I hadn’t seen him in years. Then I caught his pop-up photo show in an alleyway gallery in Oregon Hill a few months back. The images were real life. Honest. Some of them tough to even look at. Street people, prostitutes, gang bangers, punks mid-fight, scenes in bars,...
To be totally honest, there are only so many photos of the city skyline or James River we can look at. We get a ton of people sending us this stuff everyday. That's totally cool (and we support this happening) but at some point we gotta call it and let our audience get their Richmond landscape porn somewhere else! With that said, the team at...
Where Richmond's old money is concerned, it doesn't get much older or more moneyed than the Windsor Farms neighborhood, which starts on the south side of Cary Street Rd, just west of Carytown, and runs south all the way to the shores of the James. There are quite a few majestic estates hidden back in its winding streets, some of which predate the...
Fashion in Richmond is an ever evolving aspect of our city and one of the few groups in town that have created a platform for fashion is RVA Fashion Week. Over the last decade, it has grown into an annual tradition that is vital for young designers, models and photographers a place to develop their skills under the hot lights of the runway. Since...
There are very few casual fans of Kevin Smith's View Askewniverse. Most fans dive deep into the depths of the world he has created and are deeply and emotionally attached to it, tying it into various aspects of their lives. This was very clear this past Sunday and Monday at The National, when Smith hosted two advance showings, with subsequent...
Lots of people in this world love music, but it's a rare soul who chooses to go beyond their enjoyment of music to become active members of the community that creates the sound they love so much. Rian Moses-Hedrick and Elijah Hedrick of HearRVA are two members of that rare group, and they've shown it right here in Richmond by creating HearRVA....
Arcani is a prolific guy. Born Isaiah Carter, the Richmond-based photographer came to RVA from Yonkers, New York when he was in middle school. By his late teens, he was learning to love his new city, which impressed him with its artistic sensibility and unique aesthetic. He was also learning to love photography, and Richmond was a big inspiration...
Here at RVA Mag, we've always been captivated by the possibilities inherent in the photographic art form. And luckily for us, there are many amazing photographers all around us. They capture their own unique look at culture, music, art, and history, both here in Richmond and far beyond the city's borders. Through their eye on the world, the...
Here at RVA Mag, we've always been captivated by the possibilities inherent in the photographic art form. And luckily for us, there are many amazing photographers all around us. They capture their own unique look at culture, music, art, and history, both here in Richmond and far beyond the city's borders. Through their eye on the world, the...
Here at RVA Mag, we've always been captivated by the possibilities inherent in the photographic art form. And luckily for us, there are many amazing photographers all around us. They capture their own unique look at culture, music, art, and history, both here in Richmond and far beyond the city's borders. Through their eye on the world, the...
