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SIN & SALVATION IN BAPTIST TOWN At ArtGallery

Winky takes the .40 and checks to see if there’s one in the chamber, stepping behind the abandoned building where the teenagers often hang out. POP! POP! POP! He shoots three times into the air. The woman raking her yard with a child 100 feet away doesn’t pay him any...

RVA NO.3: KENCREDIBLE, An interview with photographer Ken Penn

Girls falling from the sky, women towering over a landscape, guys cutting through time with knives... Ken gets paid to push you outside the everyday, disrupt your train of thought, and even scare you sometimes. For this reason, I wanted to sit down and ask him about...

Notes2Self: The HALLOWEEK photo shoot.

Whenever we are planning on doing anything strange, dark, otherworldly, sacrificial, possibly offensive, we tend to work with David Kenedy. The guy is fearless. Whenever we are planning on doing anything strange, dark, otherworldly, sacrificial, possibly offensive, we...

Ken Penn is “Kencredible!”

Richmond native and current Philly, PA resident, photographer Ken Penn stylishly shoots everything from tatted chicks to entire tatted families. Although his subject matter hasn't changed much from his start over two decades ago, Ken still prefers to shoot something...

The ATOM BOMB captured on film.

Narrated by George Yoshitaki, this set of photos comes out of the national archive and has been published on the New York Times website HERE. navy blimp deflated by the force of the balst those tiny dots below the blast are vehicles an atomic cannon testing the...

Were You Here? Shplongle at The Canal Club

A photo set from the sold out Shplongle set at the Canal Club. Have no idea who Shplongle is? CLICK HERE. Also, for those that were there Mr. Jennings of PLF killed it and we have his podcast from the night coming up later today. BIG UPS to Mike and Jesse at EQ...

Fearless youth with photographer Justina Villanueva

I am guessing music is what keeps Justina alive. You can tell by her photographs. They capture the energy of youth and the bonds created in the crowd among strangers when willingly crammed shoulder to shoulder in the front row. Currently residing in Falls Church and...

Were you here? BRAIN DRAIN August 2010

Last night was a blast. So much so I cant think of anything else to write about it cause my head is full of cobwebs. For those that shared in the madness, here is a selection of photos from Todd Raviotta. Are you in there somewhere? Find the whole set HERE Last night...

Cloud 365: a year of the sky.

Most of us see them every day, and I hope as many people as I do stop to revel in their beauty from time to time. The people at Clouds 365 certainly do. A project from multimedia artist Kelly DeLay, the project started as many creative projects do- with the intent to do something creative, every day. His dedication to a series of ideals- Art,...

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RVA is a weird and wild place.

So many inspired people are doing amazing things in Richmond, VA and the rest of the world is taking notice. From major national media taking cues from our scene to bigger and badder ideas sprouting everyday, this city is becoming what everyone thought it could be years ago. In looking back over all the images people have contributed in 2009 to...

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Ryan McGinley’s Moonmilk

Moonmilk has the feeling of a mind-bending sixties flick like The Trip, except it is in a cave, not a party and there are no drugs involved but the colors dammit, the colors! At base level, the images are of naked friends diving, holding, crawling, swimming in a maze of tunnels with primary colors lighting the way. Delving deeper, a visual...

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Photographer Barry Underwood

With images that combine artificial and natural light in a most unconventional and innovative way, Barry Underwood has captivated me. It seems that he uses any light source that is not used by most photographers, or in some cases have not been used for quite some time, most prominently LEDs and pyrotechnics. Flash photography before bulbs, of...

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IMG_IMG: Snow Day RVA

It's going to start getting cold soon. Or at least, supposedly. We're barely two weeks away from December, and it's barely supposed to dip below sixty degrees in the next week. I think it's gone below freezing twice this "winter," so far. But I digress. We know it'll get cold, bitter and windswept, soon enough. What we're not sure of is whether...

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Photographer Walker Allen

Walker Allen will be showing work this coming First Friday at Artisan Alley, 323 West Broad Street. He is one of the kindest people I have met. Walker Allen will be showing work this coming First Friday at Artisan Alley, 323 West Broad Street. He is one of the kindest people I have met. He and I also share a love of a very strange camera, Sony's...

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Voodoo in the Hills- Photographer Ann Thompson

I truly wonder when Ann sleeps. She works hard as a photographer during the day, all day, and yet has time to capture these incredible nocturnal images. She clued me on to the Orionids meteor shower, for which I owe her thanks, and I'd been meaning to feature here for a while. Her Flickr Set of these images includes roll-over notes of which...

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