Focus on the Story 2019 Schedule

Opening Reception for an Exhibit by Benedict Tisa

Saturday, May 25
7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Lost Origins Gallery, 3110 Mt Pleasant St NW, DC

“Moments Noticed” is a collection of vintage photographs & prints taken and developed in Ivory Coast and Bangladesh in the 1970\’s. The images were processed on location using the same methods as the featured local photographers. Benedict Tisa is the recipient of 2 New Jersey State Council of the Arts Fellowships, a New Pictorialism Society Fellowship and the R.R. Watson Award to Filmmakers.

He served as an Artist in Residence in Camden County, New Jersey. Tisa\’s articles and photographs have been published in Africa Report, African Technology Forum, American Photographer, Darkroom Photography, DEROS, Shot Glass Poetry Journals, Poetry Today, and UNESCO. Art works are included in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, Art Institute of Chicago, National Museum of Art, Visual Arts Workshop, Walker Art Center, Cleveland State University, and Harvard University.

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A 2-Day Workshop with Ibarionex Perello

Wednesday, May 29, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Thursday, May 30, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Cost: $525 

Discover how to use light and shadow, line and shape, color and gesture to create exceptional photographs. In this intensive, two-day photo workshop, you will discover how to create strong and effective compositions while exploring the streets of the city. You will learn how to consider the setting and its relationship to your subject for not only making more effective photographs, but also telling a story.

With decades of experience as a photographer and instructor, Ibarionex Perello will help you to transition from taking picture to making photographs. By sharing his personal way of seeing and photographing, he will teach you how to make informed and decisive choices when creating photographs which you’ll easily be able to apply to every genre of photography you enjoy.

The course will feature a brief lecture followed by extensive time working in the field and in-depth critiques at the end of the day.

The course will also cover:

• Core camera features and controls for quality photographs
• Developing an awareness of light and shadow
• Learn the importance of setting for capturing a moment and story
• Tips and techniques for creating clean and strong compositions
• Increase familiarity with a variety of street photography techniques
• Becoming comfortable with photographing strangers
• Culling and editing photographs using Adobe Lightroom
• Increased understanding of how to evaluate and choose your best photographs

About Ibarionex

Ibarionex Perello is a photographer, author and podcaster. He is the host and producer of The Candid Frame podcast, which for the past 13 years has featured conversations with some of the world’s best established and emerging photographers.

Image © Ibarionex Perello

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A 1-day workshop with Jamie Rose

9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., Wednesday, May 29
Location TBA

Cost: $225 

Finding new clients, creating effective marketing campaigns, negotiating contracts…. These are just some of the necessary skills photographers need to thrive in today’s competitive marketplace. During this full day seminar, COO Jamie Rose will present Momenta Workshops’ highly popular #PhotoBizSkills presentations on marketing. The seminar includes in-depth presentations covering social media, websites, branding design, networking, presenting your work in person, interviewing, and much more. With plenty of audience participation and Q&A opportunities, Jamie will offer ways each attendee can make the most of their limited free time to find new and better paying clients, increase revenue, and grow your business every year. Laptops or paper for note taking are highly recommended. Workshop perks include coffee and donuts during the morning meet-n-greet, digital handouts, and a surprise guest speaker.

About Jamie

She is co-Founder and COO of Momenta Group, LLC, which owns Momenta Workshops, Momenta Creative, and manages Wildfire Media, a nonprofit dedicated to documentary storytelling. Her early career was spent in the halls of power as a Press Corps photojournalist covering Capitol Hill and the White House, primarily as a contractor for The New York Times.

Her passion for working with nonprofits lead her documentary coverage of humanitarian and health crisis in Africa, South America, and the Middle East. Her clients included organizations such as Doctors Without Borders, The Calvert Foundation, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Malaria, & Tuberculosis, and Physicians for Human Rights among others.

(Photo info: Jamie Rose photographs in a refugee camp on the border of Uganda and Congo as fighting by rebels and government forces escalated in 2008. Photo © John Christopher Anderson 2008.)

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A 1 day workshop with Xyza Cruz Bacani

Thursday, May 30
9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Location TBA

Cost: $189

Learn how to capture the most decisive moments in street photography by using different elements of design and perspective with photographer Xyza Cruz Bacani. This hands-on workshop includes a discussion on various street composition techniques and how to apply them as solid foundations for pursuing documentary photography.

Photographers will explore how images can be used to enact social change, from visual aesthetics to ethics. The class will feature a photowalk to apply what you’ve learned. There will be a curation of the images taken by students after the photo walk, which will be sure to offer insight and direction.

About Xyza

Xyza Cruz Bacani is a Filipina Photographer based in Hong Kong who uses her work to raise awareness about under-reported stories. Having worked as a second-generation domestic worker in Hong Kong for almost a decade, she is particularly interested in the intersection of labor migration and human rights.

Image © Xyza Cruz Bacani

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A 1-Day Workshop with Michael A. McCoy

Thursday, May 30, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Cost: $375 (Registration to Focus on the Story 2019 also required)

Do you ever wonder what it takes to capture a great photograph? Look no further. In this workshop, you will learn how to see and capture gesture and expression as you practice documentary photography in the same streets where the masters of the genre made their iconic images. Our workshop will be the perfect stage to fine tune your photographic storytelling ability. Learn to see and frame details in which you can that make a place unique while thinking ‘outside the postcard’.

In this workshop you will learn:

• Techniques to overcome a fear of shooting documentary photography
• How to use composition to capture better photos
• Different styles of shooting street photography
• How to choose camera settings for documentary photography and much more…

This is a full day workshop and has limited availability. We spend the entire time on the street shooting, discussing and reviewing. No matter what your level of experience is, amateur to professional, there’s something for everyone. All digital cameras are good for the workshop. We’ll stop for coffee and to discuss at some point as well.

Prior to going on assignment we will meet for a presentation where we will discuss the different ways to approach documentary photography. We will go over the ethical aspects of this popular genre of photography, the do’s & don’ts and how to get over the fear of photographing strangers in the streets.
From candid shots to street portraits, we will look at more advanced techniques to tell a story in a frame.

The workshop runs rain or shine with the exception of extreme weather. Make certain to have fully charged batteries, empty memory cards, wear comfortable shoes and prepare for the weather.

