The DCSPC announces an exhibition and open call!
Opens: Friday, January 20, 2023 • 6 PM
Closing party and open call awards: Saturday, February 18 • 6PM
2208 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave., SE, Washington, D.C.
HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT: THE AUDACIOUS ART OF STREET PHOTOGRAPHY presents a retrospective of the DC Street Photography Collective’s (www.thedcspc.com) eight award-winning photographers, well known locally and internationally for their sharp-eyed documentation of the city and their community events. DCSPC's 2020 photo book, Bad Day, sold out in a week.
The winter retrospective continues the tradition of community involvement with a schedule of critiques and talks by DCSPC members and area notables during the month-long exhibition.
DCSPC also believes that art and parties belong together, so expect good tunes, drinks and snacks, and presentations by prominent photographers.
The show, “Hiding in Plain Sight,” is hosted by Project Create Art Center at 2208 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave., SE. The show will open at 6:00 PM on January 20, 2023 and runs to February 18 when there will be a closing event. (Anacostia Metro and free parking at the event space)
OPEN CALL: For photographers in the DC-MD-VA area. Submit up to 5 of your best street photos (can be taken anywhere at any time) on Instagram - tagged with #dc_spc_2023show - by midnight ET February 4, 2023. Best entries* will be exhibited at the show's closing event, Saturday, February 18, at 6 PM at Project Create in historic Anacostia.
*Submission is free, but selected photographers will be asked to pay the minimal cost of professional printing.
SPM Podcast - Chris Suspect Shoots the Insurrection
This past Friday DC Street Photography Collective member Chris Suspect was on the popular Street Photography Magazine podcast in which host Bob Patterson interviewed Chris about his experience photographing the Capitol Riot. In this conversation Chris discusses his experience, provides tips on shooting these kinds of tense situations, and whether or not photos from these events should be handed over to law enforcement.
They also talk about his upcoming show at DC's hottest new gallery called Bad Candy which will be up during the month of November into December. And, they went over the process for the making of Beyond the Frame, the short documentary about Chris and his photography by filmmaker Tim Huynh.
Finally they closed with some details about his upcoming workshop for Day of the Dead in Mexico and drop some hints about a new book for the end of 2021 from the DC Street Photography Collective.
DCSPC MEMBER MARCI LINDSAY INTERVIEWED BY UP PHOTOGRAPHERS
DCSPC member Marci Lindsay was recently interviewed by UP Photographers, one of the premier street photo collectives. Her interview can be seen here. Their website is worth following for all its great content.
Hammock, location unknown, 1961, Photograph by Garry Winogrand © The Estate of Garry Winogrand / Courtesy Fraenkel Gallery
"All Things Are Photographable" Director Interviewed by DCSPC Member Marci Lindsay
DCSPC member Marci Lindsay spoke with Sasha Waters Freyer, the director of Garry Winogrand: All Things Are Photographable. Waters Freyer talks about her portrait of the artist, women in street photography, and why she became a filmmaker. See the full interview at “Her Side of the Street,” Women in Street’s blogzine.
DCSPC Presents Lucian Perkins July 8 at Slash Run in Washington, DC
The DC Street Photography Collective, DCSPC, is proud to return for a night of photography at Slash Run. This event will feature a presentation by Lucian Perkins, a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner and staff photographer at the Washington Post for more than 20 years. Perkins will discuss how taking Garry Winogrand’s class at the University of Texas changed his perspective about photography and art and how it influenced his career as a photographer. He will present projects he has completed through the years that are most related to street photography and his influence by Winogrand.
In addition, there is an open call to DMV photographers to participate in a live critique with Perkins, Larry Cohen from Observe Collective, and Melissa Lyttle from aphotoaday.org.
Live Critique: Call for Entry
To participate, submit 3-5 photographs for consideration, 2000 px on the long edge at 72 DPI, to thedcspc@gmail.com. Deadline is Thursday, July 1 at midnight EST. Submission is free.
For those who submit to the critique, we will notify you that we have received your submission. Photographs will be chosen a few days before the event and 10 finalists will be announced at the event. We will award a prize to the person who receives the best critique.
The cost of entry is $15.
7: 30 PM - Doors open
8:15 PM - Critiques start
9:15 PM - Lucian Perkins’ presentation
Did you know
Slash Run has some of the best burgers in DC (including vegan options)? It’s true - just ask Washingtonian Magazine. It also has an ample supply of micro brews and top quality booze.
About Lucian Perkins
Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Lucian Perkins is an independent photographer and filmmaker based in Washington, D.C.
Lucian seeks to document human interest stories ranging from daily life and social issues in the United States to conflicts and crises overseas. His approach pairs a deep sympathy for his subjects with an ability to expose their hopes and foibles, and combines formal clarity with, from time to time, an offbeat humor. At the University of Texas at Austin, he studied with acclaimed street photographer Garry Winogrand, who remains an inspiration.
His first full-length documentary, The Messengers, follows two young volunteers who are transformed by the residents of a hospice for homeless HIV/AIDs patients. It premiered at FilmfestDC in April 2017. He also filmed and produced short films on the Syrian refugee crisis, South Sudan, and the obesity and health crisis in America.
As staff photographer at the Washington Post for more than 20 years, Lucian covered major international events such as the fall of the Soviet Union and its aftermath; the wars and refugee crises in the former Yugoslavia, Chechnya, Iraq, and Afghanistan; and major events at home. Lucian received his first Pulitzer Prize for collaboration with Post reporter Leon Dash on a four-year study that examined the effects of poverty on three generations of a Washington, D.C., family through the eyes of the matriarch. His second Pulitzer Prize was for coverage of the Kosovo conflict.
Additional awards include Newspaper Photographer of the Year by the National Press Photographers Association and World Press Photo of the Year. Lucian also worked closely with the Post’s online edition to produce many of its first multimedia and interactive projects such as the “Siberia Diary” and “Finland Diary.” Colleagues in Russia were the inspiration to co-found InterFoto, an annual non-profit international photography conference held in Moscow that included a competition as well as exchange programs and workshops. And in 2009 he co-founded Facing Change: Documenting America, a non-profit which is now running a very successful program in Detroit.
Lucian’s recent book, Hard Art, DC 1979, captures the beginning of the Washington, D.C., punk music scene while revealing its reverberating impact today. And, in award-winning Runway Madness, he delivers a ringside tongue-in-cheek look at the New York fashion shows.
Solo and group exhibitions have shown at World Press Photo Foundation, Amsterdam; ART in Embassies Program in Sarajevo, Havana, Tokyo, and Ankara; Newseum in Washington, D.C., San Francisco, and New York; Center for Documentary Studies, Duke University; and other venues.
Lucian pursues his love for the still image while on the go filming documentary projects, for which he is in international demand.