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Winning Photos of the 16th Annual Exposed DC Contest

February 25, 2022 By Noe Todorovich Leave a Comment

We’re excited to announce the winners of the 16th 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. Stay tuned for details about the 2022 Exposed DC Photography Show.

Thank you to everyone who submitted to this year’s contest for sharing your work with us and congratulations to this year’s winners. We always enjoy seeing this city through your eyes and love having the opportunity to share the work of local photographers of all levels whose images help tell and celebrate the story of life in D.C. We also want to thank the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities for their support of this show.

If you recently discovered Exposed DC, we are glad you found us and hope to get to know you better as you become part of our community. Here are some ways to get involved, and be sure to subscribe to our newsletter to get updates on our events, contests, shows, and more.

Now, without further ado, we present to you the winning images of the 16th Annual Exposed DC Photography Contest…

Keith Arnold – Pillars of Light
Freek Bottema – Snow Battle
John Buckley – Scene From A COVID Winter
Maria Helena Carey – Floating Cicada
Charles Chen – Pizzeria Rossa
Scott Clowney – Painter’s Delight, National Cathedral School
Thomas Cluderay – Festival Return
Thomas Cluderay – Pop of Red
Kevin Dietsch – Remembering Sicknick
Robyn Garnett – Demolition Man
Miki Jourdan – Smashing the Patriarchy Is Exhausting
Sandra Kauffman – Disconnected
Mike Landsman – Million Moe March “Moechella”
Ryan Lingo – Along the Anacostia
Mike Lurie – Accidentally Wes Anderson
Andrew P Merluzzi – Untitled
David Moss – On The Canal
Angela Napili – Peek-a-boo
Ryan Nickel – Quinceañera
Murali Palangat – Homage and Remembrance
Victoria Pickering – Upside Down at the Hirshhorn
Briana Pittelli – Couple Unknown
Eric Purcell – Hanging out on the Deck
Diriki Rice – Catrina with Child
Jennifer Sakai – distancing day No.398 (two blocks from home)
Iñaki Sánchez Ciarrusta – The Human Comedy
Frank Sellin – Promise on Ice
Valerie Short – A Sign of Hope
Carol Stalun – Rising Tide
Josh Steele – Summer Storms
Chris Suspect – 4th of July, 2021
Chris Suspect – Thelma and the Sleaze at Slash Run
Jerry Tsao – Wendy’s Last Night
Arpita Upadhyaya – Morning Silhouette
Seneca Wells – Feeding Frenzy
Gretchen Wesche – Roseate Spoonbill Feeding
Amber N. Wiley – Preserving Barry Farm
James Wisnieski – Speeding Around the Corner

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Friday Links: January 28, 2022

January 28, 2022 By exposeddc Leave a Comment

Arlington Memorial Bridge at Night by Kevin Burns

We’re coming up on the last few days to enter our annual photography contest! You have until Sunday night at 11:59 p.m. to submit your best images showcasing the D.C. metro area for a chance to be part of our 16th annual exhibition celebrating local photography. We can’t wait to see this city of ours through the lenses of the people who live, work, and love here!

  • The group exhibition “RE:” at Studio Gallery closes tomorrow. Say hello to featured artist Shedrick Pelt who will be at the gallery all day Saturday.
  • Stop by the National Gallery of Art to catch “The New Woman Behind the Camera” exhibit before it closes on Sunday to see images from more than 120 international photographers from the 1920s to the 1950s.
  • Apple’s macro photography Shot on iPhone Challenge for iPhone 13 Pro and Pro Max users runs through February 16.
  • A new photography-oriented adventure game is all about snapping photos in a magical, monochrome world.
  • Join STREETMEETDC at 10:00 a.m. tomorrow in Columbia Heights to shoot and then head to Wonderland Ballroom for brunch and a photo editing session.
  • The Baltimore Museum of Art acquired 54 works of art including a photograph by surrealist artist Kati Horna.
  • Tag your Instagram photos with #ArtatMetrobarDC if you’d like to participate in our monthly projection exhibitions at metrobar co-curated with Focus on the Story.