Upon completion of the street shooting, the group will meet for an editing and photo critique session.

You will leave the workshop with a renewed vision and confidence as well as new friends who share the same passion for photojournalism.

Image © Michael A. McCoy

About Michael

Michael A. McCoy is a professional photographer in the Washington, DC Area. He specializes in photojournalism, portraits, documentary, and street photography. McCoy’s work has been in publications such as The New York Times, Time Magazine, and Rolling Stone just to name a few.

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A 1-day workshop with Jamie Rose

Thursday, May 30
9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m
Location TBA

Cost: $225

In this in-depth seminar, you will learn the ins-and-outs for  funding your dream project. Jamie Rose on behalf of Wildfire Media, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to documentary storytelling, explains the 3 types of funding (Public, Private, Personal) you can use to fund your next photo or multimedia project. This full-day seminar will to help you decide which projects are worthy of doing a fundraising campaign and the approaches needed to go after each type of funding. From writing a grant or sponsorship proposal to writing thank you notes when you’re done, this day should set you on the path to funding success. If you have a personal project in mind but need an extra boost of financing, this is the workshop for you. Laptops or paper for note taking are highly recommended. Workshop perks include coffee and donuts during the morning meet-n-greet, digital handouts, and a surprise guest speaker.

About Jamie

Jamie Rose is co-Founder and COO of Momenta Group, LLC, which owns Momenta Workshops, Momenta Creative, and manages Wildfire Media, a nonprofit dedicated to documentary storytelling. Her early career was spent in the halls of power as a Press Corps photojournalist covering Capitol Hill and the White House, primarily as a contractor for The New York Times.

Her passion for working with nonprofits lead her documentary coverage of humanitarian and health crisis in Africa, South America, and the Middle East. Her clients included organizations such as Doctors Without Borders, The Calvert Foundation, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Malaria, & Tuberculosis, and Physicians for Human Rights among others.

(Photo info: Photograph taken on the Momenta Project India: Working with Nonprofits workshop. Photo © Dana Pugh/Momenta Workshop 2012.)

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A photowalk with Kirth Bobb

Thursday, May 30
2 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Meet at Swing’s Coffee at 14th and G Streets NW

Cost: Free

Find the extraordinary in the ordinary. Join Washington DC photographer Kirth Bobb on a photo walk around the nation’s capital to explore a new way of seeing and experiencing the world around you. This is an opportunity to hone in on your skills as a photographer, share and learn new ideas and experience DC through your camera’s viewfinder. The walk will focus on the sights and scenes around the White House and neighboring Lafayette Square. With all that’s happening in the world, you’d be surprised what you’ll find right outside the most important residence in the world.

About Kirth: His wedding, family documentary, fine art and street photography has been featured in several internationally recognizable publications and has been awarded very high honors by the photography community. His work has also been exhibited galleries in Washington DC, and he is a member of numerous Washington DC and international art and photography collectives. He is also the festival coordinator for Focus on the Story 2019, developing and overseeing programming for the annual festival.

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Join your fellow attendees, speakers and Focus on the Story staff for a toast to celebrate our 2nd annual photo festival at the rooftop bar, Wild Days, at the Eaton Hotel, 1201 K Street N.W., Washington, D.C.

Afterwards, check out the book talk and signing with photographer Sheila Pree Bright, which starts at 7:30 p.m. in the Eaton Cinema on the first floor.

Get Inspired at #FOTS19

Friday, May 31 – Sunday, June 
Marvin Center, George Washington University, 800 21st St NW, DC

Join some of the world\’s top photographers for this week-long series of talks, panel discussions, workshops, exhibits, portfolio reviews and photowalks. Focus on the Story brings together a community of photography lovers to celebrate the art of photography and the stories behind the images.

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Welcome to Focus on the Story 2019

Friday, May 31
9:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
Marvin Center: Grand Ballroom

Cost: Free with registration to Focus on the Story 2019

Miami Herald photojournalist Carl Juste  will deliver the welcoming remarks on this year’s festival theme: “Witness.” Juste, known for his passionate storytelling, was chosen to chair the festival because of his dedication to the principles of ethical storytelling and his commitment to giving back to the community through various personal projects.

About Carl

Carl Juste is an award-winning photojournalist at the Miami Herald, who was on the team that won a Pulitzer Prize for their coverage of Hurricane Andrew. He is also a frequent lecturer, educator and curator.

Image © Carl Juste

Beyond Beauty

Friday, May 31
10:15 a.m. to 11:15 a.m.
Marvin Center: Grand Ballroom

Cost: Free with registration to Focus on the Story 2019

Is the wedding a fashion show? Wedding photography does not have to be all about beauty. Traditionally, beauty is an important consideration for many couples as they plan the most appealing locations, decor, attire, and presentations of themselves. Yet some couples seek wedding photographers who are not only skilled at composing the beautiful images but also adept at truthfully capturing the real moments of the day. Let us explore this “real moments” approach to wedding photography and see where these amazing images of real life fit into wedding photography.

About Huy

Huy Nguyen is the founder of Fearless Photographers, the premier global directory and essential network of wedding and family photographers.

Image © Huy Nguyen

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Blaze Your Own Trail

Friday, May 31
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Marvin Center: Grand Ballroom

Jamie Rose’s speaking engagements usually are focused on training documentarians on photography and business workshops around the world in her role as COO of Momenta. However, we have asked her to share the story of how she went from a working photojournalist to running a successful company with a thriving community of alumni who dubbed themselves “The Momenta Family”.

In this unique and uplifting presentation, Jamie will share stories and images from her career spanning for than two decades in photography. Gain knowledgable insights on deciding when to take a big leap in your career, ways to build your network of peers and clients, and what it’s really like to work alongside of your spouse. Jamie will discuss her path on how she followed her passion and created a career path that fulfills both her creativity and her soul.

Jamie will share highlights from her portfolio as a Washington DC press corps photographer as well as her international humanitarian work. Jamie’s unique presentation style will allow you to engage with questions and answers throughout the presentation. We invite you to learn from her journey so you too can create the perfect niche for yourself in this industry. If you are a fan of the stories told on How I Built This or The Candid Frame, you will love this speaker event.

