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Winning Photos of our 13th Annual Exposed DC Contest

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Thank you to everyone who submitted to this year’s contest for sharing your work with us! Every year we enjoy seeing this city of ours come alive through your photography which showcases its people, places, art, music, sports, and everything in between. We’re proud to feature local photographers of all levels whose images, as seen together, tell the story of living in the Washington, D.C. area. You can find the complete list of winners below. More details about the exhibition and opening reception are available here.

If you recently discovered Exposed DC, welcome! We hope you’ll stick around and become part of our community. Here’s how to get involved, including contributing images to our daily features, coming out to happy hours, and being part of our other activities through the year.

Speaking of happy hours, join us tonight at 801 Restaurant and Bar from 6-8 p.m. Open to all photographers and photography fans. Our team will be there, so please come and say hello and help us celebrate photography in Washington, D.C. and toast to the winners of the contest!

Save the date for the opening of the Exposed DC Photography Show on Wednesday, February 13 at Touchstone Gallery. We are thrilled to partner with Touchstone Foundation for the Arts to bring our 13th annual exhibition to an awesome, artist-owned gallery located in downtown Washington, D.C. since 1976. We’ll have more details on the exhibit and opening soon, but for now, please join us in congratulating the 2019 Exposed DC winners…

Kanayo Adibe – The Tree Amigos
Kanayo Adibe – Here Lies …
Nadia Adona – U Street Cut
LeRoy Armstead – I Know He Will Call
Kirth Bobb – My Neighbour
Robert Cannon – Grecian Urn
Miles Carter – McPherson Square
Shamila Chaudhary – The Fort
Scott Cook – Moke
Brett Davis – Young Patriot
Barry Dunn – Lone Skater
Ginny Filer – Library of Congress
Karon Flage – DC Summer Can Be Joyful
Gabrielle Gipson – Prismatic GLOW
Jimell Greene – Fort Reno at Dusk
Robb Hill – 4th of July
Miki Jourdan – Before The Bubble Burst
Mike Landsman – Caps Win The Cup!
Mike Landsman – Press and Protest
Joseph Leavitt – Electricity on the Hill
Zack Lewkowicz – The Swarm
Geoff Livingston – Pulse
Jenny Markley – Singing in the Rain
Jeffrey Morris – No Props
Angela Napili – All the Starlings Above
Erika Nizborski – Capitals Parade
Victoria Pickering – Pride
Victoria Pickering – The Temple Burn
Jean-Pierre Plé – Geometry Reimagined
Jean-Pierre Plé – Remembering the Light
David Posey – Standing Room Only
Eric Purcell – Love In Progress
Mukul Ranjan – Catharsis
Diriki Rice – Dazzle
Michael Ryan – Rock Creek
Susan Sanders – Parallax
Sofia Sebastian – Adams Morgan, Washington, D.C.
John Sonderman – Seeing Deeper
Carol Stalun – Ship Passing in the Morning
Chris Suspect – Hyattsville, MD
Christopher Thomas – Glass Half Full
Arpita Upadhyaya – Where’s the Capitol?
Kevin Wolf – Nuisance Flooding

The 2016 Exposed DC Winning Photographs!

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2016 Exposed DC Photo Contest

Has it really been a decade? And they said it wouldn’t last! Ok, maybe no one actually said that. Regardless, this year we celebrate the 10th annual Exposed DC Photography Show at the historic Carnegie Library at Mount Vernon Square, home of our gracious hosts, the Historical Society of Washington, D.C.

Remember this? (Remember when we only knew you by your Flickr names?) When we started this photo contest and exhibit over at DCist in 2006, we had no idea we’d be doing it 10 years later, but seeing the way the already vibrant photography community has continued to grow over the years has been our biggest pleasure. We look forward to celebrating our anniversary in March with folks who’ve been around with us since the beginning and all the new faces that have joined us in the meantime.

Mark your calendars now for Thursday, March 10, when we’ll host the grand opening reception of this special 10th anniversary exhibit. Meanwhile tonight, January 13, join us upstairs at Jack Rose in Adams Morgan from 6 to 8 p.m. for our monthly happy hour to hang out with fellow photographers and fans, and on this occasion, to toast to the 47 winning photographs of the 2016 contest. Cheers!!

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Some Uses of Photography @ Katzen Arts Center

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Ding Ren, i took a picture i was of motion. 2011_2013
Ding Ren, i took a picture i was of motion. 2011-2013

Some Uses of Photography: Four Washington Artists at American University’s Katzen Arts Center is a unique kind of photography show. In a dark room tucked away on the third level is an intriguing exploration of how photography is used to make art. I was delighted to see that Phyllis Rosenzweig, a former curator at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, organized the exhibition—she was, big disclaimer, one of my thesis advisors, so I asked to interview her about the exhibition and how it serves to change the dialogue of cataloguing photography in contemporary art.

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Exposed DC / InstantDC 2014 Fall Review Opening on October 3

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InstantDC 2014 Contest Winners

UPDATE: The show will enjoy an extended run at a new venue! The show re-opens at BloomBars with a reception on Sunday, November 9 from 2-4pm. Event details here.

Join us at Washington ArtWorks / Washington School of Photography on Friday, October 3, 6:00-9:00 p.m., as we open the Exposed DC / InstantDC 2014 Fall Review! This photography exhibit features the best and most beautiful images from D.C.-area photographers. Over 1,000 images were submitted, with just 45 being accepted into what will be an extraordinary show of talent. This show was juried by Keith Lane and E. Brady Robinson, two photographers local to the D.C. Metro area.

Keep an eye out next Tuesday, September 30, when we’ll announce the prize winners of our fall exhibition. The Grand, Second, and Third place winners will receive cash prizes from Exposed DC and InstantDC, and five Honorable Mentions will receive prizes sponsored by BorrowLenses.com. Special thanks go out to Capitol Hill Frame & Photo, which is (you guessed it) printing and framing the winning images.

The gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday–Thursday, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday–Sunday, and the show will be up through October 31.

See you on October 3! 

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Exposed DC has been organizing one of the largest annual photography shows in the nation’s capital since 2006. They strive to connect all levels of photographers with networking, mentoring and exhibition opportunities by partnering with existing organizations such as InstantDC, a mobile-focused collective that boasts incredible local talent.

InstantDC Open Call – Not Long Now

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wade in the water by Jenny Markley
wade in the water by Jenny Markley

Have you submitted your best work to our InstantDC 2014 Open Call yet? If you have, good on you! If not, you have less than two weeks left.

Still wondering what to choose from your portfolio? Here’s another selection from an earlier InstantDC show to give you a general feel for the kind of images that might catch the eye of our judges. This beautifully composed photo by Jenny Markely is filled with serenity, joy and innocence. Just dreamy.

Whether your work is as soft and gentle as this, or is cut from a completely different cloth, just be sure to submit your images right here before September 1!