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Thank You for Coming to Celebrate Exposed DC’s 14th Annual Show!

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All photos by Emma McAlary

Thank you so much to everyone who joined us last night for the opening of the 14th 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. At the exhibit, scan the QR code on a title card to go directly to the page where you can buy that image! You can also get a copy of our eye-catching 2020 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: the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities, Capital Photography Center, Focus on the Story, Union 206, and Washington Photo Safari. We’d also like to thank our awesome volunteers for all their help; RSVP Catering for taking great care of our guests throughout the opening; Art & Framing Expo 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, Emma McAlary. Enjoy a small gallery of her work above, and even more photos in this album on Facebook.

The exhibit is free and open to the public through Sunday, March 1 during the following hours.

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

The 2020 Exposed DC Photography Show Opens February 19

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Exposed DC Photography Show – 14th Annual Exhibition
 – Tickets on sale now!
– Featuring 43 images of the Washington metro area
– Opening reception: Wednesday, February 19 from 6 to 9 p.m.
– Exhibit hosted by Touchstone Gallery, 901 New York Avenue NW
– Exhibition magazine available for purchase, featuring all the winners
– Best in Show awards chosen by a panel of distinguished local photographers
– Advance tickets: $20. Door tickets: $25
– After party at City Tap House Penn Quarter, 8 p.m. to close. Free entry, cash bar.

Exposed DC is excited to announce its 14th annual Exposed DC Photography Show, February 19 through March 1, 2020. The exhibit will be hosted by Touchstone Gallery, with support from the Touchstone Foundation for the Arts.

The 43 winning photographs were chosen from a contest for their unique view of the Washington area as more than just a tourist destination and political arena. They showcase and celebrate the experience of the people who live, love, work, and play here. Five of these photographs will be awarded our Best in Show award along with a $100 cash prize. Each award will be chosen by a distinguished metro-area photographer: Angela Bain, Darrow Montgomery, Shedrick Pelt, Beverly Price, and Gerry Suchy. Custom framing for the show is provided by Art & Framing Expo, Inc.

Our opening reception will be held Wednesday, February 19 from 6-9 p.m. at Touchstone Gallery. Complimentary wine, beer, and snacks will be provided. A full color 14th annual exhibition magazine with all 43 winning photos will be available for purchase. All exhibit photographs will be for sale at first time art buyer prices as well. 

Tickets for the opening are $20 in advance and will be $25 at the door. 

Join us for a free after party at City Tap Penn Quarter, 8 p.m. to close, cash bar. 

Exhibit hours (free admission): 
Wednesday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. 
Saturday through Sunday from 12 to 5 p.m.
Closing day: Sunday, March 1, 2020

For more information or media passes, please contact:
Noe Todorovich at info@exposeddc.com

High-res images available upon request.

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Winning Photos of the 14th Annual Exposed DC Contest

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We’re excited to announce the winners of the 14th Annual Exposed DC Photography Contest! These images, as seen together, tell the story of Washington, D.C., as documented by the people who live, work, and love here. You can view the full list of winners below.

Mark your calendars for February 19, when we’ll open our 14th annual exhibit! The exhibit will be hosted by Touchstone Gallery again, with support from the Touchstone Foundation for the Arts.

We are also happy to announce that the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities has awarded Exposed DC (Ten Miles Square) a grant to support the 2020 Exposed DC Photography Exhibit!

Join us tonight at 801 Restaurant and Bar from 6-8 p.m. for our monthly happy hour! All are welcome. Our team will be there, so please stop by to say hello. We look forward to meeting our newly minted winners and seeing many familiar faces, too.

Thank you to everyone who submitted to this year’s contest for sharing your work with us. If you recently discovered Exposed DC, welcome! We hope you’ll stick around and become part of our community. Here’s how to get involved, including contributing images for features, coming out to happy hours, and being part of our other activities throughout the year. If you’re interested in getting even more involved, we’d love to chat with you about volunteering with us too!

Now, without further ado, we present to you the winning images of the 14th annual Exposed DC Photography Contest…


