FotoWeek Central 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5
FotoWeek Central is the nucleus for our exhibits and programs throughout the city. This year we have four designated venues between 33rd and 34th Streets in Georgetown with a total of 16 exhibitions between these locations. Admission is free, but visitors are required to register to visit the events. Registering online in advance through our free registration system will save you time checking in during our festival.
Join us for our Launch Party with cocktails, hors d'oeuvres, and a viewing of all FotoWeek Central exhibitions on November 6th at 6:30pm. Register now to add your name to our Guest List.
Click on the following FotoWeek Central venues to find out more about the exhibitions and events at each location:
FotoWeek Central 1
FotoWeek Central 2
FotoWeek Central 3
FotoWeek Central 4
FotoWeek Central 5
FotoWeek @ 14th St. NW
FotoWeek DC @ Pepco's Edison Place Gallery
FotoWeek Central 1 |
3338 M Street, NW
Washington, DC 20007
Hours:
Saturday & Sunday: 10:00am — 8:00pm; Monday — Friday: 11:00am — 7:00pm
FotoWeek DC Competition Exhibition
This exhibition of the finalists from the 2009 Awards competition recognizes and honors extraordinary work in photography. Entries from sixteen states and twenty-eight foreign countries were made in several categories, including Fine Art, News/Feature Reporting, Advertising, Travel, and Sports. A multimedia category was added this year, too — work that may combine still photography with sound, graphics or video. A distinguished panel of judges, both from the U. S. and abroad, has carefully selected our finalists who will be recognized with Awards of Excellence, Distinction, and Merit -- the top three entries in each category for a total of $21,500 in cash prizes. The winner of the "Spirit of Washington," a single image that captures the essence of our capitol city, will receive the $5,000 Podesta Prize.
FotoWeek DC Youth Contest Exhibition
This year's youth photography contest brought in over 1,200 entries from elementary, middle, and high school students throughout the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia. Intended to showcase local youth photography, students from the metropolitan area submitted entries in six different categories-landscape, people, animals, sports, mobile phone pix, and "Anything Goes." An accomplished panel of judges who work regularly with youth and local photography initiatives reviewed the entries and chose the finalists. Cash prizes of $200 and $100 will be awarded to the first and second finalists within each category and age bracket, for a total of 36 prizes. In addition, a $500 cash prize will be awarded to the grand prize "Best in Show" winner. All finalists will also receive a print of their winning image and will be honored at an awards ceremony at the Washington Post. Their images will be displayed at FotoWeek Central and on The Washington Post website. Winners will be announced November 1!
FotoWeek DC Thumbnail Exhibition: All Awards Competition Images
The Thumbnail Exhibition is comprised of ALL the entries to the FotoWeek DC Awards, hundreds of small images that fill giant contact sheets on the wall. It proved last year to be a crowd favorite, as everyone who entered the competition will be able -- with some searching! — to spot their work exhibited at FotoWeek Central.
Dreams In Color: The National Geographic Autochromes - Curated by William Bonner
National Geographic presents a rare look at the dawn of color photography with an exquisite display of Autochromes from the Society's massive photographic archive. With 15,000 Autochromes, National Geographic has one of world's largest collections of color glass plates. The 22 prints of Dream in Color are on view to the public for the first time ever.
Your Shot
Since Your Shot debuted in National Geographic in March 2006, readers have submitted more than 100,000 photos to the contest. All were first vetted by senior photo editor Susan Welchman, who each morning chooses twelve new entries to appear on ngm.com. From these "Daily Dozens," she and design editor Oliver Uberti pick one image to publish in the magazine each month, alongside another photo chosen by online voters. This exhibit features Susan and Oliver's favorite submissions from the past year.
The United State of America - Curated by Elizabeth Krist
Young photographers Carolyn Drake, Michael Christopher Brown, Andrew Owen and Ross McDermottlook at what happens when we try to come together, whether within the welcome routine of our daily communities or the strange exuberance of American festivals that celebrate almost anything.
Until the Grass is Gone: Images of Transition in Northern Uganda - Peter van Agtmael and Pete Muller
With twenty years of war at an uncertain end, Uganda's northern Acholi people pursue opportunities to rebuild and reconcile their community amidst ongoing poverty, underdevelopment and political turmoil. At the same time, internal and international focus has shifted towards the northeastern region of Karamoja, where a different tribal community struggles with increasing violence. Each photographer presents captivating images that illustrate daily life, both beautiful and challenging, and present a nuanced picture of the situation in the region. Together, the work of Muller and van Agtmael captures the vibrancy of culture and strength of communities across northern Uganda while paying respectful homage to its troubled past and the challenges that lie ahead.
