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Thank You for Joining Us to Celebrate Our 16th Annual Show!

May 31, 2022 By Noe Todorovich

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Photos by Mariah Miranda

Thank you so much to everyone who came out to the opening of the 16th annual Exposed DC Photography Show! It was so great to see you all and celebrate local photography together. We hope you enjoyed the exhibition showcasing modern life in the Washington, D.C. metro area as seen by the people who live, work, and love here. If you’d like to share any feedback on the event and exhibition, we invite you to complete this survey. You can also share your experience with an image on Instagram to take part in our #2022XDC giveaway.

The exhibit will be on view at Lost Origins Outside through Sunday, July 24. Swing by to see the show, enjoy the farmer’s market on Saturdays, and be sure to check out the great small businesses of the Mount Pleasant neighborhood like Ellē located right next door and Taqueria Nacional down the street.

You can also view all the winning images in our virtual gallery where you can read or even hear a bit about the story behind the images from the photographers themselves.

If you’d like to purchase any of the photos in this year’s show, you can do so here or through the virtual gallery. At the exhibit, scan the QR code on any image to go directly to the page where you can buy it! Our full-color 2022 Exhibition Program featuring all winning images is also available for purchase online (shout-out to our graphic designer Logan Forbis).

Special thanks to the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities for their support of the show and to Lost Origins Gallery for partnering with us on the exhibit and hosting it at Lost Origins Outside. We also want to thank our sponsors Capital Photography Center, Focus on the Story, Washington Photo Safari, and Datacolor. We are grateful to CSI for the beautiful printing of the exhibit photos, the featured photographers for being part of the show and our community, and to our event photographer Mariah Miranda for helping to capture the joy of the opening celebration in images.

As May comes to a close, we’re gearing up for a month full of photography events and celebrations with the 2022 Focus on the Story international photography festival! It kicks off this Thursday with the opening reception of “Behind the Loom: Legacy & Heritage of Navajo Weaving” at none other than Lost Origins Gallery (indoors) followed by a day full of photography goodness at the Eaton Workshop on Saturday, June 4. Be sure to stick around for the festival kick-off party from 7-9 p.m. We’re excited to announce this will include a projection exhibit of the 2022 Exposed DC Photography Show as well!

16th Annual Exposed DC Photography Show Returns to Mount Pleasant

April 28, 2022 By exposeddc

– Featuring 38 images of the Washington, D.C. metro area taken by local photographers
– Exhibit presented at Lost Origins Outside in Mount Pleasant
– Opening celebration: Sunday, May 29 from 3:00-6:00 p.m.
– Best in Show awards chosen by five distinguished local photographers
– Full-color exhibition magazine featuring all winning images available for purchase

Exposed DC is excited to partner with Lost Origins Gallery to present the 16th annual Exposed DC Photography Show in an outdoor installation in Mount Pleasant opening on May 29. The show features 38 images that were taken by local photographers and selected from a contest for their unique perspective of the D.C. metro area. The exhibition will be on view at Lost Origins Outside located along the exterior wall of Ellē restaurant at 3221 Mt Pleasant St NW through July 24.

Join us for a special celebration of local photography as we open the show on Sunday, May 29 from 3:00-6:00 p.m. View all the winning images together, chat with featured photographers and the Exposed DC team, and purchase an exhibition program or even a framed print of one of the images in the show.

Five of the photographs will receive a Best in Show award along with a $100 cash prize. These awards are selected by independent judges who are acclaimed photographers in the D.C. community. This year, we’re thrilled to have Dee Dwyer, Andrew Harnik, Kenny Holston, Cheriss May, and Michael McCoy selecting these special awards. Get to know the judges now and stay tuned to find out which photos they selected in the days leading up to the show opening.

Since 2006, Exposed DC has been celebrating life and culture in the Washington, D.C. area through the perspectives of photographers who live, work, play, and love here. Our annual photography show shines 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.

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

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Exposed DC would like to thank the 2022 show partners & sponsors for their support.

Enter the 16th Annual Exposed DC Photography Contest

December 10, 2021 By exposeddc

Our 2022 photography contest is officially open! Submit your best images of the D.C. metro area for the chance to be part of our 16th annual photography exhibition. We want to see your amazing Washington, D.C. experiences, from the epic to the everyday moments that catch your eye.

Have the perfect images all ready? Send them our way now! Not quite sure what to submit? You can check out the winning images from previous years for some inspiration and to get a better sense of the show. The entry cost is $10 per image, and you may submit as many images as you’d like. The deadline for entries is January 30 at 11:59 p.m.

