MIKE KROPF

Richmond Ballet company dancers Ira White, left, and Eri Nishihara hold a pose in the Mellon Gallery at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, Va., Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024.

Musician Ali Thibodeau, who goes by the stage name Deau Eyes, poses for a portrait in her home studio in Richmond, Va., Tuesday, March 18, 2025.

Ben Cronly, executive director of the Byrd Theatre Foundation, stands by a window at the Byrd Theatre in Richmond, Va., Wednesday, May 21, 2025. The theatre, which opened in 1928 is undergoing the third and final stage of its renovation plan.

Monacan High School junior Emerson Callis poses for a portrait after being named the 2025 Richmond Times-Dispatch All-Metro Girls Swimmer of the Year, in Richmond, Va., Thursday, May 8, 2025.

Kelly Lockwood Padgett, owner of Wood & Locks design studio, poses for a portrait in an unfinished house in Richmond, Va., June 2, 2025.

Commonwealth's Attorney for the City of Richmond Colette McEachin poses for a portrait at the Richmond General District Court in Richmond, Va., Friday, Feb. 7, 2025.

Sophie Sallade, owner of Sophie Printmaking, stands in her backyard studio after making vinyl prints in Richmond, Va., Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023.

Brian Baynes, local zine publisher and owner of Brian’s Books, poses for a portrait in his new book store in Richmond, Va., Thursday, May 29, 2025.

Student Engagement Coordinator Dani Lawson of the University of Virginia Police Department stands in a sun spot near her office in Charlottesville, Va., Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. 

Yolonda Adams tends a garden in the 10th & Page neighborhood of Charlottesville, Va., June 3, 2021.

Deep Run High School’s Zach Fleishman poses for a photo after being named the Richmond Times-Dispatch All-Metro boys tennis player of the year in Richmond, Va., Thursday, June 20, 2024.

Mirella sits on a stump behind her home at Rudd’s Mobile Home Park in Richmond, Va., Wednesday, May 24, 2023.

Chuck Tippett plugs in the radio equipment on a Piper L-4 “Grasshopper,” a 90-year-old World War II-era plane near Richmond, Va., Saturday July 8, 2023.

Maria Chavalan Sut makes handmade masks in a room of Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church in Charlottesville, Va., Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020. Chavalan Sut lives in sanctuary at the church after fleeing Guatemala.

L.C. Bird High School defensive lineman Chris Whitehead is named to the Richmond Times-Dispatch 2024 All-Metro football team in Richmond, Va., Friday, Dec. 20, 2024.

Jeff Werner, Charlottesville's historic preservation and design planner, walks through an antebellum era cemetery in Pen Park in Charlottesville, Va., Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2021. Unmarked graves believed to hold enslaved people were recently discovered in the cemetery.

St. Christopher’s guard Brandon Jennings poses for a photo after being chosen as the 2024 All-Metro Player of the Year, Wednesday, April 10, 2024.

Local photographer Eze Amos stands on the Downtown Mall with a camera around his neck in Charlottesville, Va.,  Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022. 

Susan Bro, mother of Heather Heyer who was killed during the Unite the Right Rally in 2017, holds a shirt with her daughter's initials at Heather Heyer Way in Charlottesville, Va., Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022.