for the love of DC photography
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The multidimensionality in this image by Frank Hallam Day is confusing at first but holds me inside the image. I am continuously bouncing between different planes—with each pause my eye is excited and lifted by different spots of light.
The light and shadows in this self-portrait by Noe Todorovich are what make the image. Yes, it’s a nice portrait, but placing herself in such a graphic scene and using the natural geometry the window blinds create from the light shows great creativity and photographic foresight.
The Renwick Gallery (the original Corcoran Gallery of Art) opened this weekend with the exhibition, Wonder. It’s a beautiful and immersive show with wall signage that specifically encourages photography. Jim Havard, photographs Gabriel Dawe’s installation, Plexus A1, in which thousands of colored threads stretch from floor to ceiling, and that when illuminated look like beams of refracted light.
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Each week when I look at the #ExposedDC Instagram feed I’m amazed by all the talented photographers that Washington, D.C. has. I see many photographers, like Albert Ting, who know how to use light from indoor spaces to create a geometric oasis. Primary red, blue, and yellow hues are details in the room that the photographer didn’t add, but he doesn’t rely on a funky colorful spot to carry his image. Ting knows how to take a photograph and embraces his talent to produce a stunning image.
I’m in awe of how Kevin Wolf uses light in these two photographs. His fireworks image isn’t solely about the sparkling bursts of lights that are usually depicted in such shots—it focuses instead on the people enjoying the show. And I can’t stop staring at the night sky in his second photo, Star Gazing.
[Update – 9:00pm, July 15 2015: at the request of the photographer, we’ve removed the second photograph.]