About Jamie

Jamie Rose is co-Founder and COO of Momenta Group, LLC, which owns Momenta Workshops, Momenta Creative, and manages Wildfire Media, a nonprofit dedicated to documentary storytelling. Her early career was spent in the halls of power as a Press Corps photojournalist covering Capitol Hill and the White House, primarily as a contractor for The New York Times.

Her passion for working with nonprofits lead her documentary coverage of humanitarian and health crisis in Africa, South America, and the Middle East.

Image © Jamie Rose

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Women Street Photographers

Friday, May 31
1:45 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Marvin Center: Grand Ballroom

Cost: Free with registration to Focus on the Story 2019

During her presentation Gulnara will show the work of women street photographers from all over the world, who go to ordinary places to photograph unique and original perspectives. She will  also talk about her mission to increase the visibility of female photographers. Are you ready to get inspired?

About Gulnara: She is a street and fine art photographer based in New York City and the founder of @WomenStreetPhotographers Instagram feed and the traveling exhibition. With over 30 years combined experience as a documentary photographer, artist, photojournalist and a photo editor for the Associated Press, Gulnara employs her experience and qualifications to research and curate an impressive body of work by women photographers from around the globe. The goal is to create visibility for dedicated women photographers and to encourage other women to follow their passion.

Image © Gulnara Samoilova

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The Candid Frame comes to Focus on the Story 2019: An Interview with Ruddy Roye

Friday, May 31
3:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Marvin Center: Grand Ballroom

Cost: Free with registration to Focus on the Story 2019

Brooklyn-based photojournalist Ruddy Roye, whose work explores race and inequality in the U.S., will bring the conversation to Focus on the Story 2019. Though his editorial work often appears in major publications, Roye is also recognized as a top street photographer, thanks to his popular Instagram account. It was there that many images from his acclaimed project, “When Living is a Protest,” first appeared. TIME named him Instagram Photographer of the Year in 2016

Attendees at Focus on the Story 2019 will get an exclusive opportunity to see Ibarionex Perello, the photography world’s foremost podcaster, interview Roye about his work exploring race relations in the U.S. and how he is using Instagram to change the face of photojournalism.

About Ruddy

Radcliffe Roye is a Brooklyn based documentary photographer specializing in editorial and environmental portraits and photo-journalism photography. A photographer with over twelve years of experience, Radcliffe is inspired by the raw and gritty lives of grass-roots people, especially those of his homeland of Jamaica. Radcliffe strives to tell the stories of their victories and ills by bringing their voices to matte fibre paper.

About Ibarionex

Ibarionex Perello is a photographer, author and podcaster. He is the host and producer of The Candid Frame podcast, which for the past 13 years has featured conversations with some of the world’s best established and emerging photographers, including Joel Meyerowitz, Eli Reed, Mary Ellen Mark, Elliot Erwitt and more. He is also the author of six books including his latest Making Photographs: Developing a Personal Visual Workflow.

Image © Ruddy Roye

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Lucian Perkins talks about his work

Friday, May 31
4:30  p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Marvin Center: Grand Ballroom

Cost: Free with registration to Focus on the Story 2019

From punk to fashion to war, two-time Pulitzer winner Lucian Perkins will explore his favorite photo stories over his forty-year career and share what he learned to better tell stories through both photography and video, as well as discuss how fast changing technologies may help or hinder our storytelling abilities.

About Lucian

Lucian Perkins is a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner at the Washington Post, he is an independent photographer and filmmaker based in Washington, D.C. Lucian’s focus on documenting human-interest stories encompasses daily life and social issues in the United States to conflicts and crisis overseas.

Image © Lucian Perkins

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Kickoff Party for Focus on the Story 2019 / Click DC

Friday, May 31
7 p.m. – 10 p.m.
Dupont Underground

Cost: $25, or free with registration to Focus on the Story 2019

Join us for the Focus on the Story / Click DC Kickoff Party in Dupont Underground, the former subway spur that has been converted into an underground arts space.

Come meet many of the acclaimed photographers participating in Focus on the Story 2019, a series of talks and presentations taking place that weekend on the George Washington University campus. (If you are registered for Focus on the Story 2019, your registration includes entry into the Kickoff Party). Visit Facebook or Eventbrite to buy a ticket.

We’ll have music, cash bar, light appetizers and a special silent auction of photographs donated by select DC photographers. All proceeds raised from this event will benefit Focus on the Story, a nonprofit whose mission is to support visual storytelling that brings attention to critical issues, bridges cultural gaps and sparks social change.

Besides a popup gallery of the prints in our silent auction, we’ll also be projecting several photo exhibits, including:

* The winners of the 2019 Focus on the Story Awards.
* “I Witness,” which includes the work of 25 internationally-celebrated photojournalists who have contributed images that explore conflict – personal, internal, psychosocial, military, cultural and religious experiences.
* The WPOW: Women Photojournalists of Washington’s traveling exhibit, including the winners from their 2018 call for entries.
* The winners from a special Your Shot – National Geographic “focus on the story” call for entries.
* Work from Women Street Photographers curated by founder Gulnara Samoilova, one of the speakers at Focus on the Story 2019.
* And more….

This party also serves as the official kickoff to Click DC, a month-long celebration of photography taking place in the DC area. For the month of June, photography organizations, clubs and collectives, along with galleries across the city will join together to share their love of photography. They will host talks, workshops, photo walks, exhibits and other events that show the power of photography to entertain, enlighten and inspire us. (Learn more at https://www.clickdc.org)

Image © Geoff Livingston

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Join us for the Focus on the Story / Click DC Kickoff Party in Dupont Underground, the former subway spur that has been converted into an underground arts space.

Come meet many of the acclaimed photographers participating in Focus on the Story 2019, a series of talks and presentations taking place that weekend on the George Washington University campus. (If you are registered for Focus on the Story 2019, your registration includes entry into the Kickoff Party). Visit Facebook or Eventbrite to buy a ticket.

We’ll have music, cash bar, light appetizers and a special silent auction of photographs donated by select DC photographers. All proceeds raised from this event will benefit Focus on the Story, a nonprofit whose mission is to support visual storytelling that brings attention to critical issues, bridges cultural gaps and sparks social change.

