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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.

The 2019 Exposed DC Photography Show Opens February 13

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Exposed DC Photography Show – 13th Annual Exhibition
 – Tickets for the opening reception on sale now!
– Featuring 43 images of the Washington metro area
– Opening reception: Wednesday, February 13 from 6 to 10 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
– Discount for federal employees + contractors impacted by the shutdown
– #exposeddc

Exposed DC is excited to announce its 13th annual Exposed DC Photography Show, February 13 through February 24, 2019. The exhibit will be hosted by Touchstone Gallery, with support from the Touchstone Foundation for the Arts.

These 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 photographs will be awarded our Best in Show award along with a $100 cash prize. Each award will be chosen by a panel of distinguished metro-area photographers: John Christopher Anderson, Sam Hurd, Darren Smith, Lauren Stockbower, and Jennifer Sakai.

The opening reception will be held Wednesday, February 13 from 6-10 p.m. Complimentary wine, beer, and snacks will be provided. A full color 13th annual Exhibition Magazine with all 43 winning photos will be available for purchase. Custom framing for the show is provided by Apex Moulding and Framing.

Advance tickets for the opening are on sale now for $20; door tickets will be $25. Government employees: We know the record-long shutdown continues to affect you. Use the promo code “furlough” and show a valid federal government ID at the door for a 50% discount.

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, February 24

All photographs displayed will be for sale. High-res images available upon request.

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

Exposed DC would like to thank the 2019 show sponsors for their support.

The Exposed DC Photography Show is a Ten Miles Square production.
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Winning Photos of our 13th Annual Exposed DC Contest

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Thank you to everyone who submitted to this year’s contest for sharing your work with us! Every year we enjoy seeing this city of ours come alive through your photography which showcases its people, places, art, music, sports, and everything in between. We’re proud to feature local photographers of all levels whose images, as seen together, tell the story of living in the Washington, D.C. area. You can find the complete list of winners below. More details about the exhibition and opening reception are available here.

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 to our daily features, coming out to happy hours, and being part of our other activities through the year.

Speaking of happy hours, join us tonight at 801 Restaurant and Bar from 6-8 p.m. Open to all photographers and photography fans. Our team will be there, so please come and say hello and help us celebrate photography in Washington, D.C. and toast to the winners of the contest!

Save the date for the opening of the Exposed DC Photography Show on Wednesday, February 13 at Touchstone Gallery. We are thrilled to partner with Touchstone Foundation for the Arts to bring our 13th annual exhibition to an awesome, artist-owned gallery located in downtown Washington, D.C. since 1976. We’ll have more details on the exhibit and opening soon, but for now, please join us in congratulating the 2019 Exposed DC winners…

Kanayo Adibe – The Tree Amigos
Kanayo Adibe – Here Lies …
Nadia Adona – U Street Cut
LeRoy Armstead – I Know He Will Call
Kirth Bobb – My Neighbour
Robert Cannon – Grecian Urn
Miles Carter – McPherson Square
Shamila Chaudhary – The Fort
Scott Cook – Moke
Brett Davis – Young Patriot
Barry Dunn – Lone Skater
Ginny Filer – Library of Congress
Karon Flage – DC Summer Can Be Joyful
Gabrielle Gipson – Prismatic GLOW
Jimell Greene – Fort Reno at Dusk
Robb Hill – 4th of July
Miki Jourdan – Before The Bubble Burst
Mike Landsman – Caps Win The Cup!
Mike Landsman – Press and Protest
Joseph Leavitt – Electricity on the Hill
Zack Lewkowicz – The Swarm
Geoff Livingston – Pulse
Jenny Markley – Singing in the Rain
Jeffrey Morris – No Props
Angela Napili – All the Starlings Above
Erika Nizborski – Capitals Parade
Victoria Pickering – Pride
Victoria Pickering – The Temple Burn
Jean-Pierre Plé – Geometry Reimagined
Jean-Pierre Plé – Remembering the Light
David Posey – Standing Room Only
Eric Purcell – Love In Progress
Mukul Ranjan – Catharsis
Diriki Rice – Dazzle
Michael Ryan – Rock Creek
Susan Sanders – Parallax
Sofia Sebastian – Adams Morgan, Washington, D.C.
John Sonderman – Seeing Deeper
Carol Stalun – Ship Passing in the Morning
Chris Suspect – Hyattsville, MD
Christopher Thomas – Glass Half Full
Arpita Upadhyaya – Where’s the Capitol?
Kevin Wolf – Nuisance Flooding

Exposed DC Welcomes Our New Executive Director

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We have some exciting news today—at least, if you’re into big staff changes at your favorite local arts organization. Exposed DC is thrilled to announce that Noe Todorovich is taking over as Executive Director. We hope you’ll celebrate with us at our regular monthly happy hour on August 29 at Right Proper Brewery.

Noe is a full-time photographer who previously worked in communications for non-profit organizations. She was raised in Hawaii and moved to D.C. in 2004. Her work now focuses primarily on lifestyle photography and has been featured in Washington Life, the Washington Post, Northern Virginia Magazine, the Huffington Post, Capitol Romance, and Flickr Explore.

Noe first discovered Exposed by attending one of our annual shows, and was inspired to enter the next year. Her work has been featured in several of our exhibits, including our 10 year anniversary show, when she asked about volunteering with us. Now she’ll be heading up that annual show, as well as our regular Exposed DC events and exhibits through the year, and giving it all her own new style. Our team is very excited to barrel into our second decade with Noe at the helm.

We’d also like to thank Julian Thomas for coming aboard recently to take over our In Frame and Featured Instagrammers posts. (Don’t forget, to have your images picked, tag them #exposeddc on IG or put them in our Flickr group.) And we hope to introduce you to a couple more new folks around here in the near future. A hearty, ongoing thanks to our hard-working teammates who’ve been with us for years: Jennifer Wade, Caroline Space, Leigh Bailey, and Meaghan Gay.

James Calder, who has been my partner running Exposed for the last six years, is still amazing and will remain on our Board, as will I. Few things have given us greater joy than being in a position to show off the incredible work of D.C. area photographers, and we look forward to many more years of seeing it featured by Exposed.

 

 

Winning Photos of our 11th Annual Exposed DC Contest

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We received a record number of photographs this year, thanks in part to extraordinary circumstances that extended our contest, which made it all the more difficult to suss out several dozen that would celebrate life in the nation’s capital. We’re proud to highlight images from institutions we welcomed as a city, such as the new era of organizing that the Women’s March has ushered in and the opening of the National African American Museum of History and Culture; smaller moments we reveled in like memorable art exhibits, snow days, and festivals; and then of course the subtle scenes that make every day life in D.C. such a rich experience. You’ll find the complete list of winners below. Save the date now for the opening of the Exposed DC Photography Show on March 9. We’ll have more information about our great new venue and the event details soon. New this year, we’ve partnered with FRAMEBRIDGE, a local company which will be printing and framing all the images for the show!

 

Framebridge

 

Some of you recently discovered Exposed DC, and we hope whether you won or not, you’ll stick around and become part of our community. Here’s how to get involved, including contributing images to our daily features, coming out to happy hours, and being part of our other programming through the year.

Join us tonight to toast to the winners at Meridian Pint in Columbia Heights at 6 p.m. Open to all photographers and photography fans. Our team will be there, so please come and say hello and help us celebrate photography in Washington, D.C.

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