Annual Exhibit – Exposed DC

Exposed DC Photography Show – 15th Annual Exhibition

March 31, 2021 By Noe Todorovich Leave a Comment

Exposed DC is excited to announce that we are partnering with Focus on the Story and Lost Origins Gallery to present the 15th annual Exposed DC Photography Show in an outdoor installation in Mount Pleasant. The exhibit will be installed on the exterior wall of Ellē restaurant at 3221 Mt Pleasant St NW. A special celebration of the 2021 Exposed DC photography show will take place on Sunday, June 6 at 3 p.m. as part of the kickoff for the fourth annual Focus on the Story International Photo Festival.

Photo walks will take place in Mount Pleasant before the opening, and later that evening Glen Echo Photoworks will present their annual Photo Slam competition, livestreamed from Lost Origins Gallery.

Since 2006, Exposed DC has produced our annual show to shine a spotlight on life in the D.C. metro area as seen through the lenses of some of the region’s most passionate amateur photographers and professionals alike. The show includes unique takes on the capital’s iconic locations, as well as everyday scenes captured outside of the tourist bubble. You can preview this year’s winning images here.

The outdoor exhibition will run for three weeks, closing on Sunday, June 27. The Exposed DC team is also exploring additional, creative ways to share these images celebrating the Washington, D.C. area to ensure increased accessibility and safe opportunities to view the show. Stay tuned for updates on our events and exhibition news!

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

Support for the 2021 Exposed DC Annual Photography Show is provided by the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities.

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Friday Links: February 5, 2021

February 5, 2021 By Noe Todorovich Leave a Comment

Earlier this week we announced the winners of our 15th annual photography contest! The D.C. photography community continues to impress and inspire us year after year. Thank you so much to everyone for sharing their work with us and congratulations once again to this year’s winners! Stay tuned for updates on this year’s show.

This month, the DC History Center will feature local street photographers who document our local history and environments. As part of this program, Exposed DC will be doing an Instagram takeover on Feb. 18, so be sure to follow along! There will also be an interactive photography workshop on Feb. 20 with photographers Roy Sewall and Joel Hoffman, registration required, $20-30.
In case you missed it, Photoworks’ artist talk about the “Hindsight is 2020: Street Photography in a Tumultuous Year” exhibit is available for viewing online.
A long-forgotten attic in a building in Geneva, NY hid a photography studio and a famous portrait of Susan B. Anthony.
The virtual exhibition “A Mexican Portrait,” featuring the photographs of Martha Gabriela Driessen, closes on Feb. 13.
Journalists, photographers, curators, and others pay tribute to Corky Lee who died last week at age 73.
Winning images from the Travel Photographer of the Year 2020 competition present a view of life during a time in which travel has been difficult or impossible.
Giannis Antetokounmpo helped the Bucks build a 40-point lead over the Pacers and proceeded to grab a camera and photograph the rest of the game while he sat out the entire fourth quarter.

Winning Photos of the 15th Annual Exposed DC Contest

February 3, 2021 By exposeddc Leave a Comment

We’re excited to announce the winners of the 15th Annual Exposed DC Photography Contest! These images, as seen together, tell the story of life in the Washington, D.C. metro area, 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 2021 Exposed DC Photography Show and join us tonight at 6 p.m. on Zoom for a celebratory happy hour! Photographers, photography fans, and friends are all welcome. Please register here if you’ll be joining us.

Thank you to everyone who submitted to this year’s contest for sharing your work with us. 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’s how to get involved, including contributing images for features, virtual and in-person events, 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 15th Annual Exposed DC Photography Contest…

Mark Alan Andre – Washington Fog
Dylan Bilbao – Polychromatic
Ashley Brown – Quiet Kennedy
John Buckley – Hanging On
John Buckley – The Reflecting Pool
Christopher Chern – Ad Astra
Thomas Cluderay – Spark Dome
Thomas Cluderay – Amplify the Message!
Scott Cook – Fairy Godmother
Sue Dorfman – And Helicopters Flew
Joe Flood – Cupid’s Undie Run
Phillip Ford – Untitled
Merone Hailemeskel – Stand Together
Robb Hill – Celebrating Good Trouble
Matthew Howard – The State of Our Union
Philippa Hughes – We Made the Best of It
Miki Jourdan – Best Foot Forward
Kim Keller – Last Word
Kim Keller – Silver Spring Summer
Christy Knight – Reflections
Mike Landsman – Celebration
Geoff Livingston – BLM is Bigger than a Photo Opp
Jenny Markley – Building Strength
Jenny Markley – Reflection
Nicholas Moreland – Election Day 2020 At The Supreme Court
Victoria Pickering – Biden Wins
Satya Ponnaluri – Isolation in the Time of Covid
Eric Purcell – Rose Rosé Bears
Mukul Ranjan – Splash!
Michael Ryan – Protest
Christopher Smyth – Notorious RBG
John Sonderman – Sloppy Mama’s BBQ
Carol Stalun – Blossoms For Breakfast
Chris Suspect – Untitled
Arpita Upadhyaya – Each Substance of Grief Has Twenty Shadows
Kristian Whipple – Sebastian on Georgia Avenue

The 2021 Exposed DC Photography Show is supported by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities.

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

February 20, 2020 By Noe Todorovich 1 Comment

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

2020 Best in Show Winner: Sofía Sebastián

February 14, 2020 By Andie Capace 1 Comment

We can’t wait to celebrate local photography with you all at our 14th Annual Photography Show opening on Wednesday, February 19 from 6-9 p.m. You can grab your discounted tickets in advance here! As the big day approaches, we are excited to announce the final Best in Show winner for this year’s show. Every year we ask a panel of five distinguished, local judges to each select one image to receive a Best in Show award. The winning photographers each receive a $100 cash prize and are acknowledged in the show and exhibition program.

Today, we are announcing the Best in Show winner “Union Station” by Sofía Sebastián, selected by judge Angela Bain. Bain commented, “This image has it all: mood, compelling composition, play of shadows, light and dark, juxtaposition of hard straight lines with gentle curved ones, all while telling a story of DC and some of the interesting people who live and work here at the busiest transportation hub in our dynamic city.”

You can view more of Sebastián’s work on her website and on Instagram.

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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.