Besides a popup gallery of the prints in our silent auction, we’ll also be projecting several photo exhibits, including:

• * The winners of the 2019 Focus on the Story Awards.
•  “I Witness,” which includes the work of 25 internationally-celebrated photojournalists who have contributed images that explore conflict – personal, internal, psychosocial, military, cultural and religious experiences.
• The WPOW: Women Photojournalists of Washington’s traveling exhibit, including the winners from their 2018 call for entries.
• The winners from a special Your Shot – National Geographic “focus on the story” call for entries.
•  Work from Women Street Photographers curated by founder Gulnara Samoilova, one of the speakers at Focus on the Story 2019.
•  And more….

Image © Geoff Livingston

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Golden Hour at the Tidal Basin

Saturday, June 1
6:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
MLK Memorial

Cost: Free

Meet up with award-winning D.C. landscape photographer Angela B. Pan to photograph the tidal basin in the early morning, golden hour light. We’ll email registrants with our meeting point the week before the meetup. (FYI, sunrise is at 5:44 a.m. — feel free to get there early). Angela is one of the leading Washington, D.C. landscape photographers. Her book, “Snap DC, Your Guide to Taking Extraordinary Photos of the National Mall and Beyond”… is the essential guide to photographing the nation’s capital. This photowalk is part of Focus on the Story 2019.

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Photowalk with Angela B. Pan

Saturday, June 1
6 a.m. – 9 a.m.
Location: MLK Memorial

Update:We have a last-minute change for the golden hour meetup Saturday morning. Because of an illness, Angela will not be able to lead this photowalk. Instead, Jarob Ortiz, the National Park Service large-format photographer who famously was hired to fill Ansel Adams’ old job, has stepped up to fill in for Angela. You can read more about Jarob,  here.

For those early risers, meet up with award-winning D.C. landscape photographer Angela B. Pan to photograph the tidal basin in the early morning, golden hour light. (FYI, sunrise is at 5:44 a.m. — feel free to get there early).

Image © Angela B. Pan

Photowalk with Mark Alan Andre

Saturday, June 1,
9 a.m. – Noon
Location TBA

Cost: $15 (Registration to Focus on the Story 2019 also required)

Brutalist Architecture has gained a reputation for being severe, stark, and boring. The growth of Washington, DC through the 1960s and 70s has lead to a dearth of examples of the style in the central core of the Capitol. The very same things that make Brutalism infamous make it a great subject for a photowalk around Washington, DC.

We’ll look at examples of buildings from architectural icons Gordon Bunshaft, Harry Weese, and Marcel Breuer along with some beautiful examples of the style from less well known designers. We’ll spend some time at each stop exploring the buildings, sharing tips, and garnering a new appreciation for the often maligned slice of architectural history.

About Mark

Mark Alan Andre is an architectural designer and award-winning photographer who has been featured by the Washington Post, The Weather Channel, and Modern Luxury DC Magazine. His education and work as an architect heavily influence his work, focusing on Landscapes, Buildings, and Urban Spaces. His infrared photography has also been featured on PetaPixel and Designboom.

Image © Mark Alan Andre

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Taking that personal project from idea to reality

Saturday, June 1
9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Marvin Center Grand Ballroom

Cost: Free with registration to Focus on the Story 2019

You’ve got several ideas for a personal project but where do you start? Once you start, how do you keep the momentum up to actually finish what will truly be a labor of love? And after the last image is shot, what exactly are you going to do with it all? These panelists will talk about their personal projects and how they overcame all of these challenges and more.

About the Panel

André Chung (moderator) is an award-winning photojournalist and portrait photographer.

Jason Hamacher is an internationally recognized musician, photographer, writer, and public speaker. He is the founder and director of Lost Origin Productions and the Lost Origins Gallery in Washington D.C.

Kirsten Lewis is a documentary family photographer based in Denver, Colorado. She has taught on Creative Live and is the co-founder of the Documentary Family Awards.

Katie Jett Walls is a Washington, D.C.-based documentary and family photographer, as well as founder and publisher of Confluence Magazine, which she created as an outlet for visual storytelling.

Image © Katie Jett Walls

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No Place on Earth

Saturday, June 1
11:00 a.m. – Noon
Marvin Center: Grand Ballroom

Cost: Free with registration to Focus on the Story 2019

Photographer Patrick Brown won the 2019 FotoEvidence Book Award with World Press Photo for his project “No Place on Earth,” documenting the plight of the Rohingya, world’s fastest growing refugee crisis and one of the most rapid human exodus in recent history. The Rohingya are a predominantly Muslim minority group in Rakhine State, western Myanmar, have faced violence and persecution, including killings and the burning of their villages.

Brown’s work will be published in a hardbound FotoEvidence book to be released this spring.

About Patrick

Patrick Brown has already assembled an impressive volume of outstanding photographs, tracing the eclecticisms of our time across the globe. Faultless in the portrayal of the human condition, hopes, and disillusionment, the everyday and the extraordinary are captured in the instinctive and the single releases of the shutter. Patrick Brown’s images are testament to his remarkable versatility of approach and commitment to the profession.

Image © Patrick Brown

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Coping Through Photography

Saturday, June 1
1:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.
Marvin Center Grand Ballroom

Cost: Free with registration to Focus on the Story 2019

Documentary photographers often find themselves covering tragedies, disasters and emotional events under stressful and trying situations. Documenting these scenes — and being able to explain in images what words sometimes fail to do — can be cathartic, not only for the subjects of the photos but for the photographers, themselves. This panel explores how photography can help in matters of mental health. Whether it is issues of depression, anxiety, PTSD and access to help and treatment, we will examine the different ways that photography can be both informative and transformative.

About the panel

Ibarionex Perello (moderator) is a photographer, author and podcaster. He is the host and producer of The Candid Frame podcast, which for the past 13 years has featured conversations with some of the world’s best established and emerging photographers, including Joel Meyerowitz, Eli Reed, Mary Ellen Mark, Elliot Erwitt and more. He is also the author of six books including his latest Making Photographs: Developing a Personal Visual Workflow.

Radcliffe “Ruddy” Roye is a Brooklyn based documentary photographer specializing in editorial and environmental portraits and photo-journalism photography. A photographer with over twelve years of experience, Radcliffe is inspired by the raw and gritty lives of grass-roots people, especially those of his homeland of Jamaica. Radcliffe strives to tell the stories of their victories and ills by bringing their voices to matte fibre paper.

Sheila Pree Bright is a fine art photographer whose work has examined the legacy of black activism from the 1960s to the present Black Lives Matter movement. Her project #1960Now was published by Chronicle Books last year.

Michael A. McCoy is a Washington, D.C. photojournalist and street photographer who was listed by TIME magazine as one of “12 African American Photographers You Should Follow Right Now.” He is two-time combat veteran whose work has explored the lives of veterans coping with PTSD.

Image © Michael A. McCoy

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Opening Reception and Meet the Artists

Saturday, June 1
2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Howard University Founders Museum, 500 Howard Place, NW (Building #29), DC

Cost: Free

The Exposure Group African American Photographers Association Inc. is pleased the opening reception and meet the artists for “Colors of Life,” a group member traveling photography exhibition at the Howard University Founders Museum. “Colors of Life”, now in its 7th year, celebrates the spectrum of members photographic genres, subject matters and life experiences inside and outside of the nation’s capital. From travel photography to landscapes, cityscapes, portraits, architecture, and photojournalism, this juried show is a visually impactful body of work that will fascinate anyone with an interest in photography.

Image © Sandy Adams

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A Smithsonian Associates Workshop with Patrica Howard

Saturday, June 1
2:00 – 5:00 p.m.
S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Dr SW (Room 3113), DC

Cost: $95

Brandon Stanton’s Humans of New York project is the inspiration for an exploration that offers the opportunity to become at ease photographing in public places and to gain effectiveness communicating the ideas behind your photos.

Begin with an outdoor photo shoot that involves photographing and chatting with fellow students, and then edit and upload the portraits and text to an online account. In the next session, learn how to best approach people on the street before photographing them and how to quickly compose a shot. Venture to the National Mall to take photographs and capture life stories to create the group’s own Humans of D.C. series.

Photography instructor Patricia Howard will lead this two-part course on consecutive Saturdays, with the second session held on June 8.

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Media and Metaphor

Saturday, June 1
2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Marvin Center: Grand Ballroom

Cost: Free with registration to Focus on the Story 2019

Kathy will talk about her career, from her early days as a rock music photographer to the double-exposed hand-colored prints that define her style. As Kathy puts it, her talk will “mix time and magic with a little autobiography and a craving for the spiritual/eternal, all in the service of questioning the medium to see what it can do, where it can take us, and what journeys still lie ahead. ”

About Kathy

Kathy Vargas is an internationally celebrated Chicana photographer and artist known for her composite hand-colored photographs that abstract loss and hope, life and death, and social justice.

Image © Kathy Vargas

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From Conflict Photography to the Everyday

Saturday, June 1
3:45 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Marvin Center: Grand Ballroom

Cost: Free with registration to Focus on the Story 2019

From working as a community photojournalist to veteran war photographer, Andrea Bruce has a few stories to tell. After spending the last 15 years outside of the U.S., mostly in the Middle East and Afghanistan, Bruce is now living in the U.S. and is traveling to small towns across the country as part of a project on democracy in the United States. She will talk about how her time in war zones, where she saw too many friends lose their lives, and how that experience shapes the way she approaches her current work.

Image © Andrea Bruce

About Andrea

Andrea Bruce is a renowned conflict photographer; winner of the Niedringhaus Courage in Photojournalism Award, and named four time Photographer of the Year by the White House News Photographers Association. Her work focuses on people living in the aftermath of war. She concentrates on the social issues that are sometimes ignored and often ignited in war’s wake.

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Explore Rossyln with IGDC

Saturday, June 2
10 a.m. – ?
Starts at Dark Star Park,1655 Fort Myer Dr, Arlington, VA 

Cost: Free

IGDC is hosting an instameet photo walk in the hip and vibrant Rosslyn downtown. There\’s  a lot in store so come early and stay late for your chance to visit The View of DC at the end of the walk (while all are welcome to attend the instameet, space is limited for the observation deck at the end). Image © Andy Feliciotti.

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Sunday, June 2
10 a.m. –  11 a.m.
Marvin Center: Grand Ballroom

David Scott Holloway, a New York-based visual storyteller, will talk about his travels with Anthony Bourdain as the still photographer for Bourdain’s CNN series Parts Unknown, as well as the three decades he has spent covering the white supremacist movement.

About David

David Scott Holloway is a documentary and commercial photographer and filmmaker based in New York City. His work has included covering the white supremacist movement over the past three decades to serving as Jane Goodall’s personal photographer to traveling with Anthony Bourdain as the still photographer for Bourdain’s CNN series Parts Unknown.

Image © David Scott Holloway

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Street photography, photojournalism and igniting your passion

Sunday, June 2
11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Marvin Center: Grand Ballroom

Cost: Free with registration to Focus on the Story 2019

A special conversation between two visual storytellers who took markedly different paths to photographic success.

Xyza Cruz Bacani was working as a domestic helper in Hong Kong when she took up photography as a way to express feelings of loneliness and alienation. Her work gained attention on Facebook and eventually led to grants from the Magnum Foundation and Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting. Today, she’s working as a freelance photographer in Asia, representing Fujifilm as a photography ambassador and has just published her first book, We Are Like Air. The photo book tells the poignant stories of Hong Kong’s female migrant workers, including that of her mother, and the hardships they overcome far from home.

Robert Miller worked his way up the ranks as a photojournalist in newspapers to become the Deputy Director of Photography for the Washington Post. Though he spent years shooting assignments early in his career, for the past 20 years, he has served as a photo editor, which has limited his time behind the camera. Then a couple of years ago, his wife gave him a Fujifilm XT-2 for Christmas and, as he puts it, it “reawakened the photographer in me.” The veteran photo editor became a street photographer.

Xyza and Robert will participate in an unmoderated free-flowing discussion about their work, their approaches toward documentary storytelling and how they found their voice in street photography.

About Xyza

Xyza Cruz Bacani is a Filipina photographer based in Hong Kong who uses her work to raise awareness about under-reported stories. Having worked as a second-generation domestic worker in Hong Kong for almost a decade, she is particularly interested in the intersection of labor migration and human rights.

About Robert

Robert Miller is the Deputy Director of Photography at The Washington Post. His focus is on the news sections, which includes the National, Foreign, Financial, Real Estate, Metro, Investigative and Outlook desks.

Top image © Xyza Cruz Bacani

Lower image © Robert Miller

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Women Photojournalists: Bearing Witness

Sunday, June 2
1:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.
Marvin Center: Grand Ballroom

Cost: Free with registration to Focus on the Story 2019

Perhaps one of the most compelling stories of our time, world population migration is happening on an unprecedented scale. War, famine, corruption, poverty, climate change, and regime change are among the issues pushing people around the globe from place to place.

Nationalism, xenophobia, racism and extreme rhetoric are on the rise in response to the changes wrought by migration. In response, the photojournalists on this panel sponsored by the Women Photojournalists of Washington (WPOW) have spent concentrated time trying to unravel truth from rhetoric. Telling stories of individuals, rather than mobs. Witnessing devastating separations of children from parents. And attempting to capture and understand a historic shift in our relationship with Mexico and Central America. Join us to discuss what they have witnessed and the toll it takes on all involved.

About the panel

Molly Roberts (moderator) is a photography editor, curator and photographer, She is currently a Senior Photography Editor at National Geographic Magazine.

Michelle Frankfurter is an award-winning documentary photographer who has reported extensively on the caravans of migrants traveling through Mexico.

Carol Guzy is an independent photojournalist. She has won the Pulitzer Prize in journalism a record four times.

Leah Millis is a senior photographer for Thomson Reuters based out of Washington, D.C. Originally from Denver, Colorado, she spent the first part of her career working in newspapers, the San Francisco Chronicle being the most recent.

Carolyn Van Houten is an award-winning staff photographer at the Washington Post.

Photo shows Central American migrants along a highway in Santiago Niltepec, Mexico in 2018 © Carolyn Van Houten | Washington Post

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Eyeballin’ Life As Visual Storyteller

Sunday, June 2
2:30 p.m. – 3:30 a.m.
Marvin Center: Grand Ballroom

Cost: Free with registration to Focus on the Story 2019

Sharon describes her talk: “A connection to how I see my body of work…and I’m still a working photographer…..I can look back & see what I did and all that stuff makes my present current everyday….I’m always building on what I’ve learned/know/do. There’s no reason not to shoot something everyday.

Luck is what You do….not what you wait on.”

About Sharon

Sharon Farmer was the first African-American woman to be hired as an official White House photographer, as well as the first African American and first woman to serve as Chief White House Photographer.

Image © Sharon Farmer

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This Year’s Theme: We have the biggest …

Sunday, June 2
3:35 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Marvin Center: Grand Ballroom

Cost: Free with registration to Focus on the Story 2019

We’re giving you 96 hours to shoot, edit and submit a spectacular image that best fits this year’s theme of “We have the biggest …” It’s up to you how you interpret the assignment. Be creative, be funny, be bold — but don’t miss our 9 a.m. Sunday deadline to submit.

Our panel of judges will provide a live critique of the finalists, picking an overall winner and runners up. We’ll be giving away a Fujifilm XT30 kit and a couple Peak Design backpacks, among other prizes. Details on how to participate and enter coming soon.

Last year’s winner © Ray Alvareztorres

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Critical Exposure\’s Annual Exhibit of Youth Photography for Social Justice

Thursday, June 6
6:00 – 8:30 p.m.
Thurgood Marshall Center Trust, 1816 12th Street NW

Cost: Free (suggested donation: $25)

Join Critical Exposure for their annual exhibit of youth photography for social justice. This year’s theme is “Made You Look.” Critical Exposure trains DC youth to harness the power of photography and their own voices to fight for educational equity and social justice. Check out the annual exhibit to see the issues that young people think need addressing in DC schools and communities. (Image credit: \’ELEMENTARY\’ © Diego H., 11th Grade)

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Opening Reception for \’Raising Your Youth\’

Friday, June 7
6:00 – 9:00 p.m.
IA&A at HIllyer, 9 Hillyer Court NW, DC

Cost: Suggested donation: $8

Hillyer presents Tyra Mitchell\’s first solo exhibition, \’Raising Your Youth.\’ Inspired by family photo albums from the 1970\’s-90\’s, Mitchell has cast many different families that are native to Washington, DC featuring portraits of parents with their children, siblings, and single parents with their babies. She aims to tell their stories of growing up in DC and how they are currently navigating through their heavily gentrified hometown, all while capturing the beauty that still resides in a city once known as the \’Chocolate City\’.

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Opening Reception for Structure and Slow Walking — 2019

Friday, June 7
6:00 – 8:30 p.m.
Touchstone Gallery, 901 New York Ave. NW

Cost: Free

Touchstone Gallery is hosting an opening reception for two exhibits — \’Structure\’ by fine art photographer Ryan Feipel and \’Slow Walking\’ by documentary photographer Michael Lang.

Feipel\’s work captures the symbiotic relationship of architecture and nature all along the coastline. While Lang\’s work is a continuation of a street photography project that takes him through Manhattan and Sicily.

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Opening Reception for \’Insider / Outsider\’

Friday, June 7
6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Gallery O on H Street, 1354 H Street NE, DC

Cost: Free

Gallery O on H Street and Women Photograph invite you to join them for the opening reception of \’Insider/Outsider,\’ a exhibit curated by Women Photograph. There will be music in the courtyard by John Lewis as part of the opening night for the DC Jazz Festival.

\’Insider/Outsider” explores the relationship between photographer and subject. Holistic storytelling requires both local and alien perspectives. These images seek to interrogate how those differences affect representation, access, and intimacy. Who has the right to tell a story? Are there limitations on objectivity as an insider, or sensitivity as an outsider? Presented as two parallel exhibitions, “Insider/Outsider” seeks to start a conversation about how photographers tell stories, how they define their own relationships to the people and issues they cover, and how their lives impact the stories they tell.

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In Search of the American Dream

Friday, June 7
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Photoworks, 7300 Macarthur Blvd.,GlenEcho, MD

Cost: Free

An opening reception and gallery talk for \’The American Dream Revisited,\’ featuring the work of 12 DC-area artists who try to answer the question of what the American Dream looks like in the 21st Century. What does the American Dream look like in the 21st century? How has America changed? What are its most pressing challenges? What needs to be celebrated?

