Description: Tidewater Virginia: A Photographic Portrait, captures the beauty, history and contemporary charm of the communities along the James River, Hampton Roads, and the southern Chesapeake Bay. Images reflect the area"s coastal panoramas and activities, as well as world-renowned educational institutions, and performing and visual arts venues. Famous historic landmarks, museums, and parks throughout Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Hampton, Newport News, Yorktown, Jamestown and Williamsburg depict the region"s important role in U.S. history and modern times.