Richmond, VA Street Shots (26FEB2022 Lens-Artist Photo Challenge)

Hello readers, this week’s Lens-Artist theme is to share a special pace.

I am going with street shots from my hometown of Richmond, VA. 

Let us start with some photos from 2019-2020.

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1) Classic Richmond, Virginia photo with the early 1900’s house, old streetlights, and variety of people.

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2) Some street art to the back right – and I just love how this man seems to be pondering the fence post – just love his stance.

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3) Nice stride.

4) Pink Nikes

5) I liked a few things about this shot, the shape of the street lights and the shapes of the windows to the left – but later I realized the walker was wearing the ADIDAS pants – and they are noted for their “three stripes” – which are cropped a bit in these updated joggers (compared to the older “three stripe” style where the heavy three lines went all the way down the leg – and also flared a bit) – anyhow, I kind of liked how those pant lines work with the chunky lines in the street. And maybe the chunky crosswalk lines work with the street lights and windows shapes? The ad upper left added something too – or maybe not?

6. I think the person, the District 5 on the building and the “one way” sign have a bit of harmony amidst the crosswalk lines and buildings…? hmmm Classic khaki shorts and sunglasses.

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Now we have a few Richmond photos from 2021:

7) This looks like a fall photo but it was actually taken in late December. The doggies were so cute and the way they walked you could tell they were well trained. 

8) This lady’s outfit seemed to coordinate with the setting. And by the way, in back of this walker we can see the old railroad tracks, which are still in use. This whispers of the rich history found here in Richmond, Virginia.

9) I chose this photo as my featured image for this post because we also have the Richmond railroad track in view – with the rust and strong, enduring feel. Then we have the causal walkers on the updated footbridge. Can you see where the silver/gray part of the bridge starts?  That has only been available for a few years. Before this was completed – whenever we would walk along this trail (for about 15 years) – the path ended right there.  It had signs about when Richmond was on fire during the end of the Civil War and you could stand and look out over the river. So it is still pretty exciting to walk across the completed footbridge.

HERE IS THE FOOTBRIDGE AT NIGHT

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I thought I would wrap up this post and share two photos from the classroom – because teaching has been special for me in this special city (not a perfect city – but pleasant and I have a lot of memories here).

This first photo is from 2017.  This was not that long ago, but it feels like it was decades ago!

Notice the student in the middle is wearing a shirt that says “RVA” – that stands for “Richmond, VA” and some people have the shirts, the hats, the bumper stickers, etc. I smile whenever I see any of my classroom photos because they all have different memories. In this image we can see some of art. This was an Intro to Business class (for Cyber & EET students) and we had a mock contest for designing a business logo. We went down to the break room, did the art, had snacks, and then we had folks give us feedback about the logos. It was a lot of fun. And the student with the yellow trim on his hoodie, I had him in three classes and then helped him with his COMM class.

Next is a photo from 2016:

I was teaching Intro to Psych to nursing students and these were some of the students. I still keep in touch with the two students on the right. I think my smile shows how much I enjoyed being there. 🙂

Okay – that is all for this post.

Hope you all have a nice Sunday. 

Care to join in with this photo challenge? Drop on by Karina of Murtagh’s Meadow (here), who is host this week 🙂 

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