Amherst Challenger player Paisley Johnson looks up to head coach MacKenzie Pigg as she talks with the athletes. Photographer Lee Luther Jr. won a Virginia Press Association award for this photo.
If you had a fond sports moment or memory over the decades in gyms, fields and other settings across Central Virginia — there's more than a good chance Lee Luther Jr. was there to photograph it.
Lancer Devonte Wade flips his way into the end zone for an Amherst first half score against Liberty Christian Academy on Sept. 20, 2024. Photographer Lee Luther Jr. won a Virginia Press Association Award for this photo.
Lee Luther Jr. reacts to winning a Virginia Press Association award in April 2025 in Richmond. In typical Luther fashion, he drew a large roar of laughter from the crowd.
In this 2015 photo, Virginia Tech head football coach Frank Beamer celebrates with the Commonwealth Cup after his Hokies defeated the UVA Cavaliers, 23-20.
Four-year-old Seneca Luther gets a kiss from Muhammad Ali in 1982 when the former champ came to the old Rockfish Elementary School to help raise money for the local child care program. Ali had purchased a farm in the Afton area.
Lee Luther Jr. holds up his "Best in show" plaque recognizing his photography at the awards banquet for the 2024 Virginia Press Awards, flanked by VPA president Norman Styer and past president Jim Maxwell.
In this February 2017 photo, fans swarmed the court in the old gym to celebrate a buzzer-beater winning shot ginning the Nelson Trailblazers' team the victory against Appomattox.
Photo by Lee Luther Jr., for the Nelson County Times
In this 2015 photo, Virginia Tech head football coach Frank Beamer celebrates with the Commonwealth Cup after his Hokies defeated the UVA Cavaliers, 23-20.
Amherst Challenger player Paisley Johnson looks up to head coach MacKenzie Pigg as she talks with the athletes. Photographer Lee Luther Jr. won a Virginia Press Association award for this photo.
Lancer Devonte Wade flips his way into the end zone for an Amherst first half score against Liberty Christian Academy on Sept. 20, 2024. Photographer Lee Luther Jr. won a Virginia Press Association Award for this photo.
In this 2015 photo, Virginia Tech head football coach Frank Beamer celebrates with the Commonwealth Cup after his Hokies defeated the UVA Cavaliers, 23-20.
Lee Luther Jr. reacts to winning a Virginia Press Association award in April 2025 in Richmond. In typical Luther fashion, he drew a large roar of laughter from the crowd.
Four-year-old Seneca Luther gets a kiss from Muhammad Ali in 1982 when the former champ came to the old Rockfish Elementary School to help raise money for the local child care program. Ali had purchased a farm in the Afton area.
Lee Luther Jr. holds up his "Best in show" plaque recognizing his photography at the awards banquet for the 2024 Virginia Press Awards, flanked by VPA president Norman Styer and past president Jim Maxwell.
In this February 2017 photo, fans swarmed the court in the old gym to celebrate a buzzer-beater winning shot ginning the Nelson Trailblazers' team the victory against Appomattox.
Photo by Lee Luther Jr., for the Nelson County Times
