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2019 Best in Show Winner: Kevin Wolf

February 8, 2019 By Katie Benz Leave a Comment

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.

2019 Best in Show Winner: Chris Suspect

February 7, 2019 By Katie Benz Leave a Comment

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!

2019 Best in Show Winner: Jean-Pierre Plé

February 6, 2019 By Katie Benz Leave a Comment

**Geometry Reimagined – Jean-Pierre Plé**

Our 2019 show opens one week from today! Don’t let it sneak up on you; buy advance tickets now and join us for the party at Touchstone Gallery on February 13th!

Today we are proud to announce our third Best in Show prize winner for the 13th Annual Exposed DC Photography Show. 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.

“Geometry Reimagined” by Jean-Pierre Plé was chosen by Jennifer Sakai for its success in capturing abstraction. Sakai writes, “The frozen watery scene is composed of rich tonalities that play with scale and leave the viewer unsure of distance and proportion. We are instead drawn into the shape, line, and form of the setting, constructing a new sense of the land.” The artist’s focus on the details creates a new image independent of the original subject.

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Jennifer Sakai is a fine art photographer, professor, and independent curator who resides in Washington, D.C. She received her BFA in design at the Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University and her MFA in photography from Virginia Commonwealth University. She has taught at the Park School of Communications at Ithaca College and Virginia Commonwealth University. She is currently a professor of photography at the Corcoran School of Art at The George Washington University and curator of “The Gifts of Tony Podesta” exhibition at the Katzen Arts Center of American University that opened in Winter 2019.

2019 Best in Show Winner: Joe Leavitt

February 5, 2019 By Katie Benz Leave a Comment

**Electricity on the Hill – Joe Leavitt**

As the calendar comes ever closer to our 13th Annual Exposed DC Photography Show, we announce our second 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.

“Electricity on the Hill” by Joe Leavitt was selected by Sam Hurd, who described the image as “powerful in such a turbulent political climate.” He added, “Excellent composition for something as unpredictable as lightning, and timeless post-processing overall.” It’s a truly remarkable image demonstrating the power of nature.

Stay tuned as we continue to announce the 2019 Best in Show winners throughout the week, and get your advance tickets to the opening reception now!

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Sam Hurd started out as a political news and celebrity portrait photographer in Washington, D.C. and was instantly drawn to wedding photography as a space to promote more inventive ideas. Sam’s focus is on photographic techniques that are deceptively simple, but have potential to transform difficult or uninspiring shooting environments into one of a kind opportunities for every photo made.

2018 Best in Show Winner: Miki Jourdan

May 9, 2018 By Noe Todorovich Leave a Comment

Today we announce the fifth and final Best in Show prize winner from the 12th Annual Exposed DC Photography Show, which opens this Friday. We invited a panel of five distinguished photographers to each choose a favorite image from this year’s exhibit to be awarded a Best in Show award. Each winning photographer will receive a $100 cash prize, sponsored by Union 206 Studio.

Advance tickets for our May 11 opening night are still available, so don’t delay!

Now without further ado, the fifth Best in Show winning photo is “Resist” by Miki Jourdan, selected by judge Marvin Joseph. Joseph wrote, “I really liked the darkness and saturated color and ghost white bonnets that the ladies wore. Definitely reminded me of imagery from the tv show The Handmaid’s Tale.” It definitely reminds me of the show as well, and I love stark contrast and how it almost looks like the group is illuminated by a spotlight, creating a very dramatic vibe.

You can see more of Jourdan’s photographs on Instagram.

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Marvin Joseph is a Washington, D.C. native and staff photojournalist for The Washington Post. His work includes celebrity portraiture, fashion, and editorial photography. In addition to the Post, his photographs have appeared in Newsweek, Washingtonian, Essence, Sister 2 Sister and Ebony and Jet magazines, as well as the books “Michelle: Her First Year As First Lady” and “The Inauguration of Barack Obama: A Photographic Journal.” His photographs have won contests by Pictures of the Year International (POYi), The National Press Photographers Association, The Best of Photojournalism, Northern Short Course, and The White House News Photographers Association. His photographs were also a part of “Coming Home a Different Person,” which earned the Documentary Project of the Year Award from POYi, and a Pulitzer Prize finalist documenting Specialist Robert Warren, a soldier who returned from Afghanistan with a traumatic brain injury.