Rams Team Statement

Yesterday afternoon (July 14) Brent Bettinger was at the site of Richmond’s famous/notorious Lee Monument (some now call that location “Marcus-David Peters Circle”) to shoot pictures. The next thing he knew, VCU’s basketball team, with some coaches and associated personnel, showed up. He was told they had planned to gather on the graffiti-adorned pedestal of the statue for a photo.

Accordingly, that‘s what they did. Apparently Bettinger, who has a photographer’s eye, knew an opportunity when he saw it. So he snapped off a photo of his own. By the way, he said the members of the VCU group were wearing masks when they showed up. Then, in the heat, they took them off briefly for the shoot.

Not surprisingly Bettinger’s powerful image has been viewed and shared quite a bit in the last 24 hours. I haven’t seen what pictures the VCU team’s photographer shot, yet, but right now Bettinger’s is getting a lot of play.

Photo credit: Brent Bettinger Media.