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,...
Ollie, a local three-month-old rescue Dapple Chiweenie, has stolen the hearts of dog lovers online. Now his owner has partnered up with two dog companies to make bow ties and bandanas based on his cute face. It’s not every day that a dog gets to start his own fashion line, but that’s exactly what one local dog on Instagram is about to do. Meet...
At high-speed or on the street, Richmond photographer Wayne Hunter captures the unique aspects of each car in his lens. The sun begins to set on I-95, one of Richmond’s busiest highways. Colors of gold and amber cascade onto the pavement as a black Subaru contrasts the scene, carefully staying out of the way of cars making their way home....
Richmond portrait photographer Selah Marie started out as a model, but it was only when she got behind the camera that she truly found her calling in life. You never know what you’ll fall into. Even if you have a clear goal for what you want to do, things can happen that lead you in a different direction entirely. For Richmond-based photographer...
Protests around the city, and into surrounding counties, have continued on a daily basis throughout this week. Here's what it looks like on the streets. Last night, the city got a message that many of its residents have been waiting for: Governor Ralph Northam would be taking steps to remove the Robert E. Lee Monument from Monument Avenue, while...
Photographer Maggie Ellmore's arresting color schemes and fantastical imagery are both otherworldly in effect and deeply rooted in her local community. Maggie Ellmore’s photos are some of the most colorful and impressive pieces of art I have ever seen. She draws inspiration from cinema, art history, and music to create beautiful sets and...
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...