NightVisions
One Night Event: Saturday, November 7, 6:00pm - Sunday, November 8, 6:00am
Hours: Gallery Exhibition - Saturday & Sunday: 10:00am — 8:00pm; Monday — Friday: 11:00am — 7:00pm
Join fellow photographers in an all night spontaneous adrenaline caffeine induced creation of images. The premise is simple. Create a photographic image between the hours of 6:00pm, Saturday, November 7th and 6:00am, Sunday, November 8th. Where: anywhere your imagination dictates. Anything Goes: Street scenes, studio, any venue, any subject or concept. How: Photographers should shoot digitally and personally deliver the photos to FotoweekDC Central 1 at 3338 M Street NW in Georgetown. Computers will be provided for photographers to download, rough edit and submit 1 to 30 images. Lightroom and Bridge will be available. Next: Nationally recognized photo editors will be on hand all night to choose one image from each photographer. The editing process will be projected for all to see. The selected image will be immediately printed, size 11X14, identified with the photographer's name, and hung. Hand written signature and captioning encouraged. All submitted images will be continuously projected. The show will be open to the public during Fotoweek.
Pictures! Pictures! Pictures! Free snacks, coffee, music, cash bar and best of all an opportunity to create, see, and talk about photography all night with friends, colleagues and photographic zealots.
Please RSVP: nightvisions@fotoweekdc.org
NightGallery DC
The façade, of FotoWeek Central 1, 3338 M Street, will be illuminated with digital video projections, featuring a dazzling display of of images by finalists in the FotoWeek DC Awards competition and of selected images from FotoWeek DC special exhibitions. The projection site will become a focal point for viewers to experience on a grand scale the ephemeral magic that comes when light meets surface. Over the weekend of November 6, 7, and 8, the projections will run from 6:00pm to midnight, and are free and open to the public. A production of Architectural Media™ by Marc Herring.
Interior Projections
Throughout the week, we'll be projecting a vast array of photographs in the interior of FotoWeek Central One.
Photographer Presentations
On the afternoons of November 7th & 8th, there will be a series of back-to-back lectures from noon to 5pm on a variety of subjects: a primer on the business of photography, a presentation by the Eddie Adams Workshop, Victorian-age stereoscopic photography with 3-D glasses provided, and several well-known Washington photographers will be showing work from cell phone to high-end race car imagery.
November 7
12:00pm
Michael Stewart - Foto-Tech.com Presents HDR Multi-Image Photography
The traditional laws of photography no longer apply; see how computational photography extends exposure range, depth of field and angle of view. Take a closer look at HDR, Focus Stacking, and Image Stitching. Including simple Photoshop techniques and programs like Photomatix, Helicon Focus and PT Gui.
1:00pm
John Harrington - The Art Of the Deal
From the long-term value of client relationships, to real-world client interactions, The Art of the Deal will give photographers insights into how to be better at the business of photography. In this abbreviated version of John Harrington's longer-form presentation, he will discuss the finer points of client relationships, and dissect some of his own client interactions. What are the factors that go into determining a photographers' rate, and how a license gives both the client and the photographer clarity and peace of mind when it comes to image uses.
3:00pm
Max MacKenzie - The Truth Does Not Make a Good Story; That's Why We Have Art
Join Maxwell MacKenzie, award-winning architectural and fine-art photographer, author of " Abandonings ", " American Ruins ", and " Markings", for a brief look at how, over 40 years, he gradually learned to break free from reality and bend the truth a bit to make better photographs for his clients. As Richard Avedon said: " All photographs are accurate. None of them is the truth. "
4:00pm
Max Hirshfeld - iShot
Max has been shooting with his iPhone for a year or so and realized that it truly represents that old expression about never leaving home without a camera. "Sort of an extension of my brain, with decent eye/hand coordination practice thrown in" he comments.
