Photography

Weekends in Richmond: Cinco de Mayo on 23rd Street

Thousands packed the 23rd Street commercial district on Sunday to celebrate Cinco de Mayo. Richmond teamed up with the city of San Pablo for two...

Where is this in Richmond? Challenge 2

Richmond Confidential welcomes you to the second edition of our weekly guessing game. The seven images above have been carefully shot, giving you just enough...

Weekends in Richmond: Celebrating literacy

On Sunday, hundreds of children and adults filled Richmond’s Civic Center Plaza to celebrate the importance of literacy at the third annual Richmond Tales Family...

Where is this in Richmond? Challenge 1

Richmond Confidential is introducing a new guessing game. The eight images above have been carefully shot, giving you just enough information to try to guess...

Weekends in Richmond: EcoVillage Farm educates on Earth Day

On Saturday, dozens turned out at Richmond’s EcoVillage Farm to celebrate Earth Day. Shyaam M. Shabaka, the farm’s founder and executive director, gave a guided...

Richmond’s hip hop community comes together for industry photo shoot

The baseball field at Kennedy High School was abuzz with activity Saturday. But the sounds weren’t the cracks of bats or the smacks of leather....

Weekends in Richmond: Pancakes on a ship

Pancake breakfasts on board the SS Red Oak Victory are back. Eat on the ship’s deck, enjoy gorgeous views of the bay and take a...

Photo trek: A walk through the Iron Triangle

Today, reporter Alexis Kenyon walks from Richmond’s Harbor to the Iron Triangle as part of our continuing series of Richmond street photography.

Belles of the Bay (Read)

Eight women in helmets, bulky protective pads, tight spandex and rollerskates gather in a pack. Just behind them, two girls — the jammers — are...

James Brown: the Godfather’s Soul lives on in Richmond

Editor’s Note: The following is a guest column on Richmond social history by George Livingston Jr., a decorated celebrity photographer and the son of longtime...

Tattoo artists ink ‘for a cause’ at Craneway

Nunez Tattoo’s third Tattoo Expo was held in the Craneway Pavilion this past weekend, hosting 41 tattoo artists, 20 painters and about 20 vendors. Named...

Richmond 2011: Images of a time and place

It was a year of indelible images in Richmond, and we were privileged to be behind the camera lens to capture a few of them....

Art Behind Doors

Sculpting our bedroom lives. Turning gas tanks into robots. Finding beauty in roadkill. Four artists open their homes to Richmond Confidential.