Welcome to My SWVA Video Gallery

Dive into this gallery of videos and photos of Southwest Virginia—everything from history to outdoor recreation, craftspeople to musicians to nature at its best. Choose a category at the left, and get started!

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Richard Kretz

Richard Kretz is a photographer and master naturalist who maintains a website about the Pinnacle Natural Area Preserve, conducts hikes and teaches classes in nature photography.

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SWVA Traditions
A New 21st Century
Coal and Coeburn
Our Southwest Virginia
Craft Traditions
Heritage and horses
Barrs Fiddle Shop
Frontier history
and the Clinch Mountain Boys
Gospel in Big Stone
A tie to the land
A Stunning Place for Music
Sugar Hill on the Clinch
Traditional food
Burke's Garden
New River relationship
The railroad
The Barter Theater
Life on the frontier
Historic Abingdon
New River at Blue Cat
Nature and Photography
Great local food
Downtown Floyd
Pinnacle Natural Area Preserve
A tie to the land
Big Stone Gap
Whitetop and music