5:00pm
Regis Lefebure - Light in the Fast Lane
The colorful drama of sports cars racing from day into night, night into day can easily make for compelling imagery. And the people involved, making it happen behind the wheel, in the pit boxes or behind the scenes, are crucial to the success or failure of the competing teams. Successful motorsports photography requires speed and precise timing, technical mastery of equipment and processing, and an anticipation of what's about to happen. Communicating visually with simple yet powerful images with impact is an element that can place the knowing photographer above others in the eyes of clients. This presentation will show the results of these successes (and failures) along with a discussion of how and why.
November 8
12:00pm
Greg Dinkins - Look Back in Time (3D glasses will be provided)
Look Back in Time is a new series of books from Voyageur Press offering three dimensional views into the Victorian Age. Stereoview cards were photography's first entry into mass media, with a well-established distribution network and widespread coverage of places and events. Series Editor Greg Dinkins presents 3D projections of the booming cities, the expanding frontiers and the military conflicts that enthralled their original audience in the 19th century. Special emphasis will be given to Washington DC.
1:00pm
Alyssa Adams & Mark Suban - The Eddie Adams Photojournalism Workshop
The Eddie Adams Photojournalism Workshop is an annual four-day event that brings together seasoned professionals and 100 newcomers to photography. Professional staff includes photographers and photo editors from major agencyies and publications including Getty, AP, National Geographic, Newsweek, Time, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, among others.Alyssa Adams began the workshop in 1988 with her husband, Pulitzer-prize winning photographer, Eddie Adams. The Workshop, now in its 22nd year, is held every Columbus day weekend in Jeffersonville, New York and is sponsored by Nikon, Inc. The Workshop is tuition-free. Students are admitted based on the merit of their portfolio. Please join Alyssa Adams and Nikon representative, Mark Suban who will present work from Workshop 22 and answer any questions about applications for 2010.
2:00pm
Franz Jantzen - The Making of "Coal Creek Library"
Says Jantzen: For five years I have been making highly descriptive digital pieces, the final inkjet print of which is often large since each piece is composed using many, and often hundreds, of individual images. My subjects vary; some have a personal association, or are of a particular space. With this body of work I am intent on seeing beyond the limitations of individual perspective, so that I am free to reinterpret my subjects in ways that are otherwise impossible and to reveal a grander order that is otherwise invisible. In early 2009 I completed "Coal Creek Library", about a one-room library and its librarian in the tiny town of Vinland, Kansas. It is the oldest lending library west of the Mississippi River, and the 104-year old librarian, Martha Smith, has worked there since 1926. What does a space look like when a single person has presided over it for 83 years? My goals for the piece were simple: I wanted to describe the building, inside and out, and show Ms. Smith doing the tasks of an ordinary day, such as stoking the wood-burning stove. There are about 1,000 images in the 7' tall piece, which took 140 hours to make.
3:00pm
Dr. Michael Shaw- From Fist Bump to Fist Pump: How the White House Photo Strategy Regained Control of Obama's Image
Starting with an overview of how politicians and the media frame pictures for their own political and commercial purposes, Dr. Michael Shaw, publisher of the popular progressive blog BAGnewsNotes, traces how the image of Barack Obama was exploited and racially-stereotyped during the long Presidential campaign. Using an abundant number of pictures, Dr. Shaw then illustrates how the Administration, in its first year, has regained control of Obama’s image not just to counter-program the earlier attacks but to drive home the shining impression of a 44th President who is cool, calm, collected, confident, responsible, post-partisan, futuristic and an all-American uniter, not a divider.
4:00pm
Kay Chernush - New Work:Facing a Moral & Aesthetic Dilemma
How do you photograph what you can't show? As a photographer wanting to dramatize the hideous circumstances and complexities around the subject of human trafficking, I face the moral and aesthetic dilemmas of how to make visually compelling images that avoid exposing to public humiliation or further danger the very people I want to help. A new series of images explores a different approach and presents a different vision.
5:00pm
Rick McCleary - Why We Shoot
"What are you looking at? What do you see?" After hearing that question at a photo walk he was leading, Rick McCleary paused to think about what we do as artists. In this talk, he'll muse not only about what makes a good photograph, but what motivates us to make photographs.
