Festival profile published: April 4, 2022. This retrospective was published in September 2026.
The International Cherry Blossom Festival’s April 4, 2022 feature introduced readers to the range of Larry Najera’s work behind the celebration. It identified him as the festival’s official photographer and drone pilot while also highlighting his graphic design.
The profile credited Larry with the 40th anniversary festival poster and a koi fish T-shirt honoring Japan. The shirt’s artwork is shown in the photograph accompanying this post.
Images and artwork with different jobs to do
The feature also described photography, official posters, postcards and the Cherry Blossom Party Time music video. Those projects serve different parts of a festival: recording the experience, promoting it and giving visitors something they can take home.
For Najera Design + Marketing and GoRound Media, the profile brings several creative disciplines into one story rooted in a Macon tradition.