Carnifex headlined and crushed. Suffocation brought the weight. Distant opened and set the tone. Photographer Vinny Candela was in the pit. Here’s what it looked like when Richmond got wrecked. For those that don’t know… Carnifex is a veteran metal band from Southern...
The RMP2013 has blown up and social media has been a great way to keep up with it all. So to help you out, we give you a few of our favorite images from the #RichmondMuralProject. Enjoy. The RMP2013 has blown up and social media has been a great way to keep up with it all. So to help you out, we give you a few of our favorite images from the...
The local scene is burgeoning with promising artistic talent, and individuals dead set on turning heads. Robbie Graves is one of Virginia’s unnoticed photography trailblazers. His sometimes racy, always alluring style is one that can bring about a wide array of emotions. The local scene is burgeoning with promising artistic talent, and...
From June 13-15, the LOOK3 Festival of the Photograph returned to downtown Charlottesville. It featured various talks, workshops, and gallery exhibitions dedicated to the art of photography, along with a smattering of social events. We were lucky enough to receive some press passes to check it out--here's what we saw: From June 13-15, the LOOK3...
Nick Ghobashi is a talented young photographer making waves in the local scene. Getting his start working with film at a time when most photographers had already switched to digital, Ghobashi found a unique approach that he initially applied to photos of his first love, skateboarding. Eventually realizing that the skills he'd developed while...
In spite of her relative youth, Bree El Davis is seemingly everywhere on Richmond's fashion scene. From her collaborations with Dirty Richmond's Brian McDaniel to her work on fashion shoots for local designers like Angela Bacskocky, Britt Sebastian, and many others, Davis has her finger on the pulse of what's happening in the local fashion...
A New York native, Matt Licari has recently established himself in Virginia with work as a guest lecturer and portfolio reviewer for VCU School Of The Arts. His fine art projects relating to New York subways and his extended family in Virginia has had gallery showings and been turned into books, but his concurrent career as a fashion...
Ken Penn got his start in the world of hardcore punk, and while he still maintains his roots in that subculture (see his recently published book, United Blood 2013), he's just at home in the high fashion world these days. As one half of the creative team FVK, he's done commercial work for Vans, PETA, LG, and many more. Covering everything from...
Cameron Charles Lewis's work appears all over the place, from Ink Magazine to lookbooks from Need Supply Co. to the cover of Matthew White's hit album Big Inner. He works with the retro aesthetic recently brought back into fashion by the popularity of Instagram without sacrificing quality or turning away from his high fashion viewpoint. Lewis's...
Kenneth L. Howard's work is nearly ubiquitous here in Richmond, though it may not be all that obvious at first glance. In addition to his position as art director and content manager at Kulture, Howard's photography has appeared in a variety of publications around town and beyond, including Vice Magazine, Style Weekly, and the late, lamented Born...