FotoWeek Central 2 |
3306 M Street, NW
Washington, DC 20007
Hours:
Saturday & Sunday: 10:00am — 8:00pm; Monday — Friday: 11:00am — 7:00pm
My Cuba - Curated by Lucian Perkins
Only 90 miles from Key West, Cuba offers a wealth of culture and life, personally captured by Ernesto Bazan, Ziyah Gafic, João Pina. Italian photographer Bazan became enchanted with the Cuban people during his visits in the early 1990s. He married a Cuban and lived there from 1997 to 2006. Bosnian photographer Gafic went to Cuba specifically to photograph it fifty years after the Revolution for an Italian magazine. Portuguese photographer Pina first traveled to Cuba with his parents as a six-year-old. The visuals, noises, and smells never left him, and when he became a photographer he returned frequently knowing that once Fidel Castro disappears the current way of life will most likely disappear too.
InsideOutside: New Images from Russia - Curated by Lucian Perkins
This exhibit offers glimpses into Russia and its people through environmental portraits taken by Liza Faktor, Alexander Gronsky, Olya Ivanova, and Rafal Milach.
FotoWeek Central 3 |
3307-D M Street NW
Washington, DC 20007
Hours:
Saturday & Sunday: 10:00am — 8:00pm; Monday — Friday: 11:00am — 7:00pm
Iraqi Voices - Curated by Lucian Perkins
Featuring the work of ten renown photographers, Iraqi Voices provides a human face to the Iraqi population largely ignored by the media's coverage of the war in Iraq. It will give American audiences the opportunity to see Iraqis up close and personal in a way that only photographs can provide. ures work by: Andrea Bruce, Mimi Chakarova, Lori Grinker, Amro Hamzawi, Chris Hondros, Farah Nosh, Robert Nickelsberg, Moises Saman, Peter Van Agtmael, and members of Associated Press.
Thy Brothers' Keeper - Curated by Geno Rodriguez
"Thy Brothers' Keeper presents a story of diverse peoples who have endured, and continue to endure, intolerable conditions that violate the basic principles of humanity. This exhibition, shows us, through photographs, that we are all citizens of the world, not just a country, a state, or a neighborhood—and the hope is that it will encourage us all to take greater responsibility to ensure that the conditions under which our fellow citizens live are humane on all levels, and to remind us that we are all interconnected—we are, in biblical terms "Our Brother's Keeper. " The list of critically acclaimed photojournalists represented in Thy Brothers' Keeper includes Nina Berman, Andrew Lichtenstein, Stephen Shames, Fanie Jason, Guy Tillim, Humberto Mayol, Wang Yishu, Noel Jabbour, Ilan Mizrahi, Sharon Paz, David Binder, Alexandra Boulat, Heidi Bradner, Raul Canibano, Peter Essick, Philip Jones, Carol Guzy, Geert van Kesteren, Gary Knight, Fernando Moleres, Lucian Perkins, John Stanmeyer, and Vida Yovanocih, Andres Carrasco Ragel, and Encarna Mozas. Most of these 25 photojournalists have received international recognition and awards, including Pulitzer Prize and other awards of the highest excellence.
FotoWeek Central 4 |
3333 M Street, NW
Washington, DC 20007
Hours:
Saturday & Sunday: 10:00am — 8:00pm; Monday — Friday: 11:00am — 7:00pm
Flash Forward 2009: Presented by the Magenta Foundation
The Magenta Foundation presents Flash Forward 2009, the renowned exhibition and publication of the emerging artist photography competition now in its fifth year. Flash Forward 2009 brings together the cream of the crop of new photographers from Canada, the UK and the US in a juried contest that gets better year after year, becoming a new benchmark for the recognition and promotion of up-and-coming talent. This year's artists in the exhibition include, Adam Rankin, Joshua Jensen Nagle, Martie Giefert, Simon Hayer, Hubert Kang from Canada; Giacomo Brunelli, Odette England, Matthew Robert Hughes, Manuel Vazquez from the UK; Matt Eich, Jeff Hutchens, Adam Kuehl, Ryan Schude, Amy Stevens from the US.
Publisher Exhibition: Contemporary International Photography Books
FotoWeek DC's Publisher Exhibition features recently published photography books by leading national and international publishers. Come browse your favorite publisher, photographer, or subject matter and flip through books ranging from traditional trade editions, to unconventionally printed books, and award-winning self-published print-on-demand books. The Publisher Exhibition showcases the wide range of publishing styles and formats that exist in today's book publishing industry.
The Publisher Exhibition will run the length of FotoWeek DC. At the conclusion of this year's festival, the books will join the 2008 collection and will eventually be donated to a local public collection. Books can be purchased through the individual publishers. Limited FotoWeek DC book specials will be available at the exhibition.