Winning images will be included in the 2022 Exposed DC Photography Show to be held in Spring or Summer 2022. We are taking particular caution with the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and its impact on social gatherings. We plan to kick off the celebration by announcing more details in early April. We can tell you the exhibit and events will be outdoors and/or with measures in place for social distancing to ensure people can gather safely. Winning images will also be featured in our virtual gallery for remote viewing.

Rules and guidelines for entering the contest and participating in our exhibit are covered in the submission page. Have any questions or comments? Check out these FAQs, comment on this post, or reach out to us on social media. Be sure to subscribe to our newsletter, if you don’t already, to get updates about all of our contests and events, as well as news about all things photography related. If you’d like to join our team as a volunteer, please drop us a line.

UPDATE: Join us on Tuesday, January 25 at 6:00 p.m. for a Last Minute Contest Deadline Happy Hour and Q&A to hang out with fellow photographers and find out more about the contest and previous winners.

Go to submission site

Some notes about the submission site

Please use a recent version of either Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox to submit to the contest. You may encounter bugs or errors with other browsers or outdated versions.
While there is no limit to the number of photos you can enter into the contest, you will only be able to submit once. Please be sure to review your entire application thoroughly and confirm the price reflects the number of images you are entering before you hit submit.
You can save your submission as a draft and return later to complete the submission process.
If you realize you need to edit after you have already submitted, you will need to request a refund from Picter support. This will put your submission back into draft status, and you will have to resubmit it once you make the necessary edits.
No refunds will be granted after the contest deadline.

2021 Exposed DC: The Sequel

September 28, 2021 By Noe Todorovich

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All photos by Mariah Miranda

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the second part of our 15th Annual Photography Exhibition. We had a great time seeing this year’s winning images projected on the big screen at Metrobar and spending a lovely fall evening chatting with you. As this year’s show comes to a final close, we are already looking forward to our next. In the meantime, you can still catch this year’s exhibition in our virtual gallery, and the images can be purchased as framed fine art prints here. Exhibition magazines are still available as well and can be purchased online here.

Special thanks again to all our photographers and everyone for sticking with us through a strange year that made it challenging to plan events. We are so grateful for the awesome D.C. photography community that really came together to find creative ways to still celebrate local photography. We love making spaces for you all to get together, and we’re so grateful to everyone who made it possible for Exposed to reach this milestone of 15 years.

Once again, we’d like to thank the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities for their support of the show, along with Focus on the Story, Lost Origins Gallery, Capital Photography Center, and Washington Photo Safari.

If you’d like to be part of next year’s show, keep an eye out for our annual contest that opens in December. If you’d like to get even more involved, consider volunteering with us.

Exposed DC Celebrates 15 Years!

June 9, 2021 By Noe Todorovich

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Photos provided by the Exposed DC team: @manylaughlol and @noetodorovich

Thank you so much for joining us Sunday at the opening of the Exposed DC Photography Show. Our team had a wonderful time getting to know many of you as well as catching up with friends and photographers we hadn’t seen in far too long. We truly missed spending time together with the awesome DC photography community in person and appreciate you coming through to help us celebrate 15 years! If you have any feedback you’d like to share, we invite you to complete this brief survey.

The outdoor exhibition will be on view through June 27. Swing by to see the show, which is open and available to all, and be sure to check out all of the amazing small businesses in Mount Pleasant like Ellē located right around the corner.

We’re also keeping our Instagram contest open longer so you still have a chance to participate! The new deadline for entries is June 21. Visit the exhibit and share an image tagging #2021XDC, @exposed_dc, @capitalphotographycenter, and @washingtonphotosafari to participate. Get all the details here.

In addition to the outdoor exhibition, you can view all the winning images now in our first-ever virtual gallery. We hope you enjoy listening to some of the photographers talk about their images in the show; audio clips will auto-play when you view the work.

All the photos in the exhibition can be purchased online here, through the virtual gallery, or by scanning the QR code on any image in the outdoor exhibition. We also have our 15th anniversary exhibition magazine, beautifully designed by Rachael Carter, available for purchase online, and we’ll have some available at the show closing on June 27.

Thank you to Lost Origins Gallery and Focus on the Story for partnering with us on this exhibition and making our idea of an outdoor installation into a reality that surpassed what we could even imagine.

We’d also like to thank the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities for their support. To the Exposed DC team and our amazing volunteers: we couldn’t put this show on year after year without you. And, of course, we have the deepest appreciation for the amazing photographers of the D.C. metro area who so impressively document the many facets of all our lives here time and time again.