Photos by Mariah Miranda Photography. View full gallery here.
Thank you so much to everyone who joined us on Saturday evening for the launch of the Exposed DC Photography Collection at the DC Public Library. We hope you enjoyed a beautiful day at Martin Luther King Jr Memorial Library partaking in the special activities and tours offered by the Library, viewing the 322 images of the collection taken by 160 photographers, and getting to meet and reconnect with our incredible community of photographers and supporters.
So many people came together to make this collection and celebration possible, and we are so grateful to everyone who contributed to this capstone event. In case you missed it, you can view the remarks from our founder, Heather Goss, who shared not just the origins of Exposed DC, but also its evolution through the years culminating in this special collection that tells our story.
We would like to extend special thanks to The People’s Archives at the DC Public Library for helping us form this collection, which will both provide access to the public and ensure its safekeeping for future generations. And, of course, to each of the photographers in the collection who have been sharing their unique perspectives of the District through their art for nearly two decades.
We are so grateful to the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities, which receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts, for their support of this project and Exposed DC over the years, along with our event sponsors Aperturent and Capital Photography Center.
Thank you to Robin Bell for breathing new life into the images with his live remixes and custom projections designed just for this event and space. And thank you to Kendall Spink for working so tirelessly on the posters with each photo in the collection in chronological order so we could journey back in time through each year of Exposed DC in print as well. Thank you to our official event photographer, Mariah Miranda, who has been capturing the joy of our celebrations since 2018. Her photos are also part of the collection, showing another side of the story of Exposed DC and capturing the photographers in images themselves—no easy task as we usually prefer to be on the other side of the lens!
Putting on these events is no small feat, and many thanks go to our tireless volunteers and Board members for putting in the work to bring these ideas to fruition and keep the photography celebrations rolling since 2006.
It’s been an absolute pleasure and honor bringing the Exposed DC photography shows and other events to you year after year. Thank you for being part of this journey and, now, local history. The Exposed DC Photography Collection is available online at DigDC, The People’s Archive digital repository. The entire collection page is here.
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