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Contest Reminder & Friday Links: January 21, 2022

January 21, 2022 By exposeddc Leave a Comment

Have you entered our annual photography contest yet? You have until Sunday, January 30 at 11:59 p.m. to get those entries in. Get all the details here and submit your photos soon!

Go to submission site

If you have any questions, be sure to check out the FAQ as well as these tips and notes about using Picter. You can also drop us a line.

Still have questions about the contest or not sure what you should submit? Join us for a virtual happy hour on Tuesday, January 25 at 6:00 p.m. Hang out with fellow photographers and the Exposed DC team as we count down to the closing of this year’s contest! We’ll also be chatting about some former winning images that we like and open it up to any questions you might have. (Please note that we won’t be commenting on individual submissions to this year’s contest!)

And now for just a few actual Friday Links…

  • “The New Woman Behind the Camera” exhibit at the National Gallery of Art closes on January 30.
  • An internal company memo suggests Canon will partially halt production at a major Chinese factory and is considering closing it altogether.
  • The Art of Building photography competition announced the 2021 winners.
  • In the photobook “Replica,” Rita Lino is the model, operator, photographer, subject, and image.

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Friday Links: January 7, 2022

January 7, 2022 By Ron Keith Leave a Comment

Security at the Capitol by Victoria Pickering

Hope everyone stayed safe and warm during the snow this week–our first major snow event here in years! Capital Weather Gang staff and readers captured some beautiful wintry scenes around the region. You may recognize a few familiar names in the captions and may even want to consider entering stellar snow pics of your own to our annual photo contest before the deadline on January 30!

  • The 16th Annual Washington Gardener Magazine Photo Contest is accepting entries through January 21.
  • Iconic images captured by NASA photographers in the 1960s are currently available on Artnet Auctions.
  • Photoworks’ 2021 Reflection Video recaps events and photos from last year. There’s still time to register for upcoming winter classes too!
  • Don’t forget to tag your Instagram images with #ArtatMetrobarDC for a chance to be part of our monthly projection exhibits at metrobar, co-curated with Focus on the Story.
  • Andrew McCarthy documented Comet Leonard over the Arizona horizon in a composite of 25 separate shots.
  • The 28th annual Harbin Ice Festival opened this week in northeastern China with huge lighted sculptures made of ice.
  • An Israeli wildlife photographer captured a flock of birds forming the shape of a spoon complete with a heap of sugar.

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Friday Links: December 31, 2021

December 31, 2021 By exposeddc Leave a Comment

Photo by Diane Krauthamer

Wishing you a happy new year as we enter the last hours of 2021 and look ahead to 2022! While it’s been another challenging and strange year, we are ever grateful for the amazing D.C. photography community that helps document it all. We look forward to seeing the work you’ve already created and the work yet to come.

  • Submit your favorite images of the D.C. metro area to our annual photo contest by 1/30/22. The entry fee is $10/image, and the deadline is 1/30/22.
  • See 2021 through the eyes of 12 women photographers in this story that is part of CNN’s ongoing series on gender inequality and produced in collaboration with Women Photograph.
  • A new group exhibition at Studio Gallery opens January 5. The exhibit aims to show viewers when participating artists stopped being afraid of growth and to develop a colorful story map of growth even beyond the artworks shown; it includes the debut of Shedrick Pelt’s “Trivial Pursuits” photo series.
  • The Guardian rounds up the best photographs of 2021 and the stories behind them.
  • Swiss-French photographer Sabine Weiss, regarded as the last of the French humanist photography school of post-World War II, has died at the age of 97.
  • TechRadar explores the 12 biggest camera and photography trends of 2022.
  • Liu Heung Shing, the AP Moscow photo chief at the time, was the only foreign photographer who captured Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev’s resignation on Dec. 25, 1991 that marked the end of the USSR.

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