Ather Ahsan – Blast Off
Alain L Gutiérrez Almeida – The Dome
Jon Bateman – Crossroad
Jeffrey Beggs – Solitude
Evelina Brooks – In Every Cell
John Buckley – To Oohs and Ahs
Miles Harrison Carter – Untitled
Eric Chang – Rooftop Buglers
Becky Davis – DC Pride Celebrations
Brett Davis – Dinosaurs
Matailong Du – The George Washington
Gina Falcone – DC Is A Water Town
Karon Flage – Kitty Reacts to Being Blessed
Thom Goertel – Santo
Brian Gray – Confetti
Merone Hailemeskel – Behind the Scenes: The Handmaid’s Tale in the District
Debra Hall – Through the Mountain
Michael Harrison – Eliana & Tomas
Miki Jourdan – Fierce
Miki Jourdan – Plank Like RBG
Mike Landsman – Wrestlin’
Geoff Livingston – Scoot Down the Highway
Jenny Markley – Recycling
Brian Mosley – A Red Day
Craig Nedrow – Fourth of July “Salute to America”
Diana Nguyen – Late Night Shift
Erika Nizborski – Fire Drill Friday
Victoria Pickering – Don’t Shoot
Danielle Press – Gold with Kayak
Mukul Ranjan – Untitled
Mukul Ranjan – Untitled
Diriki Rice – Ghost Truck
Daniel Scott Ruben – A Tribute to George H.W. Bush
Iñaki Sánchez – Beauty in the Ordinary
Jason Schlosberg – Midnight Chinatown Snow
Sofía Sebastián – Union Station
Max Siegler – You Can’t Beat the Bull
Anthony Smallwood – Hatchell at Shannon’s
Carol Stalun – Red Sky New Year
Carol Stalun – Snow Day
Jeff Wagoner – The River Pavilion
Jeff Wagoner – Fall at the Willard
Michael Zhang – Suburbia

Announcing the Best in Show Judges for the 2020 Exposed DC Photography Show

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Have you entered our annual photography contest yet? We love to see this city of ours through your eyes, and we look forward to celebrating local photography at our 14th annual show with you all!  

Winners will have their photos printed and framed by Exposed DC for inclusion in our 2020 Annual Photography Show at Touchstone Gallery. In addition, we invited five distinguished D.C. photographers to serve as special judges. They will study all of the winning images, and each judge will choose one image to receive a Best in Show award, which comes with a $100 cash prize. 

This year’s special judges selecting the Best in Show awards are Angela Bain, Darrow Montgomery, Shedrick Pelt, Beverly Price, and Gerry Suchy. Will one of them select your photo? Only one way to find out. Submit your best images of the D.C. metro area by December 12, 2019!

Now, meet our special judges…

Angela Bain is a life-long local of the D.C. metro area who has been photographing people since 1995. A famous photo by Man Ray hanging in her high school photography class was the gateway drug into a love affair with this art form. She studied fine art photography at Towson University, and has worked in the areas of portrait, studio, fine art, commercial, editorial and wedding photography.

Darrow Montgomery began photographing for Washington City Paper in 1986 while still attending the Corcoran School of Art. He has worked for numerous publications as a freelancer covering such subjects as HIV/AIDS in Thailand and the rise, fall, and rise again of Marion Barry. The vast majority of his work has focused on the lives and people that call Washington, D.C. home.

Shedrick Pelt is an editorial, live-event, and commercial photographer with a style driven by an urge to be the fly on the wall, capturing an experience without disrupting the nature of the moment. Based in D.C., Shedrick works worldwide while keeping strong ties to his hometown of Huntsville, Alabama, and his adopted home of NYC. View more info at www.sdotpdotmedia.com.

Beverly Ailisha Price was introduced to photography in 2016 when she first began what she believed to be a casual detailing of the people and atmospheres she would visually encounter on an everyday basis. As someone born and raised in the Capitol Hill region of the District of Columbia and passionate about her community, photography quickly developed into Price’s method of preserving the culture and communicating the stories of her often forgotten and disenfranchised commonality. View more info at www.beverlypricephoto.com.

Gerry Suchy finds his street photography these days is influenced by his previous career as a Clinical Social Worker. His photos are informed by the belief that storytelling matters more than hashtags and likes. More about Gerry and his work can be found at gmsdesignsphoto.com.

Enter the 14th Annual Exposed DC Photography Contest

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Our 2020 photo contest is officially open for entries! Gather your best images showcasing life in the Washington, D.C. metro area and submit them by December 14 at 5 p.m. for a chance to be part of our 14th Annual Exposed DC Photography Show. That’s right; we extended the deadline a little bit to give you some extra time to submit!

Every year we enjoy seeing this city of ours come alive through your images of its people, places, art, music, sports, and everything in between. We can’t wait to celebrate another year of awesome local photography. Join us tonight at The Crown & Crow from 6-8 p.m. to kick off the contest at our monthly happy hour! A bonus for joining us: we’ll also be giving away two passes to the World Press Photo Exhibit opening at happy hour.

Rules and guidelines for entering the contest and participating in our exhibit are covered in the submission page. Please note that each submission costs $25 and includes up to four images, which you will add in the “Upload” step of the submission process. Please only select “Add another project” if you are entering more than one batch of photos to the contest.

If you’re looking for some inspiration, you can check out the winning images from previous years. Have questions or comments? Check out these FAQs, comment on this post, or chat with us at tonight’s happy hour. Be sure to subscribe to our newsletter, if you don’t already, to get all our contest and exhibit updates. If you’d like to join our team as a volunteer, please drop us a line.

Please note that Picter strongly recommends using a recent version of either Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox to submit to the contest. Each submission consists of a project which can have up to four images that are added in the upload step.