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Bob Donahue, a craftsman from Washington, D.C., who specializes in art restoration and conservation, applies a hot wax finish to Moses Jacob Ezekiel’s 1907 statue, “Blind Homer With His Student Guide,” on the Lawn at the University of Virginia.
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A graduate of VCU raises her fist in front of the graffiti covered pedestal of the Robert E. Lee statue in Richmond, VA.
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Kyle Guy of the Virginia Cavaliers celebrates after winning the NCAA Basketball Championship on March 8, 2018 in Minneapolis, MN.
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A member of the Proud Boys gestures during a protest at Lobby Day on January 18, 2021 at the Virginia State Capitol.
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White Supremacists surround UVA students at the Rotunda at the University of Virginia the night before the Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville, VA. Jason Kessler, their leader, is in the foreground.
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The Robert E. Lee statue in Richmond, VA is seen from above covered in graffiti after the Black Lives Matter protests in the summer of 2020.
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Senator Tim Kaine speaks at the University of Virginia on January 17, 2020.
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Lightning strikes near the Rotunda at the University of Virginia on May 27, 2019.
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Virginia State Police guard the Charlottesville Police department during the Unite the Right Rally on August 12, 2017.
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A woman enters a shop while another woman sells her bread in Marrakech, Morocco on July 8, 2018.
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University of Virginia President James E. Ryan speaks at the memorial to the events of August 11th and 12th in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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Cardboard cutouts fill the seats at the John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville. Fans were not allowed to attend games due to the Covid-19 Pandemic.
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Delegate David Toscano announces a resolution on the Virginia State House floor commemorating UVA's bicentennial. January 25, 2019.
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The statue of Stonewall Jackson in Richmond, VA is seen on its side atop a trailer after being removed from it's pedestal on July 1, 2020.
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White Supremacists march on the plaza of the Rotunda on August 11, 2017.
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Virginia State Police Protect Jason Kessler during the Unite the Right Rally on August 12, 2017.
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President Barack Obama arrives to enthusiastic audience at the University of Maryland in College Park Maryland.
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A man in a suit watches with binoculars the Discovery space shuttle atop a Boeing 747 as it flies over Washington DC on its way to the Air and Space Museum at Dulles International Airport. April 12, 2012.
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University Hall, the former basketball arena at the University of Virginia, is imploded on May 25, 2019.
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Dave Matthews and Stevie Wonder address the crowd at Scott Stadium during the Concert for Charlottesville on September 24, 2017.
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A Unite the Right Protestor stabs a counter protestor with his flagpole during the Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville, VA on August 12, 2017.
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A dirt bike rider jumps over a flaming couch on a farm outside of Charlottesville, Virginia.
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A fox walks on the Lawn at the University of Virginia. Nature has returned to Grounds as students have cleared out due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Elton John performs at the John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville, VA.
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Members of the Ku Klux Klan march on Justice Park in Charlottesville, VA on July 8, 2017. They were met with thousands of counter protestors who drowned out any speeches and hastened their departure from the park within an hour.
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The statue of Joseph Bryan in Richmond, VA is removed in July 2020.
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Forty-three busts of former US Presidents sit in the farm field of Howard Hankins in Croaker, VA. The heads were previously part of Presidents Park in Colonial Williamsburg which closed due to poor attendance. October 6, 2019
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Lighting strikes over the Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington, Virginia.
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A woman walks past a textile for sale in Santa Fe, NM.
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University of Virginia President James E. Ryan shares a laugh as he tries on a set of drums with the Cavalier Marching Band at a practice before the first home football game.
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A rodeo hand uses a sorting pole to push bulls into a pen in preparation for the rodeo riders to compete on them. August 10, 2019.
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Construction workers on the UVA Hospital expansion applaud doctors and nurses as they arrive before their 7am shift.
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Sun sets over an abandoned lighthouse outside Rockport, Maine on July 9, 2019.
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A camp counselor at the Mountain Institute stands over the carcass of their community pig. The pig, named pepper, was slaughtered at the end of the camp season to provide food for the employees over the winter.
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A facilities management employee at the University of Virginia hangs Christmas lights on the iconic Rotunda. November 13, 2019.
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Someone does sit ups, silhouetted only by the light atop the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC.
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UVA Law Professor Frederick Schauer teaches his class from an empty lecture hall at the UVA School of Law during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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The embattled statue of Robert E Lee in Richmond as a storm comes in. January 2021.