'Weird Al' Yankovic brought his Bigger & Weirder tour to the Allianz Amphitheater earlier this week, turning Richmond’s newest stage into equal parts circus and cultural mirror. For anyone still catching up, Al has spent more than four decades parodying pop icons,...
Richmond photographer Will Templeman is making waves. Only 20 years old, he's showing work all over the world in the coming year, from Milan to Berlin to Melbourne. His main focus is street photography, and recently he agreed to share a selection of his portraits with RVA Magazine. Feast your eyes. Artist Statement:My name is Will Templeman and I...
RVA Mag #38 is on the streets now! Here’s another article from the issue, a photo feature in which photographer Heaton Johnson and model Jessi Rosenberg explore tiny spaces as a metaphor for the arbitrary limits people attempt to place on art. "When I approached Jessi to do this shoot, I didn't have a clearly defined concept or purpose....
Through his camera lens focused on motorcycles, photographer Liam Kennedy makes his home on the open road and inside the bike community. Candid but clear, and often colorful, the photos of Norfolk’s Liam Kennedy tell a visual story of life on the road in modern motorcycle culture. His photos follow Virginia’s subculture throughout the Old...
All The Saints Theater Company's annual Halloween Parade returned to Richmond's streets for its 14th edition last night -- presenting a climate change-inspired "Funeral March For Life As We Had Wished It." The Oregon Hill Halloween Parade has risen from the ashes after an announcement last year that the 2018 parade would be the last. All the...
For Richmond photographer Emily White, primitive photographic technologies like tintype capture a deeper, more permanent truth than modern digital photography can ever produce. Leading the charge in the modern-day photography revolution, Emily White’s work is a direct rebellion against the instant gratification generation's predisposition to...
This is event photography of a different nature. His work isn't usually event, per say, but it's definitely about the moment. This is event photography of a different nature. His work isn't usually event, per say, but it's definitely about the moment. He did work that will be in an upcoming video from Yeasayer. These pictures were taken on the...
“I’ve been to 85-plus countries, every continent except for Antarctica, and I have never come across a place that is better than this. Ever,” said National Geographic photographer Trevor Frost of his hometown, Richmond. *This article originally appeared in RVA Mag #37, on the streets now at all your favorite spots. In the springtime of Richmond...
Joey Wharton started taking pictures of bands because he enjoyed it. Now it's his career. Joey Wharton has earned himself a reputation as one of the most productive and dynamic freelance music photographers in Richmond. However, his path towards the music photography business was nontraditional - especially considering it was never a career he...
The pristine marble of Washington DC's Freedom Plaza has made it a favorite spot year after year for street skaters in the DMV and all over the world. Tattooed on Mikey Payne’s right knee is “13th and E”: the address of Washington, D.C.’s Freedom Plaza. As a teenager, Payne would skip school and head there to skate. Now 27, working odd jobs, and...
