and CBS in San Francisco won her an Emmy Award and two Broadcast Designers Association and Radio-Television News Directors Awards for Art Direction; her experience as an interactive designer started with gigs for Electronic Arts and Apple in California; her web designs have garnered an Earl Award at the prestigious SXSW Interactive Conference and a NAPA Award for Outstanding Web Design; and her print designs have recently been awarded GDUSA Package Design Awards. Beth is also the founder of the Short Attention Span Film and Video Festival which toured curated programs of super-short films internationally for more than ten years. She was also the day-to-day manager of UGA’s downtown tech incubator, The Athens New Media Synergy Center, in the early 2000s where she helped entrepreneurs write business plans, secure funding and grow their companies quickly. She has served on the boards of the Athens Economic Development Foundation, the Athens Small Business Loan Review Committee and her favorite local charity, Nuçi’s Space. She lives in Athens, GA with her photographer husband, two daughters and two rescue dogs.
WANT TO GROW YOUR BUSINESS, FAST?
“Beth is the primary reason why my business grew so successfully over the years! I first met her family of artists back in 2005 when Mermaid Cottages was just an idea. Within a few months, Beth built my first website and designed our t-shirts and postcards, her sister Louise created the fabulous mermaid logo known far and wide today, and her husband Jason took photos of the original cottages. Beth created the online strategy that we use to this day, and what I love most is how she seamlessly empowered my local staff to take over from there.“
Diane Kaufman
Mermaid Cottages, Tybee Island
“Jason is one of the best photographers in the business. His ability to quickly capture the essence of an artist is unmatched by his peers."
David Lowery
Cracker / Camper Van Beethoven
Jason Thrasher
Director of Photography
(706) 380-7778
Jason Thrasher’s body of work on the rich and varied Athens music scene, Athens Potluck, was on view at the Georgia Theatre Gallery in downtown Athens for five years, published in book form, and awarded Georgia Author of the Year by The Georgia Writers Association and is currently featured in the retrospective, Athens Potluck, at UGA’s Special Collections Library. Thrasher's portraiture has been published in Rolling Stone, Billboard, New York Magazine, New York Times, The Bitter Southerner, Entertainment Weekly, Paste, Garden & Gun, Nylon, USA Today and SPIN, and his photography is featured in the album designs of the Drive-By Truckers, Patterson Hood, Booker T., Randall Bramblett, Cracker, David Lowery, Blackberry Smoke and Bad Religion— to name just a few. His fine art photography has been exhibited at the Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, ICA in London, Yerba Buena Arts Center in San Francisco, Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans, Corcoran Gallery of Fine Art in Washington, DC, the Atlanta Contemporary Arts Center, and The Mercury Gallery and ATHICA in Athens.
WANT TO LOOK YOUR BEST ONLINE, OR IN PRINT?
“I’ve worked with Jason Thrasher many times over the years, both solo and with my band, Drive-By Truckers. He is one of our favorite photographers. He’s also a fantastic cinematographer and director— he’s an all-around great artist.”
Patterson Hood
Drive-By Truckers
”We just love the great photographs of the farm, and the the logo design, our T-shirts and labels, the signage and the many illustrations— even our font! They are each timeless and classic. Everyone adores the honey label, especially! Thank you so much to Beth and Jason and your wonderful team at Thrasher Photo and Design.”
Lisa Douglas
Hedgerow Farm
Louise Haynes Hall
Brand & Print Manager
Beth Hall Thrasher’s sister, Louise Haynes Hall, hails from Charleston, SC and has decades of experience with print design and branding, and she is an expert in the print process— from knowing which inks work best, to paper selection, to expert printer prep and interface. We first worked with Louise on the Mermaid Cottages project, and she’s been advising us on print projects ever since. We are excited to have Louise on the Thrasher Photo + Design team! Whether you need a quick brochure or a complicated book designed, we are happy to help. See just a few of her designs, below.
What are you waiting for? We’ve got it covered!
Branding
Photography and Video
Website Design
Print Design & Packaging
Product / Business Launch
Marketing & Promotion
Advertising
We get a lot of calls from folks “just looking for a website.”
But what they really want is “everything”— from developing a brand to quickly growing their business.
Contact us today to learn how Thrasher Photo + Design can take your idea, business or product to the next level with award-winning creative and firsthand business development experience: