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Little Horse by pablo.raw If it weren’t for the modern nylon bridle, this photo could be mistaken for one taken decades ago. It has a timeless quality to it which is hard to achieve nowadays. Is this a reenacted scene from Huckleberry Finn or at a petting zoo at the mall? It seems as though [...]
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DC Streets: Beneath the Surface by pnzr242 While it may not have the historical significance and impeccable timing of Cartier-Bresson’s “Behind the Gare Saint-Lazare“, this image captures a beautiful moment in time. I love it when a photo causes your eye to dance around the frame, first from the obvious action of the puddle, next to [...]
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Dupont Underground Continues by MikaAltskan While most photographers tend to focus on the prettier aspects of DC such as the monuments, the cherry blossoms, or the wildlife, others like to explore the underbelly of our city with their cameras. Urban exploration, sometimes known as “urban spelunking” or “urban caving”, involves going to forgotten places that [...]
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IMG_4119 by Steve Goldenberg A few weeks ago I encouraged those of you who are interested in photography to hone your skills by shooting a series on a subject that strikes your fancy, thereby building a solid body of work. It’s OK if you like to wander around town on the weekends to photograph things [...]
More »Protesters Demand Removal of Wayne Clough from Smithsonian
All photos by Max Cook In response to the removal of the David Wojnarowicz video from the National Portrait Gallery’s “Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture” exhibit, protesters gathered today in front of the Smithsonian Castle demanding the removal (or resignation) of Secretary Wayne Clough. While the media to protester ratio was nearly one to [...]
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Off Duty by DPinDC If I were to win a warehouse full of money and suddenly lose the pressure of planning for retirement, there are some peculiar jobs in this world that I would love to try my hand at. How about a toll booth operator on the Dulles Toll Road, a gas station attendant, [...]
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Get Every Last Drop by Dan Dan The Binary Man A new year is upon us, DC, and some of us couldn’t be more relieved that 2010 is dead and buried. Whether you believe in making New Year’s resolutions or not, this is a good time to reflect on the past year, take stock of [...]
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White Elephant Gift 230 by yospyn Now is the winter of our discontent. While we may have just narrowly escaped a blizzard, it’s still colder than a polar bear’s pajamas on the shady side of an iceberg. So while you could go outside with your camera gear, brave this miserable weather, and take blurry photos [...]
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342/365 – diego’s by dracisk Thanks to the cruelty of genetics, my head has less and less hair on it as time goes on, and I wonder why I keep paying someone to cut it. I could use the clippers that I have and save twenty bucks by switching to a DIY cut, but my [...]
More »DC Arts Head South for the Winter
Eva and Adele and all other photos by Max Cook I recently traveled to Miami to experience what is probably the most important contemporary art fair in North America. As the sister event to Art Basel in Switzerland, Art Basel Miami Beach is held annually in early December, a time when many of us here [...]
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new morning ritual by ekelly80 Last night I had a dream about a series of iPhone apps that would manage all of my day to day duties, organize my thoughts into coherent text messages and e-mails, add events to my calendar as soon as my eyes saw them online, and create to-do lists on the [...]
More »Moose Spotted on Metro
Moose on the Metro by KentonNgo As you prepare for your journey home for the Thanksgiving holiday, we’d like to offer you some travel safety tips. Don’t refer to Reagan National Airport as “Reagan Airport”. You’ll be hogtied and sprayed with patchouli by any liberal who overhears you. Repeat after me: “National Airport”. Don’t drink [...]
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half-frame by patrickjoust There are parts of me that will forever be trapped in the past. Even though I’m technically an adult, I’ll always feel like a kid in one way or another and rarely take life too seriously. As long as I can pay my bills and stay out of prison, I might as [...]
More »The 2010 Tweed Ride in Photos
The Starting Line (and all other photos) by Max Cook Sunday was a perfect fall day for another perfect Tweed Ride. Five hundred lovers of vintage clothing and bicycles gathered for the second annual ride that was magical to say the least. Organized by Dandies and Quantrelles, the pre-ride festivities began in the morning at [...]
More »Tonight: Likeness @ Honfleur
Photo by Matt Dunn If you love photography and street art as much as I do, you’re not going to want to miss the show that opens tonight at Honfleur Gallery. Likeness, an idea developed by local photographer Josh Yospyn of Worn Magazine, pairs work from ten photographers and ten street artists. Each portrait from [...]
More »Support Women Photojournalists Tonight
KEN_011_082003_N041-22_WFP-Vanessa_Vick by Peter Casier If you hadn’t noticed by now, we’re smack dab in the middle of FotoWeek. While the number of photography shows, lectures, portfolio reviews, night projections and parties is rather daunting, it’s a no-brainer to check out an exhibit that is full of great work and is raising money for a good [...]
More »WPA’s Catalyst: A 35 Year Retrospective
Alan Sonneman, The Last Washington Painting (Premonitions of the Corporate Wars), 1980. Oil on canvas, 54 x 102 inches. Courtesy of the artist. Collection of Tim Egert. It’s common for people to move to DC, make their mark, then ride off into the sunset. For many people this town is merely a stepping stone for [...]
More »Phillips After 5: Photo Extravaganza
Union Station by NicoleHamam Tonight the Phillips Collection (along with ReadysetDC, Worn Magazine, and Dandies and Quaintrelles) is throwing a pre-party and a post-party as a prelude to FotoWeek DC. Did that make any sense? Regardless, there’s a whole lot going on at Phillips After 5 tonight (5-8:30PM) that we encourage you to check out: [...]
More »Not an Arts Fair, Not a Book Fair
Nope, it’s the 11th Biennial Book Arts Fair and Conference, and it’s going on this weekend (November 5-7) in Silver Spring at the Pyramid Atlantic Arts Center. Rather than try to explain this unique event myself, I’ll let their website do the talking: “Now in its third decade, the fair will showcase a dynamic array [...]
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Enlightened by pablo.raw With FotoWeek quickly approaching, photography lovers should be bracing themselves for an inundation of gallery shows, slideshows, artist talks, and all-around geekery (not to mention plenty of spam in your inbox). When you look at hundreds of photos in a short period of time it’s easy to overload your brain. Before you [...]
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