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Friday Links: August 9, 2024

August 9, 2024 By exposeddc

Photo by Jordan Barab

Multiple Exposures Gallery is holding a gallery membership information session tonight at 7 p.m. during Second Friday and evening hours at the Torpedo Factory Art Center.
Robbie Lawrence shares his experience providing photography coverage at the Olympics, from fear of missing out to finding his own rhythm.
In recognition of Alexandria’s 275th birthday, the city launched a photo contest and is accepting up to five images per person with a deadline of November 1.
Reserve a spot for Community Cyanotypes, an event conceptualized by a local artist and supported by a grant from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, on August 24 from noon to 4 p.m., free and open to the public.
Lost Origins Gallery is partnering with the Fredericksburg and DC Street Photography Collectives to hold a street photography shoot-off on September 21.
Catch the Fleeting Moments Street Photography II exhibit at Athenaeum Gallery through September 22. Visit on August 18 for the artist reception.
Dodge Chrome is holding a Capture the Summer photo contest with a deadline of September 30. You can enter 3 photos in each category: travel/a place I love, weather phenomenon, and pops of color.

Friday Links: August 2, 2024

August 2, 2024 By Matthew Holubecki

The Paris Olympics have already given us a ton of terrific imagery, but the award for most viral photo thus far has to go to a stunning shot of a surfer taken in Tahiti.
Exposed alum Alain Gutiérrez is organizing a trip to Cuba for six photographers in November, $3,700/person, not including airfare, visa fee, or incidentals.
DC History Center and Off the Mall Tours are collaborating on a “District of Punk” downtown walking tour on August 14 at 5:30 p.m., $30 ($25 for members).
14 VISIONS, a fine art photography exhibition juried by Allison Nance, opened at Multiple Exposures Gallery this week and is on view daily from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. through August 25.
View the winning images of the 18th annual Washington Gardener Photo Contest at an art show opening Sunday from 2:00-3:30 p.m.. at Meadowlark Botanical Gardens.
RSVP to join Annie Levy on Zoom as she hosts Smith Center’s “Conversations in Photography” on August 21 at 10:30 a.m. The workshop will focus on the joy of discovering who we are and envisioning who we want to become through the lens of our most important photos.
StreetMeet is looking for community builders who want to make a positive impact in their city — here in D.C. and beyond.

Join us tonight from 5-8 p.m. at Fathom Gallery Georgetown for the closing of our annual photography show. It’s your last chance to view the exhibition; come on the earlier side if you haven’t seen the show yet. We’ll have exhibition programs for sale along with the beautiful, framed exhibit photographs that we promise will look great on your wall, too. Thank you once again to everyone who made this year’s show a success!

See powerful portraits by one of the greatest photographers of the 20th century in Gordon Parks’ exhibition at the National Gallery of Art, featuring 25 portraits he made between 1941 and 1970 mostly from the Corcoran Collection.
Head to Freedom Plaza tomorrow at 5 p.m. for this month’s StreetMeetDC get together.
Robert Miller has been promoted to Director of Photography at The Washington Post.
Support Critical Exposure with Jeni’s Ice Cream through the end of the month! Every pint purchased at Jeni’s 14th St NW location will earn $2 for Critical Exposure; mention Critical Exposure at checkout or use code CriticalExposure for pickup or delivery orders in the app.
Redeat Wondemu’s Phoenix Series, self portraits created with digital negatives on watercolor paper using the cyanotype method, closes this Sunday at IA&A at Hillyer. Admission is free, $10 suggested donation.
The PROGRESSION fine art photography exhibition at Multiple Exposures Gallery is also closing on Sunday.
Long before artificial intelligence, photographers altered images to burnish the reputations of politicians—from Lincoln to Stalin.
An exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art focuses on the first century of advertising photography in the United States and Europe, capturing the evolution of photographic depiction over time.
Join Capital Photography Center on August 4 at the Renwick Gallery to learn creative photo techniques using perspective, depth of field, focus, and subject isolation while exploring various styles of art.

Friday Links: July 19, 2024

July 19, 2024 By Matthew Holubecki

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the opening reception of the 2024 Exposed DC Photography Show! In case you missed it, there’s a recap on our website with some photos of the evening, documented by Mariah Miranda. If you’d like to provide feedback on the opening, you can complete this brief survey. The exhibit is open today at Fathom Gallery Georgetown from 5-8 p.m. and the rest of the weekend from noon to 5 p.m. Come by and say hello! The show closes next Friday, July 26.

Join us tomorrow from 2:30-5:00 p.m. at our exhibition for the CPC Social where you can meet Capital Photography Center (CPC) instructors, find out about classes available, and even win a $100 CPC gift certificate.
One of our Best in Show judges has an exhibition opening next week. Jada Imani M’s INFINITY & Beyond, curated by Khaleelah I. L. Harris, will open on Thursday, July 25 at Arena Social DC with a reception from 7-10 p.m.! Registration is free here.
A new exhibition at the National Building Museum reimagines the city’s sometimes loved, often hated brutalist concrete giants. Admission is $10; $7 for seniors, students, and kids; free for members and children under 3.
Multiple Exposures Gallery is holding a membership information session on Sunday at 11:00 a.m. as they anticipate two openings for membership later this year.
A team of imaging experts, scientists and historians set sail for the Titanic last week to gather the most detailed photographic record ever made of the wreck.
An architectural photographer and an architect collaborated for two years on a project that pairs every European Car of the Year of the past 60 years with a building of the same vintage.

Thank You for Celebrating the Opening of the 18th Annual Exposed DC Photography Show!

July 13, 2024 By exposeddc

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Photos by Mariah Miranda Photography

Thank you so much to everyone who joined us last night for the opening of the 18th Annual Exposed DC Photography Show! We were thrilled to see you all, and we hope you enjoyed the celebration and the 42 images in the exhibit that showcase life in the Washington, D.C. metro area by the people who live, work, and love here. If you’d like to share feedback on the event and exhibition, we invite you to complete this survey.

In addition to exhibit hours, we also hosted two special events. On Sunday, July 14, exhibiting photographer Mac Cosgrove-Davies created custom wet plate portraits during a tintype demonstration. On Saturday, July 20, we held a social with Capital Photography Center (CPC) where people could meet instructors, find out about workshops and classes, and win a $100 CPC gift certificate.

If you’d like to purchase any of the photos on display, you can do so here. At the exhibit, you can scan the QR code on a title card to go directly to the page where you can buy that image! A collectible exhibition program is also available for purchase online or at the gallery during exhibit hours.

Special thanks to Fathom Gallery Georgetown for hosting our exhibition in their beautiful space and to our sponsors for their support: the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities, Aperturent, Capital Photography Center, and Topo Chico. Thank you to Kendall Spink for sharing her graphic design expertise in preparing our beautiful exhibition program, our wonderful group of volunteers who make sure the event goes off without a hitch, and to our official event photographer, Mariah Miranda, who always captures the joy of our opening celebrations so beautifully! You can view the full set of images in this online gallery. We are ever grateful to this incredible photography community for their support of one another and Exposed DC.

The exhibit will be on view through Friday, July 26 during the following hours. Admission is free. A virtual gallery is also available for online viewing with additional information about the photographs and links to where you can view more of the photographers’ work. Be sure to turn your audio on to hear about some of the images from the photographers themselves as well!

Exhibit Hours
Thursday & Friday: 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Saturday & Sunday: noon to 5 p.m.

Fathom Gallery Georgetown
1351 Wisconsin Ave NW
Washington, DC 20007

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