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Shutdown Stories Project

January 19, 2019 By Noe Todorovich

Photos courtesy of Kirth Bobb and Geoff Livingston as part of the Shutdown Stories Project

Local photographers Kirth Bobb and Geoff Livingston have teamed up on a project to share the stories of people impacted directly by the government shutdown. The Shutdown Stories Project is a photographic essay of 21 real people – 21 of 800,000 workers – affected by the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. Federal workers have become unwilling pawns in the shutdown. The media and certain politicians relegate these individuals as a blind number, “800,000 federal workers.”

Kirth and Geoff spent an afternoon photographing affected federal employees at the Creative Hands Studio in order to show their stories and illustrate that federal workers are real people trying to make ends meet and serve our country. You can view the full project at shutdownstory.com, including coverage of the project by WUSA-9.

Kirth and Geoff are both Exposed alum and will be a part of the 2019 annual exhibition as well.

Filed Under: Artist Spotlight Tagged With: exposed alum, government shutdown, photo project, Shutdown

News and Notes

October 8, 2013 By Meaghan Gay

Shutdown by Brett Davis
Shutdown by Brett Davis

  • Our calendar is bursting with events over the next few weeks. Make sure to check for changes to any venues due to the government shutdown. A talk this Thursday with Gabriela Bulisova hosted by Photoworks has moved due to the closure of Glen Echo Park. While the National Gallery of Art and the Smithsonian are also closed, the Corcoran is still open and David Levinthal’s War Games is on display until October 27.
  • Speaking of events, FotoWeek is just around the corner. Most exhibits and FotoWeek central do not open until November 1, but now is the time to sign up for workshops or portfolio reviews.
  • Thank you all for your great feedback on our Local Resource Guides. We have updated our Studio Rental Guide with three new locations, thanks to your help. If you know of a printing location we can add to our Printing Services Guide, please let us know.
  • Our Flickr pool now has over 1600 photos! If you would like to be part of our amazing pool of local photographers please join our Flickr Group.
  • We are looking for contributors! If you would like to write for Exposed DC, whether to do exhibit reviews, artist interviews, news updates, or all of the above, please get in touch with us.

Filed Under: News & Opinion Tagged With: calendar, Flickr pool, FotoWeek, News and Notes, Shutdown

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