The 2024 Exposed DC Photography Show opens this week! Please join us on Friday, July 12 from 5-8 p.m. for the opening reception at Fathom Gallery Georgetown at 1351 Wisconsin Ave NW. Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the door.

In the days leading up to the show opening, we are announcing this year’s Best in Show winners. Each of these images was chosen by one of our guest judges—five distinguished photographers with ties to Washington, D.C. The winning photographers each receive a $100 cash prize along with the Best in Show distinction. This year’s awards are sponsored by Aperturent.

Congratulations to Valerie Short whose photo, “Intense Repetition” was selected by Angela B. Pan. Angela commented, “The movement and color drew me to the image, and I can only imagine the planning it took to create it. I’ve been in this room before, and I know there is a limited amount of time where every second counts. I’m also left wondering, where is the camera? A memorable image that had me looking at every corner of the photograph.”

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

About the Judge

Voted “Best Visual Artist in Washington, D.C.” by the Washington City Paper two years in a row, Angela B. Pan has published photographs of the capital in The Washington Post, The White House Historical Association, and more. Her work has been featured in local galleries and publications like Washingtonian, Lionsgate, and several luxury hotels. She self-published her first book, Snap DC: Your Guide to Taking Extraordinary Photos of the National Mall and Beyond… to help fellow photographers and visitors save time and capture the best images they can of our Washington, D.C.

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The 2024 Exposed DC Photography Show opens later this week! Please join us on Friday, July 12 from 5-8 p.m. for the opening reception at Fathom Gallery Georgetown at 1351 Wisconsin Ave NW. Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the door.

In the days leading up to the show opening, we’ll be announcing this year’s Best in Show winners. Each of these images was chosen by one of our guest judges—five distinguished photographers with ties to Washington, D.C. The winning photographers each receive a $100 cash prize along with the Best in Show distinction. This year’s awards are sponsored by Aperturent.

Congratulations to Shell Long whose photo, “The Voice of Iranian Women” was selected by Sharon Farmer. Sharon commented that she loved all the work she saw in this competition and commended the strong and impactful images in the show.

You can view more of Shell’s work on Instagram.

About the Judge

Sharon Farmer has been a professional photojournalist and exhibition photographer for more than 40 years, shooting news stories, political campaigns, cultural events, conferences, and portraits. Farmer was the first African-American woman to be hired as a White House photographer, and the first African American and first woman to become Director of the White House Photography Office, a role she held from 1999-2001. She also documented the beginning of the Clinton-Gore Administration.

Formerly an assignment editor for the Associated Press, she was part of the AP team in 2003 that covered the Super Bowl in San Diego. She was also the campaign photographer for Sen. John Kerry’s presidential election campaign in 2004. She has photographed for The Washington Post, the Smithsonian Institution, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, the National Urban League, the Brookings Institution, and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. to name a few. She has also taught and lectured on photography and photojournalism at the National Archives, the Smithsonian Institution, the National Geographic Society, the Women in Photojournalism Conference, the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ), museums, and numerous universities.