Scenic Virginia asks for your help to preserve the state’s vanishing views.

RICHMOND, Va. — With the James River flowing just a few feet from his front door, photographer Bill Draper doesn’t have to look far for his subject matter.

“It gets me up every day,” Draper said. “It is my life, it is what I do. It is why I get up. It makes me whole.”

The Richmond native has built a reputation for capturing nature’s magic along the James River, photographing everything from sweeping rainbows to sunsets over the rapids at Hollywood Rapids…

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