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Behind the Photo: Manchester Construction

Construction worker Kenneth Wells is part of a crew installing natural gas pipelines in Manchester. The scene could be from 50 years ago. I...

Behind the Photo: Evergreen Cemetery

While working on Style's recent cover story, The Ruins of Richmond, I spent a few hours at Evergreen Cemetery in Richmond's East End. A...

Behind the Photo: Stone Brewing

I was covering a media event at Stone Brewing's production facility in Fulton this week, where the occasion was the first release of Stone...

Behind the Photo: Jockey’s Ridge

Last week I was roaming around the Outer Banks near Nags Head looking for images for a Style story, when I noticed a surf...

Behind the Photo: Mimosa Pudica

On a lonely stretch of railroad tracks near Westwood Avenue I noticed this Mimosa Pudica backlit by the late-day sun. I was out searching...

Behind the Photo: Trump Revisited

Flashback to October: Every time I see an image of Donald Trump at a campaign rally I flash back to his Richmond visit last...

Behind the Photo: Runway 2016: EMERGE

The VMFA transformed into a runway mecca for an eye-popping show Sunday evening, as the VCU School of the Arts Department of Fashion Design...

Behind the Photo: Earth Day in Manchester

The RVA Earth Day Festival last weekend turned Manchester from brick and mortar to a wonderland. The event got an extra spark from the...

Behind the Photo: Whale Mural

On the site of the RVA Street Art Festival, happening this weekend, Nico Cathcart works on her painting of a whale. She says she...

Behind the Photo: Whale Mural

On the site of the RVA Street Art Festival, happening this weekend, Nico Cathcart works on her painting of a whale. She says she...

Behind the Photo: Eagle Over Downtown Richmond

For nearly half an hour, I watched this bald eagle sit in a tree near the Mayo Bridge. When he took flight, he swooped...

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