Exhibiting artists: Patricia Howard, Willa Friedman, David Frey, Ray Alvareztorres, Nat Fay Green, Craig Nedron, Vincent Smith, Michael Jourdan, Victoria Pickering, Richard Batch, Debra Nash and Sandra Kaufman.

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Meet the DC Street Photography Collective for Photography and Drinks

Saturday, June 8
5:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Dupont Circle Fountain, DC

At this event, DC SPC members will be on hand to answer questions about street photography in general, as well as talk specifically about the collective, whose members are award-winning street photographers, including Ryan Madison, Kanayo Adibe, Sofia Sebastian, Robert Trejo Jr., Tom Mullins, Ashley Tillery, Messay Shoakena and Chris Suspect.

The event will start at the Dupont Circle fountain where participants are free to make photos in the general Dupont Circle area.

At 7p.m., the meetup will reconvene at Lucky Bar, 1221 Connecticut Ave NW., where  participants will talk about photography, and, perhaps, share photos made that day.

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Photowalk to the Drum Circle

Saturday, June 9
1:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Starting point is Suntrust Plaza, 1800 Columbia Rd NW, DC.

Join the Shutterbugs Excursions photo community for a meetup to photograph the Drum Circle at Malcolm X / Meridian Hill Park. Come experience a time honored DC tradition with a photowalk down 18th street which will finish at the park for for the weekly Drum Circle, a celebration of life, culture and music. The Drum Circle is now entering it\’s 40th year.

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Artist Talk for \’Moments Noticed\’ an exhibit

Sunday, June 9
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Lost Origins Gallery, 3110 Mt Pleasant St. NW, DC

Local photographer Benedict Tisa, will talk about his exhibit \’Moments Noticed,\’ an amazing collection of vintage 35mm street photography captured in the 1970’s while he was serving in the Peace Corps in Africa & Bangladesh.

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Lessons from a Master Photographer

Sunday, June 9
2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
S. Dillon Ripley Center, Room 3037

Cost: $25

Photojournalist and former official White House staff photographer Lawrence Jackson has had the experience of a lifetime with a camera in hand. During a professional career that ranges from shooting news, sports, and features for newspapers and the Associated Press to capturing Barack Obama in the Oval Office, he’s developed a unique way of creating images that tell compelling stories.

Join Lawrence—who now works in news, event, editorial, portrait, and lifestyle photography from his base in D.C.—for an afternoon in which he shares his approach to photography, as well as offers a rare inside look at what it’s like to document daily life at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

A presentation focused on his work from his White House years leads into a lively question-and-answer session. It’s a program designed for photographers who work in any form who’d like to expand their creativity and insights, as well as anyone intrigued by the challenge and excitement found in the work of a presidential photographer.

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Compete for a Slot in a Photoworks Gallery Show

Sunday, June 9
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St NW

Cost: $25 for participating in Slam; suggested guest donation at door ($20)

The slam is back! After continuing to draw a capacity crowd to Busboys and Poets for the past eight years, the Photoworks Photo Slam returns this year in conjunction with the ClickDC photography celebration.

Photographers vie for slots in a 2019 gallery show at Photoworks during this fast-paced competition. Three-time National Poetry Slam Champion Regie Cabico returns to emcee this high-energy event featuring an on-the-spot face-off of projected portfolios plus a “best shot” final round, with winners selected by celebrity and audience-rep judges.

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A Black & White Photography Slideshow

Tuesday, June 11
7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
American Ice Company, 917 V Street NW, DC

Stop Motion\’s quarterly photography slideshow presents — VOL 6: Black & White Photography! The slideshow starts promptly at 8 p.m. This event is 21+. The slide show features the work of DMV area photographers in a show curated by Stop Motion founder Katie Dance.

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Retratos del Sur, Punta Arenas, and Valparaíso

Wednesday, June 12
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
AMA F Street Gallery, 1889 F Street NW, DC

Cost: Free

Join the Art Museum of the Americas F Street Gallery for the opening reception of \’Retratos del Sur, Punta Arenas, and Valparaíso,\’ an exhibit by Chilean artist Vicente Gonzalez Mimica. The artist presents black-and-white portraits of two cities in the south of Chile.

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Happy Hour

Wednesday, June 12
6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
City Tap House Dupont, 1250 Connecticut Ave NW

Come talk about photography at a happy hour hosted by Exposed DC at City Tap House Dupont. Exposed DC connects photographers of all levels with networking, mentoring, and exhibition opportunities. Exposed DC partners with organizations to strengthen and cultivate the local photography community.

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Photography workshop with Model in Dupont Underground

Thursday, June 13
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Dupont Underground, 19 Dupont Circle NW, DC

Join photographer Geoff Livingston and Capital Photography Center for this one of a kind workshop in an old abandoned subway spur that has been turned into an underground arts venue. Geoff will teach you how to work with a model using available light and off camera flash to create stunning images in this unique space. There is an $80 fee for this workshop.

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Opening for a Bloom is a A Blur

Thursday, June 13
7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Sense Gallery, 3111 Georgia Ave NW

Cost: Free

Sense Gallery is hosting an opening reception for \’A Bloom is A Blur,\’ a two-person show with art by Eames Armstrong and Matt Storm. The exhibit engages with concepts of blur. A blur happens in action- neither a start, an end, nor a linear journey. A blur is an expanse of possibility. A blur can undo boundaries, and provide space for growth, change, and in-betweenness to be recognized and celebrated. This show mines the generative value of liminality itself.

Eames Armstrong will be showing paintings and Matt Storm will be showing photographs.

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APA Beginners Guide to Photography Assisting & Second Shooting

Friday, June 14
6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
StudiowerksDC, 415B Walker Ct. SE, DC

The best way to become a Pro is to learn from a Pro.
APA’s mission is to help educate the next generation of visual communicators. In that effort, APA DC is hosting 2 sessions: Presentation & Panel and a hands-on workshop with mock shoot demonstrations.

The Presentation & Panel will begin with a talented panel of Professional Photographers who will discuss what they look for in an assistant and cover a basic introduction to assisting: Roles/responsibilities, set etiquette, rates, attire, second shooting, digital tech, introduction to gear, best business practices and much more. There will also be a Q&A after the presentation. This is sure to be a great opportunity for aspiring photographers who want to learn what working Pro’s are looking for in an assistant in the current market. Light refreshments will be provided. For more information, please click on the link below.

