Now entering it’s fourth year, FotoWeekDC will kick off this Friday. The annual festival highlights photography as an artistic medium and will showcase numerous collections and exhibitions over the course of the week.
The “festival hub,” located inside the former Borders at 1800 L Street NW, will play host to 14 individual exhibits including International Awards, Youth Contest and Cherry Blossom Festival contest winners, as well as lectures and workshops.
But this city-wide event is not contained just to the “hub.” Numerous locations throughout D.C. are hosting exhibits and events in celebration of the photography festival. And with an overwhelming number of events and exhibits, here is a selection of exhibits and events to get you in the spirit of the festival. For a full listing, please visit FotoWeekDC’s schedule of events.
>> You don’t want to miss the official start of the festival with tomorrow evening’s launch party. The evening starts with an exclusive preview of the week’s exhibitions at FotoWeek Central. Then the party moves to the Corcoran Gallery of Art for dancing, music, hors d’oeuvres and cocktails. Tickets are $55.
>> Also at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, catch a noontime lecture, have your portfolio reviewed, attend the Carrie Mae Weems lecture, or see any one of their exhibits: Hank Willis Thomas: Strange Fruit, Gordon Parks: Photographs from the Collection, Selections from the Indie Photobook Library and Prix Pictet: Growth . The Corcoran will also be offering free admission throughout the week.
>> On Wednesday, the microWave project presents Through Time by F11, a DC women’s photography collective. By using beautiful photography, F11 examines a forgotten town frozen in time. The exhibit will be on view at the Morrison House.
>> Second Thursday at the Torpedy Gallery gets in on FotoWeek with some fun photo-centric activities. Stop in for the reception for Transferred in Target Gallery, see some photography demonstrations, and get your photograph taken in a “Fotobooth.”
>> Scott Speck will give and talk and demonstration of the pinhole camera at Adah Rose Gallery on Wednesday at 7 p.m. (While there, be sure check out the work of DCist’s own Angela Kleis.)
>> At the Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery, see The U Street Portrait Project, a photographic exploration of the people and culture of D.C.’s U Street neighborhood captured by Tom Wolff. Opening reception, Friday at 7 p.m.
>> DESERT DWELL opens at Hillyer Art Space on Friday at 6 p.m. Explore the breathtaking photographs from the Anza-Borrego Desert by Min Enghauser.
>> Photography Between the Wars is a collection of work highlighting the creative output of photography between the First and Second World Wars. Opening Saturday at 5 p.m. at Addision/Riply Fine Art.
>> At Studio Gallery, see Mark and Master an exhibit of photography by photography professors. Opening Friday at 6 p.m.
