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Friday Links: February 15, 2019

February 15, 2019 By Ron Keith Leave a Comment

Photo by Kevin Wolf

Thank you so much to everyone who joined us at our opening of the 13th annual Exposed DC Photography Show! You can view the exhibit through February 24 (free admission); hours are posted on Touchstone Gallery’s website and in our opening night wrap-up. We’re so grateful to our awesome community and all those who help make the show possible year after year. Thank you all!

  • Join WPOW: Women Photojournalists of Washington for happy hour tomorrow from 4:30-7:30 p.m. at District Commons.
  • Don’t forget to submit your best images exploring the human condition to Focus on the Story’s competition. Stay tuned for more updates about the festival too.
  • A black leopard has been photographed in Africa for the first time in almost 100 years.
  • The New Yorker explores Priya Ramrakha’s work as a conflict photographer in Africa during the 50s and 60s.
  • Annie Leibovitz revisits her early years in a new exhibit in Los Angeles.
  • Photoworks at Glen Echo Park is offering all sorts of classes this spring and summer, including some taught by Robb Hill who’s featured in our 2019 exhibit! View the full list and sign up here.
  • Australian photographer Lisa Saad may be stripped of a major award following an investigation by the Australian Institute of Professional Photography.
  • Our partner organization, goARtful, just launched a crowdfunding campaign. The arts platform offers people and companies the option to rent or buy high quality local art and includes a collection by Exposed DC photographers.
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Thank You for Coming to Celebrate Exposed DC!

February 14, 2019 By Noe Todorovich Leave a Comment

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All photos by Mariah Miranda

Thank you so much to everyone who joined us last night for the opening of the 13th annual Exposed DC Photography Show! We were thrilled to see you all, and we hope you enjoyed the celebration and the 43 images in the exhibit that showcase life in the Washington, D.C. metro area. If you’d like to purchase any of the photos on display, you can do so here. You can also get a copy of our 2019 Exhibition Program online.

Exposed DC is very grateful to Touchstone Gallery for hosting our exhibit, with support from the Touchstone Foundation for the Arts, and to this year’s exhibit sponsors for their support: Beyond Studios DC, Capital Photography Center, Focus on the Story, and Washington Photo Safari. We’d also like to thank our volunteers for all their help; RSVP Catering for taking good care of our guests throughout the opening; Apex Moulding and Framing for providing custom framing for the show; Rachael Carter for providing graphic design support including our beautiful exhibition programs; and BaseCampDC for printing support.

Last but not least, we’d like to thank our photographer for the evening, Mariah Miranda. Enjoy a small gallery of her work above and stay tuned for more photos from the evening next week.

The exhibit is free and open to the public during the following hours, through February 24.

Exhibit Hours
Wednesday-Friday: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Saturday & Sunday: noon to 5 p.m.

Touchstone Gallery
901 New York Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20001

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2019 Best in Show Winner: Kevin Wolf

February 8, 2019 By Katie Benz Leave a Comment

Nuisance Flooding – Kevin Wolf

Last but not least, we announce our fifth Best in Show prize winner for our 13th Annual Exposed DC Photography Show. Each year a panel of five influential photographers choose their favorite image, and each winning photographer receives a $100 cash prize from Exposed DC.

“Nuisance Flooding” by Kevin Wolf was chosen by Lauren Stockbower for its unique perspective. She described the work taken at the Washington and Jefferson memorials as “one of the most beauteous and ephemeral weather pictures.” Furthermore, Stockbower states: “Photographically, the composition is strong, with horizontal thirds divided by the memorials as bookends and the crooked bench, mostly symmetrical, in the center.  The reflections of all three add mood and depth to the image, as do the white lights reflected in the water on both edges.”

You can see more of Kevin Wolf’s work on Flickr and Instagram.

See all 43 winning images of the 2019 exhibit, including the five Best in Show winners, on display at Touchstone Gallery during our opening reception on February 13 from 6-10 p.m. A limited number of advance tickets are available, so grab yours now to join us in our 13th year of celebrating local photography!

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Lauren Stockbower has worked as a picture editor over the course of 20 years for The New York Times, Forbes, Business Week, and U.S. News and World Report. She has also been both a staff newspaper photographer and a freelancer throughout Asia. She was the Director of Archive Pictures in New York City for several years and has frequently been a judge for the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award. An educator for twenty years, she has taught at the Corcoran College of Art + Design, the Center for Digital Imaging Arts, and Northern Virginia Community College. She freelances as a picture editor, works with photographers on their portfolio development, and serves as Portfolio Director for UFolios.com.


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Friday Links: February 8, 2019

February 8, 2019 By Ron Keith Leave a Comment

Photo by Britt Leckman

We can’t wait to kick off our 13th annual show and celebrate local photography with everyone next week! Do you have your advance tickets for the February 13th opening reception yet? Grab them now and join us at Touchstone Gallery to see all the winning images on display, enjoy an open bar, and connect with photographers and art lovers!

  • Head to the Leica Store DC on February 15 for the opening reception of Metropolis by Alan Schaller, 7-9 p.m. 
  • Focus on the Story wants to see your work that makes a difference, explores the human condition, or draws attention to underreported stories. Both series and single image entries are being accepted through March 13, and winners will receive cash prizes and more.
  • Did a seal eat your vacation photos? Now THAT is a question you don’t hear often, but a biologist in New Zealand is genuinely asking as she tries to return a USB drive that was discovered in seal scat.
  • Submit your photos for the next Community Collective pop-up show which will be held at the Creative Hands Studio on Sunday, March 10. The theme is “Light,” and the deadline for entries is next Friday, February 15.
  • Victoria Pickering and Miki Jourdan, Exposed alum and featured photographers in our 2019 exhibit, have a new website called The Uncommon District. Check out their latest post to find out more about Jennifer Shannon, a performance artist featured in two photos in this year’s show.
  • Jane Franklin and Fax Ayres combine dance and photography in the upcoming Second Glance at Alexandria’s Athenaeum.
  • Stop Motion is seeking analog photography from the D.C. metro area for their next photo slideshow.
  • The Photography Show has launched a new campaign, Women Who Photo, to highlight female photographers and filmmakers making an impact across various areas of the industry.
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2019 Best in Show Winner: Chris Suspect

February 7, 2019 By Katie Benz Leave a Comment

Hyattsville, MD – Chris Suspect

We hope everyone has marked their calendars for the 13th Annual Exposed DC Photography Show opening on February 13th! Today we announce our fourth Best in Show prize winner. Each year, Exposed DC invites a panel of five influential photographers to choose their favorite image, and each winning photographer receives a $100 cash prize from Exposed DC.

“Hyattsville, MD” by Chris Suspect was chosen by Darren Smith for its ability to capture a multiplicity of meaning in a single space. Smith writes, “Children and adults inhabit the same space but live in different worlds. The direct and flat gazes of the children humorously reveal they see through the facades adults so often construct and are not impressed.”

You can see more of Chris Suspect’s photographs on his website and Instagram.

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Darren Smith supervises the foreign-language editions of National Geographic Magazine, which are produced in 36 countries. He is also a photographer and artist, who makes collages by hand from his photographs. His work has been exhibited in the D.C. metro area, New York, and Paris.



Already have your tickets for the opening reception on February 13th at Touchstone Gallery? Awesome; we’ll see you there! If you still don’t have yours, click the link below to get yours before tickets go up at the door!

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