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Constitution Gardens Birding Walk – Leica Sport Optics\’ Specialist Jeff Bouton – Washington D.C.

Saturday, June 15
8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Constitution Gardens, between Constitution Avenue, 17th St NW, and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

Join Leica Sport Optics specialist Jeff Bouton and Leica Store DC on a afternoon of birding at Washington DC\’s iconic Constitution Gardens. There will be Demo Leica optics for trying while on the walk, available first come first serve. Don\’t miss this opportunity to learn more about Leica Sport Optics and about the almost 200 different species of birds in this area alone! Meet at Constitution Gardens on the corner of 19th and Constitution Ave

Please RSVP by emailing rsvp@leica-store-dc.com or call (202) 787-5900

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Opening Reception for Plans to Prosper You

Saturday, June 15
6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
American University Museum, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW, DC

Join American University Museum for the opening reception for their five new exhibitions, including \’Plans to Prosper You: Reflections of Black Resistance and Resilience in Montgomery County’s Potomac River Valley,\’ which features historic photos that pay homage to the communities who championed fights against racial discrimination through faith, family, and fellowship.

Mix and mingle with artists, curators, and fellow patrons. Free and open to all, no RSVP required.

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Antonia Tricarico\’s \’Frame of Mind: Punk Photographs 1997–2017\’

Saturday, June 15
7:00 – 10:00 p.m.
Lost Origins Gallery, 3110 Mt Pleasant St NW, DC

Cost: Free

\’Frame of Mind\’ is a long-overdue female-centric perspective on underground rock music, featuring photos by Antonia Tricarico and essays by Joan Jett, Amy Farina, Allison Wolfe, Donita Sparks, and more! ANTONIA TRICARICO has been taking photographs for more than two decades. In recent years, she has worked as an archivist for Pulitzer Prize–winning Washington Post photographer Lucian Perkins, and has collaborated with Dischord Records, Kill Rock Stars, Tolotta Records, and Youth Action Research Group. Her work has been exhibited internationally and can be found in the collections of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History and the Special Collections Division of the DC Public Library.

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Black and White Film Developing Workshop

Friday, June 21
6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Colony Club, 3118 Georgia Ave NW, DC

Cost: Free

This workshop will teach some of the basics in film development so people can process their own black and white film (35mm and 120) at home. By processing your own film, you will have more control over the time it takes to see your images, as well as, have control over how the final image looks.

We will also discuss some different techniques, what equipment you may need, and the options in chemistry. Depending on attendance and the time allotted, we will do at least one live demonstration on-site with a roll of exposed film.

All of our workshops are free and open to the public, and we encourage attendees to participate with questions.

We hope you will join us for a fun evening learning about an integral part of film photography!

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Summer Solstice Social

Friday, June 21
7:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.
Union 206 Studio, 822 South Pickett St. Alexandria, VA

Cost: $15 for General Admission
$85 for VIP/Private Sessions (includes General Admission)
$98 for Workshop (includes General Admission)

Help us kick off the event by joining us for a meet & greet hour with fellow industry professionals and emerging artists! Enjoy refreshing hors d\’oeurves. Leave knowing some tips on how to be a better photographer, model, makeup artist. Don’t forget to bring your camera to capture our Living Art Exhibit.

Want less talking and more shooting? VIP tickets include a private 30 minute pre-lit shoot with one of the event Spotlight Models of their choice!

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Senior Citizen Charity Portrait Session at the Adams Morgan Community Center at the Line Hotel

Sunday, June 23
2:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Adams Morgan Community Center in the Line Hotel, 1770 Euclid St NW, DC

As a way to give back to our community, Capital Photography Center will be celebrating Click DC Event by creating photo memories for senior citizens with free mini portrait sessions. If you are a senior citizen and would like to take advantage of this opportunity to have a beautiful lasting memory photograph, please be sure to register quickly.

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Artist Talks with Tyra Mitchell and Khalid Alaani

Tuesday, June 26
6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m
IA&A at Hillyer, 9 Hillyer Ct NW, DC

Join us at Hillyer for artist talks with two of our June exhibiting artists, Tyra Mitchell and Khalid Alaani. Each artist will discuss their inspirations and creative process, followed by audience Q&A. Tyra will discuss her solo exhibition, \’Raising Our Youth,\’ and Khalid will discuss his work in the group exhibition, \’Artists in Exile: Art as Fabric for Healing,\’ presented in partnership with Common Humanity.

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Artist Talk and Opening for \’Tension\’ at the Eaton Hotel

Friday, June 28
6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Eaton Workshop, 1201 K Street, DC

Join us for the closing reception for Click DC, which features an artist talk that examines the relationship between Tension, Life, and Art. Artists include, Kirth Bobb, Kanayo Adibe, Dee Dwyer and Cheriss May. Moderated by Molly Q. Coleman of High Caliber Events.

Image © Kirth Bobb

Closing Event for A Bloom is a Blur

Saturday, June 29
7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Sense Gallery, 3111 Georgia Ave NW

Cost: Free

Sense Gallery is hosting a closing event for the \’A Bloom is a Blur\’ exhibit, which features by Eames Armstrong and Matt Storm. The work engages with concepts of blur.

A blur happens in action- neither a start, an end, nor a linear journey. A blur is an expanse of possibility. A blur can undo boundaries, and provide space for growth, change, and in-betweenness to be recognized and celebrated. This show mines the generative value of liminality itself.

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Opening Exhibition for the 13th annual Washington Gardener Photo Contest

Sunday, June 30
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Meadowlark Botanical Gardens, 9750 Meadowlark Gardens Ct, Vienna, VA

See the winning images of the 13th annual Washington Gardener Photo Contest exhibited at Meadowlark Botanical Gardens, Vienna, Virginia. All 17 stunning photos were taken in DC-area gardens. Both inspirational and educational, this show represents the best of garden photography in the greater DC metropolitan region.

The opening reception is open to the public and is free to attend. You may also come by and view the photos any time during the normal Visitor Center hours (10 a.m. – 7 p.m. daily). The exhibit runs through July 30.Howard

Image of yellow tulips is the First Place winner in the Garden Vignettes category © Howard Clark

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