The Cville People Project, a documentary photography project, was partially inspired by the Humans of New York website, which is the result of the attempt of one photographer to provide a sort of photographic census of New York City.

However, the focus of this project is somewhat different. I believe that we come to know a city through the people who live there, so my goal is to depict the city of Charlottesville through its inhabitants. I intend to make portraits of as many Charlottesvillians as possible and share them, along with a little bit about each person, on this photoblog.

Feel free to contact me at cville.people@gmail.com if you would like to be part of the project or know someone who would.

You can see more of my photos on my other blog The Things I've Seen and on my Flickr stream. You can also follow me on Instagram (K_A_Sprouse) or Twitter (@K_A_Sprouse).

3rd June 2012

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Matt, the student As I was walking down to the Charlottesville City Market this morning, I spied this young man and litterally chased him down to ask for a photo. He agreed, and as we strolled across the street to find a more suitable backdrop, he told me a litle about himself. Students at the University of Virginia tend toward the preppy side — think Abercrombie and Fitch or Lilly Pulitzer or some such — but there are a few holdouts, and it turns out that Matt is one of them. He’s a psychology major who’s thinking about a career in marketing or advertising, and from what I could tell, he certainly has the artistic bent to work in the advertising field. Personally, I love the way he was rocking the ’80s look. I can almost imagine him up on stage playing with the Flock of Seagulls. Downtown Mall in Charlottesville, VA

Matt, the student

As I was walking down to the Charlottesville City Market this morning, I spied this young man and litterally chased him down to ask for a photo. He agreed, and as we strolled across the street to find a more suitable backdrop, he told me a litle about himself. Students at the University of Virginia tend toward the preppy side — think Abercrombie and Fitch or Lilly Pulitzer or some such — but there are a few holdouts, and it turns out that Matt is one of them. He’s a psychology major who’s thinking about a career in marketing or advertising, and from what I could tell, he certainly has the artistic bent to work in the advertising field. Personally, I love the way he was rocking the ’80s look. I can almost imagine him up on stage playing with the Flock of Seagulls.

Downtown Mall in Charlottesville, VA

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    glad the future father of my Killer-Fluges babies has been recognized
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    @youshouldmindmybeeswax, we saw him on Sunday!
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    Reblogged from my other blog.
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