Some stories can’t be told with words. Some sights are beyond description. All moments are fleeting and might go unseen if not for the talented photographers at University Communications. UVA Today’s series The Bigger Picture selects their finest work to capture the timeless beauty, ever-changing character and humanity of this special place.

 
As leaves fall, the football schedule winds down and the basketball season begins, photographer Sanjay Suchak captured the mood of late autumn on Grounds.
Home to UVA’s School of Architecture, Campbell Hall’s geometric design is particularly striking in the evening as students work on projects and the sun sets over Grounds.
Garrett Hall, built as the University’s first common dining hall, now houses the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy.
The Cavalier Marching Band had a surprise visitor during its rehearsal last week – and he was pretty good at the drums.
Soon, all that greenery will give way to crisp fall leaves.
Workers on Wednesday placed the first stone in the circle of the Memorial to Enslaved Laborers.
Craftsman Bob Donahue and his assistant Kelly Potts spent last week doing repair and preservation work on the statue of Homer on the Lawn, and things got a little heated.
The Chemical Engineering building and Wilsdorf Hall are home base for the study of catalysis, biotechnology and nanotechnology, and other critical applied research at UVA.