The 2008 DCist Exposed Photography Show has been quite a ride this year. We started with nearly 600 fantastic entries, giving our judges the tough job of picking only 47 winning images. We watched people line up down the street to get into our packed opening reception. The folks at Civilian Art Projects have watched a constant stream of visitors come into the gallery during their regular opening hours. Wednesday night we teamed with Civilian and The Pink Line Project, who put together a fascinating panel to discuss what it means to become a collector to a standing-room only audience. And this year we’ve received a humbling amount of mainstream press about the show (with only a little bit of old school balking at the notion of one of those blog things on the intertubes curating an art show).

Exposed runs at Civilian Art Projects though today and tomorrow, 2 to 6 p.m., so please go check it out while you can. DCist has been thrilled to be able to share the work of these 44 photographers with you, and we hope those of you who’ve been to the gallery enjoyed seeing Washington, D.C. through the eyes of the people who live and work here. We certainly look forward to using their images to illustrate our stories, and hope to see many new faces in our regular Flickr pool, as well.

There are still a few photos available for purchase, but we can only sell them through Saturday, 6 p.m., so please contact heather [at] dcist.com for purchasing information. I will also be at the gallery between 4 and 6 p.m., along with many of the photographers, if you’d like to speak in person.

Our thanks again go out to Civilian Art Projects, the Pink Line Project, and our four panelists for Emerge Exposed for helping us put together this annual event. Civilian Art Projects is located at 406 7th Street NW, between the Gallery Place/Chinatown and Archives Metro stations.