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2015 Best in Show Winner: Kashif Javaid

March 6, 2015 By exposeddc

Kashif Javaid - This reminded me of Diane Arbus — This reminded me of Diane Arbus by Kashif Javaid

We debuted Best in Show awards last year and they proved to be such a popular addition to the contest, we were eager to bring them back for our 9th annual Exposed DC Photography Show. Of the 42 photographs in this year’s exhibit, five have been recognized by a panel of distinguished D.C. metro-area editors and photojournalists. The five winning photographers will each receive a $100 cash prize from Exposed DC.

We’ll be announcing the winners daily through next Tuesday.

This year’s first Best in Show recipient is the superb “This reminded me of Diane Arbus” by Kashif Javaid. Well done Kashif! His photo was chosen by judge Susana Raab, a fine-art and documentary photographer working in Washington, D.C. She told us (before she know what Kashif titled it):

I selected this image because of its simplicity and the unusualness of the moment found within an everyday scene. I love how the awkwardness of the girl’s arms caught inside her coat and the gesture of her hands over her eyes creates an allegorical image – a blank canvas ripe for projection. The photograph has a Diane Arbusian appeal within its discomfort and tension. I think the photographer was successful in transforming the ordinary into an iconic image. [Read more…]

In Frame: December 8, 2014

December 8, 2014 By Meaghan Gay

11897218515_4b1c70d135_b — It’s time to go now by Kashif Javaid

Titled It’s time to go now, this photo by Kashif Javaid is haunting. The image could be a still frame from a horror movie.

In Frame: November 19, 2014

November 19, 2014 By James Calder

This one reminded me of Diane Arbus by Kashif Javaid

What can I say, except that I absolutely love this photo by Kashif Javaid. The photographer’s choice of title along with the words he wrote in the photo’s description on Flickr are better than any additional commentary I could come up with: “Photos like these makes me greedy, makes me look for more photos that are out there waiting to happen. Rule # 1: Camera in hand at all times (well most of the time).”

Friday Links

August 8, 2014 By Meaghan Gay

The City Paper has a short review on the photo exhibit at the U.S. Botanical Gardens.
Copyright law is complicated and confusing, especially when Wikipedia argues that since this endangered crested black macaque took the photo himself, the photographer has no rights to it. But if David Slater doesn’t have the copyright, who does? (Hint: Not the monkey.)
Photographer Jonathan French will be honored next week at the Third Annual East of the River Distinguished Artist Awards Reception.
“The winners of the Popcap 14 prize for contemporary African photography cover everything from fictional set ups of tribal rituals to the impact of mining on forgotten communities.” You can see some of the winners over on The Guardian.
This is the kind of “baby” photo session we can get behind: one with a dog.
At the Leica Store, this month’s Oskar Barnack Wall winning photograph was shot by Kashif Javaid.
Notorious Russian “rooftoppers” Vadim Makhorov and Vitaliy Raskalov take death-defying photos from high atop skyscrapers around the world. Their latest destination: Hong Kong.
The yet to open National Museum of African American History and Culture made an acquisition of rare photographs of Martin Luther King Jr.
Smile for the cameras! Every attendee at two concerts last year in Boston were photographed by the city. “We’re not talking about old school black and white surveillance cameras. More like technology that analyzes every passerby for height, clothing, and skin color.” Yikes.
A shrinking salt lake leaves an extinct volcano’s cone exposed in the Iranian desert, as seen in this amazing photo from the ISS.
Dear Leader really, really, really likes lubricant.
German photographer Herlinde Koelbl has published Targets, a photo documentary book featuring shooting targets from 30 countries used during military training.
This is the last week to catch the Magnum exhibit Unintended Journeys at the Natural History Museum.
“Troy Holden didn’t carry around a camera when he first moved to San Francisco in 1996. Now, he wishes he had. Since then, his adopted city has changed quite a bit.”
Care for the Wild International is asking tourists to stop taking selfies with tigers while traveling abroad, as the money they spend funds animal abuse.