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Sunday Stroll: The Weird and Wild World of the Virginia State Fair

RVA Mag covered a lot of tough subjects and put a lot of perspective into the collective atmosphere this week. While our arts, music, and cultural reporting by Angela Huckstep, Malik Hall, and Christoper McDaniel brought to bear the more prepossessing side of life,...

Juggalo Justice: Insane Clown Posse’s March on DC in Portrait

Juggalos are a deeply misunderstood subculture; the FBI classifying them as a gang in 2011 proves that. However, under the veneer of face paint, clown personas, costumes, and Faygo is a community of people that are deeply committed to one another. This was on full...

PHOTOS: Stone’s Throw Down in RVA

Over the weekend, hundreds flocked to Brown's Island to check out the inaugural Stone's Thrown Down in RVA, a music and beer festival put on by Stone Brewing Richmond to celebrate their one year anniversary here and give back to the local community who have supported...

Sunday Stroll: The Nature Photography of Benjamin Morgan

This past week was heavy with news, the kind of complex news which is now defining the political age we live in. There was the announcement by the neo-Confederate group CSA II from Tennessee that they would be marching on Richmond to protect Lee monument on September...

The Candy Cars of Stunt Sunday

There is no question Richmond, Virginia is a dichotomous place with a story to tell. Yet picking the right story is always the challenge for any photojournalist or writer. Part of this challenge is balancing the obvious with the not so obvious, and exposing it in a...

Photographer Joey Wharton & His Magical Music Tour

When looking back over any great music scene, there are a handful of brilliant documentarians that bring that mystique. Like Rolling Stone's first photographer Baron Wolman or David Godlis at the birth of punk, local Joey Wharton is capturing music now in a way that...

Charlottesville: Unite the Right through the eyes of Jason Lappa

The photographs in this essay are a terrifying glimpse into the events that unfolded in Charlottesville at Unite the Right this past weekend--events that for me, started on Friday evening at a small nameless field on the University of Virginia campus and would not end...

A Few of Our Favorite RVA Instagrams Right Now

There is no better tool right now than instagram to give you a sense of what a community is doing. There is no better tool right now than instagram to give you a sense of what a community is doing. If you were able to dig through all of the ones in Richmond, you would get an idea of what it's like to live here. So here is our list of interesting...

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Richard Perkins Unveils Raw, Gritty Photography at The Camel Tonight

Richard Perkins, a good friend of ours who we covered a few years back, is holding an long awaited and anticipated “Piano Lessons Can Be Murder” photo art show tonight at the Camel from 7 to 9. Heavily inspired by Vincent Gallo, and a true Renaissance man himself, Perkins has had his hands in many artistic pots as a musician, tattoo enthusiast,...

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Welcome to RVA, Mr. Fili – street photography with an edge

Mr. Fili comes from Philadelphia--hence the name (Philly). He’s been documenting the world as he sees it with a variety of cameras for years now, but he’s only been in RVA since January. Mr. Fili comes from Philadelphia--hence the name (Philly). He’s been documenting the world as he sees it with a variety of cameras for years now, but he’s only...

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Gender politics and the photography of Christa Blackwood

Though Christa Blackwood’s show at Candela Gallery closed on the 18th, it was so striking it is burned into my memory. Though Christa Blackwood’s show at Candela Gallery closed on the 18th, it was so striking it is burned into my memory. Anyone who attended the opening of Blackwood’s show may still have one of the bright red circles the gallery...

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Cosplay photos from Richmond Wizard Con 2014

There was literally an army of fans at the Richmond Wizard Con this past weekend, and we've got the photos to prove it. There was literally an army of fans at the Richmond Wizard Con this past weekend, and we've got the photos to prove it. Check out some of these amazing costumes below! All photos thanks to Katherine Carroll-Thompson:

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