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).

16th September 2012

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Reigna Beaux, the birthday girl The first thing that you notice about Reigna is her dazzling smile.  The second thing that you notice is how tall she is. I’m about 5’10” — not particularly short, but not particularly tall, either — and when I say that she towered over me, that’s no exaggeration.  She was over 6’ without her heels, and with her heels on, she must have topped 6’4.” Luckily, she’s as warm and friendly as she is tall, so when I asked her to make a portrait, she was happy to oblige.  The only problem was that everyone wanted a photo of her, as you might imagine, so it took a few minutes for her to make her way over to the tree that I was using as a backdrop.Reigna told me that it was the one-year anniversary for her as a performer — hence the caption — although she was such a natural that you could be forgiven for thinking that she’d been doing it all her life.  She’s the first drag queen I’ve ever photographed, but her obvious ability as a performer made it easy,  The post-processing was more of a challenge, though, as the make-up produces a skin-tone that’s hard to correct for.  Hopefully she’ll think that I did her justice.     You can take a look at the official Charlottesville Pride website here: http://cvillepride.org Lee Park in Charlottesville, VA

Reigna Beaux, the birthday girl

The first thing that you notice about Reigna is her dazzling smile.  The second thing that you notice is how tall she is. I’m about 5’10” — not particularly short, but not particularly tall, either — and when I say that she towered over me, that’s no exaggeration.  She was over 6’ without her heels, and with her heels on, she must have topped 6’4.” Luckily, she’s as warm and friendly as she is tall, so when I asked her to make a portrait, she was happy to oblige.  The only problem was that everyone wanted a photo of her, as you might imagine, so it took a few minutes for her to make her way over to the tree that I was using as a backdrop.

Reigna told me that it was the one-year anniversary for her as a performer — hence the caption — although she was such a natural that you could be forgiven for thinking that she’d been doing it all her life.  She’s the first drag queen I’ve ever photographed, but her obvious ability as a performer made it easy,  The post-processing was more of a challenge, though, as the make-up produces a skin-tone that’s hard to correct for.  Hopefully she’ll think that I did her justice.  
 
You can take a look at the official Charlottesville Pride website here: http://cvillepride.org

Lee Park in Charlottesville, VA

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  1. itallfitnice said: I thought it was Reigna Beaux, not Regina?
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