artist spotlight Archives

In Frame: Best of 2015

January 4, 2016 By Caroline Space

It’s been a great year of photography, and we’ve been thrilled to feature a ton of it here every Monday and Wednesday in our In Frame selections. Here are my top ten favorite In Frames from 2015. To have your work considered this year, submit your images to our Flickr pool or tag them #exposeddc on Instagram (and follow us here).

Don’t forget you have just a few more days to enter the 10th annual Exposed DC photo contest! Submit your best photographs from the D.C. area by midnight on January 6.

Beau Finley September 21st

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[Sharp] November 25th

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Kristen Finn’s Food Photography

October 24, 2013 By Meaghan Gay

Food photography is often a highly stylized affair, with elaborate lighting setups, heavy image manipulation, and a final product that is not suitable for human consumption. There are, however, photographers like Kristen Finn, whose work showcases food in its natural state, the culture surrounding it, and how it reaches the table.

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Jim Darling’s Portraits

October 10, 2013 By Meaghan Gay

A snapshot of a another person is a simple takeaway of a moment, meant to capture a passing second of time. A portrait is more special. A portrait can share insight about the subject, and the photographer. Jim Darling’s portrait work shares with the viewer a deeper sense of the subject and of himself.

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Gaston Lacombe’s Captive

September 26, 2013 By Meaghan Gay

Not all zoos are created equal. Admiring beautiful creatures from the animal kingdom can come at a painful cost to many animals in captivity. D.C. based photographer Gaston Lacombe has traveled to 21 zoos on five continents to put together a body of work detailing the sad, horrible conditions for many animals that are Captive.

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Lisa Shires’ Cuba

August 27, 2013 By Meaghan Gay

Earlier this year Lisa Shires traveled to Cuba with fellow photographer Alison Harbaugh to complete a photography project she’d planned for months. Once there, she realized that the logistical challenges of working in a developing country were too much for her original plan, so did what many photographers are forced to do: make something happen. The result is a beautiful series of images of the people she met in Havana. Shires presents her subjects in a vibrant, personal way.

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