It’s that time of year again! The third annual DCist Exposed Photography Show is now officially open for entries. After two successful years, at Warehouse in 2007 and Civilian Art Projects in 2008, we’re proud to announce the 2009 show will be held at The Gallery at Flashpoint, located at 916 G Street NW. Flashpoint, a project of the Cultural Development Corporation, is a nonprofit art gallery dedicated to new and emerging artists — a perfect partner for our show.
For those of you new to DCist, here’s a little background on Exposed’s history. Way back in the dark ages of 2005, DCist started soliciting photographs from our readership to illustrate our daily posts. As time went on, it became clear that we had a lot of very talented amateur shutterbugs in our midst, and Photo of the Day was born. And it was hard to miss that the photographers who stuck with us, contributing weekly and sometimes even daily, were becoming amazing photographers while we watched. We found a gallery and celebrated our first Exposed contest in 2007 with a building-shaking opening reception at Warehouse, and were amazed to find visitors trailing down three flights of stairs and around the block in the rain to get into Civilian in 2008. DCist considers Exposed our big “thank you” to all the photographers who contribute their work to our site, and we are thrilled to provide this opportunity for the many photography lovers in this city to get together with them in person, under one roof.
Today the DCist Flickr pool has 1641 members and over 37,000 photos, and we cannot wait to see how it all shakes out this year. We’re excited to have the exhibit up in the gallery for a full two weeks this year, and after the success of last year’s panel on “emerging” art collectors, we asked the Pink Line Project to come back and do it again.
DCist asks for a $5 application fee to help cover our costs for the show. You may submit up to three photos, and the pool will close for entries on midnight, January 7. Please click below the fold for the official rules and more information about Flashpoint. Good luck, everyone!
Logo design by Lynne Venart; photo by Angela Kleis
