The GIANTS! Exhibition Preview Party was last night at VMFA, and for the first time in my 20+ years moving within Richmond’s arts scene, I saw a mix of people I honestly didn’t expect to ever share the same room. High-end collectors, street artists, curators, younger...
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...
A figure walks toward the black curtains in the middle of a rodeo arena. Over the speakers, “Whoop That Trick” plays and an announcer bellows: “In the blue corner ... fighting for the Titans of the Cage flyweight championship ... from Richmond, Virginia … Tia ‘Jab Jab’ Jablonsky!” Jablonsky, 29, walks down the aisle of fans cheering around her as...
Local BMX isn’t a kiddie sport -- in the hands of Richmond BMX, it’s an extreme, all-ages family bonding sesh. At Gillies Creek Park, just up the road from Shockoe Bottom, the smell of cooking charcoal floats through the air. Neon figures in wraparound helmets and tiny bikes bob up and down on a twisting track. A booming voice, with ESPN-esque...
While the history of NASCAR may lie in the bootlegging, blockade-running days of Prohibition in Appalachia, today’s races marry the sport’s moonshining, outlaw-racing origins with the modern world. Racing in 2019 invites folks to fly their own flags alongside the colorful and checkered symbols of its own, encouraging fans old and new to...
Families and friends of the Indian community in Central Virginia came together on March 23 to celebrate Holi, the annual festival of color in Hindu tradition. For the fifth year in a row, Holi brought hundreds of people to the Hindu Center of Virginia in Glen Allen for a colorful celebration of community and friendship. Before being celebrated at...
