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2018 Best in Show Winner: Miki Jourdan

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Miki Jourdan – Resist

Today we announce the fifth and final Best in Show prize winner from the 12th Annual Exposed DC Photography Show, which opens this Friday. We invited a panel of five distinguished photographers to each choose a favorite image from this year’s exhibit to be awarded a Best in Show award. Each winning photographer will receive a $100 cash prize, sponsored by Union 206 Studio.

Advance tickets for our May 11 opening night are still available, so don’t delay!

Now without further ado, the fifth Best in Show winning photo is “Resist” by Miki Jourdan, selected by judge Marvin Joseph. Joseph wrote, “I really liked the darkness and saturated color and ghost white bonnets that the ladies wore. Definitely reminded me of imagery from the tv show The Handmaid’s Tale.” It definitely reminds me of the show as well, and I love stark contrast and how it almost looks like the group is illuminated by a spotlight, creating a very dramatic vibe.

You can see more of Jourdan’s photographs on Instagram.

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Marvin Joseph is a Washington, D.C. native and staff photojournalist for The Washington Post. His work includes celebrity portraiture, fashion, and editorial photography. In addition to the Post, his photographs have appeared in Newsweek, Washingtonian, Essence, Sister 2 Sister and Ebony and Jet magazines, as well as the books “Michelle: Her First Year As First Lady” and “The Inauguration of Barack Obama: A Photographic Journal.” His photographs have won contests by Pictures of the Year International (POYi), The National Press Photographers Association, The Best of Photojournalism, Northern Short Course, and The White House News Photographers Association. His photographs were also a part of “Coming Home a Different Person,” which earned the Documentary Project of the Year Award from POYi, and a Pulitzer Prize finalist documenting Specialist Robert Warren, a soldier who returned from Afghanistan with a traumatic brain injury.

2018 Best in Show Winner: Marci Lindsay

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Marci Lindsay – Market Vendor’s Assistant

Today we have the fourth Best in Show prize winner from the 12th Annual Exposed DC Photography Show. A panel of five distinguished photographers was invited to choose their favorite image from this year’s exhibit to be awarded a Best in Show award. Each winning photographer will receive a $100 cash prize, sponsored by Union 206 Studio.

For our third winning photo we have “Market Vendor’s Assistant” by Marci Lindsay, selected by judge Carolyn Russo. Russo wrote, “The colors, cropped elements, and sense of mystery in this scene remind me of an Edward Hopper painting.” I love the connection Russo makes here. I also find mysel drawn into the image by the lack of a person in the frame while the dog stares intently forward. Maybe it’s that along with the cropped elements that adds intrigue to this scene…making me wonder what is happening all around the photographer in this very moment.

You can see more of Lindsay’s photographs on Instagram.

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Carolyn Russo is a museum specialist, photographer, and co-curator for the art collection at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum. She is the author of four books: Art of the Airport Tower (Smithsonian Books, Fall 2015), In Plane View: Abstractions of Flight (powerHouse Books, 2007), Artifacts of Flight (Harry N. Abrams, 2003), and Women and Flight: Portraits of Contemporary Women Pilots (Bulfinch Press, 1997). She has curated several exhibitions and her photographs have been widely exhibited in the United States, China, and Finland.

2018 Best in Show Winner: Mac Blessen

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Mac Blessen – Untitled

Today we have the third Best in Show prize winner from the 12th Annual Exposed DC Photography Show, which opens this Friday night. Five distinguished photographers were each invited to choose a favorite image from this year’s exhibit to be awarded a Best in Show award. Each winning photographer will receive a $100 cash prize, sponsored by Union 206 Studio. Advanced tickets for our opening reception are still available, so grab yours now to see all 40 images in the exhibit, meet featured photographers, and celebrate local photography with us.

For our third winning photo we have “Untitled” by Mac Blessen, selected by judge Sanjay Suchak. Suchak wrote, “It’s a quintessential street photo in my opinion. One that calls to mind a classic Robert Frank image from the book ‘The Americans.’ He had an appreciation for photographing scenes where the subject’s face is obscured. I just love thinking about what the story is behind this image and the occasional awkwardness that occurs when people work together.”

You can see more of Blessen’s photographs on his website.

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Sanjay Suchak  is an award-winning and Emmy-nominated photographer and multimedia storyteller based in Charlottesville, Virginia and working around the world. He is the photographer for the University of Virginia and focuses on higher education storytelling as well as music photography. He has photographed The Grateful Dead, Dave Matthews Band, and various music festivals and has been published in The Washington Post, NPR, CNN, The Wall Street Journal, National Geographic Traveler, and USA Today.

2018 Best in Show Winner: Kattie Angelita Delcid

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Kattie Angelita Delcid – Attitude After School

Today we announce the second Best in Show prize winner from the 12th Annual Exposed DC Photography Show. The Best in Show winners were selected by a panel of five distinguished photographers who each chose their favorite image from this year’s exhibit. Each winning photographer will receive a $100 cash prize, sponsored by Union 206 Studio.

For our second winning photo we have “Attitude After School” by Kattie Angelita Delcid, selected by judge Nancy Walz. Walz wrote, “This shot stands out for having beautifully captured an ordinary moment — the intensity of one boy’s stare next to the relaxed shrug of his friend. The nuanced space between them creates a clean, powerful composition. And there’s a story behind the photo — I wonder what’s going on and what are they up to next.”

You can see more of Delcid’s photographs on her website.

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Nancy Walz is a freelance photo editor in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. She previously directed the still photography team at Discovery Communications, producing award-winning work for networks including the Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, TLC, and the Oprah Winfrey Network. As a photojournalist in Seattle and Spain, she covered news and feature stories, and also worked as staff photographer for Wesleyan University in Connecticut. She has been a contest judge and portfolio reviewer for a variety of organizations.

2018 Best in Show Winner: Erika Nizborski

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Erika Nizborski – Senate Hearing On Healthcare

Friday, May 11 is the opening night for our 12th Annual Exposed DC Photography Show. Discounted advance tickets are available now, so grab yours soon! Every year we ask a panel of five distinguished, local judges to select one image each for a Best in Show award. The winning photographers each receive a $100 cash prize; this year the award is sponsored by Union 206 Studio. We’ll be announcing the 2018 Best in Show winners over the next couple of days, starting right now!

First up, we have “Senate Hearing On Healthcare” by Erika Nizborski, selected by judge Lucian Perkins. Lucian stated, “I love this image. It has everything going for it—a moment frozen in time that tells a story within the confines of the image and most likely historically as well. It is layered in such a way that you can study it for a long time exploring the many emotions within this one image.”

You can see more of Nizborski’s photographs on her website.

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Lucian Perkins is a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist, who worked for over twenty years as a staff photographer for The Washington Post. He was named Newspaper Photographer of the Year by the National Press Photographers Association in 1994, and he was awarded the coveted World Press Photo of the Year in 1996. His Pulitzer Prizes were won during his tenure with The Washington Post for his work on poverty in the U.S. and the conflict in Kosovo. Currently, he is an independent photographer and videographer concentrating on multimedia projects and documentaries.