Thank you to all the publishers who participated:
Actar, Abrams, Aperture, Assouline, Publishing Inc., Blurb - Photography. Book. Now Winners 2009, Center for American Places, Chris Boot Ltd., Chronicle Books, Contrasto, Daab, Damiani editore, David R. Godine Publisher, Decode Books, Editorial RM, errata editions, Getty Publications, Gingko Press, Hatje Cantz, Hayward Publishing, The Ice Plant, The History Press, J&L Books, Kehrer Verlag, KesselsKramer Publishing, La Fabrica, Merrell, Monacelli Press, Most Press, NAi Publishers, National Geographic, Nazraeli Press, Nobody Books, powerHouse Books, Prestel, Princeton Architectural Press, Princeton University Press, Radius Books, Sei Swann, Smithsonian Books, Steidl , T. Adler Books/Patagonia, Taschen, TBW Books, Thames & Hudson, Torst, Trolley Books, Twin Palms Publishers, Umbrage, The University of Chicago Press, The University of Georgia Press, Walker Creek Press, Yale University Press.
Publisher Exhibition Committee: Dana Chieco, Randall Drain Jr., Shira Farber, George Hemphill, and Larissa Leclair.
FotoWeek Central 5 |
1209 31st Street NW
Washington, DC 20007
Hours:
Saturday & Sunday: 10:00am — 8:00pm; Monday — Friday: 11:00am — 7:00pm
Eyes of History
On any given day, anywhere in the world, if you read the newspaper or news magazine or watch the news on television, you are likely to see an image captured by a member of the White House News Photographers Association. Founded in 1921, the WHNPA's main goal was for the protection and promotion of photographers' interests in pursuing their mission. Today, people around the world rely on our members for interesting, accurate and responsible coverage of the president, Congress and other major news events in Washington and around the world.
Yearly, since 1941, the WHNPA recognizes the very best in photojournalism through its 'Eyes of History' competition . Members of the WHNPA compete for the sought-after Still and Video Photographer of the Year award, Political Photo of the Year , the coveted Lifetime Achievement Award. The WHNPA also recognizes the best of New Media and holds a competition for student photographer of the year. These award -winning images are showcased annually in the 'Eyes of History' exhibition, hosted by museums and galleries around the Washington, D.C. area and around the United States. Please join us in celebrating the outstanding work of the White House News Photographers Association members.
FotoWeek @ 14th St. NW |
1515 14th St. NW
Washington, DC 20005
Hours:
Saturday & Sunday: 10:00am — 8:00pm; Monday — Friday: 11:00am — 7:00pm
South Africa
Two photographers challenge commonly held views of a country trying to pull itself together after years of Apartheid.
Swedish photojournalist Per-Anders Pettersson explains that his ten-year project on South Africa,In Transition, "sought to faithfully represent some of the complexnew transition dynamics at play within a spectrum of South Africa."In this set of images he succeeds in, "dig[ing]deeper into the soul of the South African people and its complex society, stillveryoften divided by race, but now also a country divided by economic haves andhave-nots."
South African photographer Karina Turok's photographs from her book,Life and Soul,presents a series of portraits of inspirational and iconic South African women. The 75 women, from different backgrounds and all walks of life, include writers, storytellers, business women, musicians, artists, actresses, sports women, journalists, spiritual leaders, politicians, and doctors. Accompanying each portrait is a distillation of the frank and open conversation Karina Turok had with the women in which they relate their stories, experiences and insights.
FotoWeek DC @ Pepco's Edison Place Gallery |
702 8th St NW
Washington, DC 20001
FOTOBAMA Exhibition
Hours:
Saturday 11/7 to Friday 11/13: 11:00am — 4:00pm
Saturday 11/14 to Sunday 11/15: 10:00am — 5:00pm
Originated in 2009 by FotoWeek DC and the Newseum, this exhibition was on display at the Newseum for a four month period. This exhibit showcases the top 100 winners and finalists in the 2009 FOTOBAMA international photography contest and features images from the historic campaign, election, and inauguration of Barack Obama.
Tech Pavilion - November 14th & 15th
Hours:
Saturday 11/14 to Sunday 11/15: 10:00am — 5:00pm
One stop shopping for an array of photography equipment suppliers and services.