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DCist Exposed
February 20 – March 7, 2009
Opening reception: Friday, February 20, 5 – 9 p.m.

DCist, a popular local blog, presents an annual juried photography show, DCist Exposed, designed to encourage the work of professional and amateur photographers. The exhibition showcases new talent as the artists reveal the city through the eyes of the people who live and work in the DC area. The show is community-based and works are affordably priced to develop the next generation of arts patrons. Exhibition Press Release [PDF, 104 KB]

Emerging collectors are invited to join us for Emerge Exposed, March 3, 7 – 9 p.m. featuring a panel of experts sharing tips and ideas on how to begin collecting art. Co-hosted by DCist, Flashpoint and the Pink Line Project.

Gallery Hours 

Tuesday – Saturday, 12 – 6 p.m.
OR BY APPOINTMENT

I’m pretty psyched to be participating in this show for the third year in a row. I hope everyone can come and and see all of the fantastic photos!
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Nation’s Triathlon, originally uploaded by Brian Knight Photography.

ING Capital Criterium, originally uploaded by Brian Knight Photography.

Spent the last two Sunday’s hanging out downtown covering races.

On the 14th I teamed up with Dan Hicok Photography to shoot the third annual Nation’s Triathlon. Several thousand people swam in the Potomac and then biked and ran past monuments, museums, and Federal buildings. As a result I ended up taking several thousand photographs and am still working on the final edits though I did manage to post a bunch to a teaser gallery.

Yesterday found me hanging out on Pennsylvania Ave again this time shooting the ING Capital Criterium for DCist. The highlight was an 85km race that saw professional cyclists from around the world fighting for the $50,000 prize purse. I tried to be a bit more disciplined yesterday, but still managed to shoot over two thousand photos (something super easy to do considering the race course was only a 1km loop, meaning I saw the pack 85 times in two hours – avg speed was 24mph). Still have a lot more photos to edit, but the teaser gallery for this race is here and you can look for them to show up today on DCist too!

As you can see, I don’t get photos in Flickr’s Explore very often. I’m not even sure it means a whole lot. Or rather, I am secure enough in my photography to know that not getting in to Explore is not a commentary on all the other photos that get posted to Flickr. In anycase, I know there is some sort of mystical algorithym populating the Explore pages, but it has always seemed to me to be random.

In any case, it was nice that “Zoom” was chosen as photo of the day on DCist and it is neat to see people responding to “A River Runs Through It.” I wish I could thank that guy for deciding to go fishing on Sunday or for choosing to change position at just the moment that I decided to take some pictures which allowed me to get the waves radiating away from his body.

1. A River Runs Through It, 2. Zoom, 3. Jump!, 4. Brainzzzzzz, 5. 12 Hours of Cranky Monkey, Part 5, 6. Sabina Sciubba, Brazilian Girl

Being sick really blows.

The Plan…

Friday

• Attend DCist Exposed opening.
• Hang out with folks post show at Rocket Bar, basking in the awesomeness of the opening. Take photos.

Saturday

• Sleep in and continue reveling in the afterglow of an awesome opening.
• Make way downtown to shoot Idiotarod for third year in a row.

Sunday

• Fight Day Lights Savings time switch and head down to park and shoot Backyard Burn trail run.
• Hang out. Attend random birthday parties for friends of a friend.

Monday

• Back to work.

The Reality…

Friday

• Realise on way home that you might be getting sick again. Call about a doctor’s appointment for Monday.
• Attend DCist Exposed opening.
• Hang out with folks post show at Rocket Bar, basking in the awesomeness of the opening. Take photos.

Saturday

• Sleep in. Wake at a decent hour continue reveling in the afterglow of an awesome opening.
• Make way downtown to shoot Idiotarod for third year in a row. Realise that you really are still sick and go back to sleep. Sleep until 7pm. Yes, 7pm.

Sunday

• Fight Day Lights Savings time switch and head down to park and shoot Backyard Burn trail run. Give in to the sleep. Don’t wake until your phone rings at 11am.
• Convince yourself that you feel a lot better. All that sleeping must have made a difference, right? Hang out. Attend random birthday parties for friends of a friend.

Monday

• Back to work. Wake up pretty early. Realise a pattern of sick, not sick, sick, not sick… Monday morning = sick. Email work to not expect your presence.
• See doctor. Have her confirm that indeed you are sick.

My Zombie Bride once more graced the pages of DCist today!

In case you haven’t noticed DCist Exposed opens this Friday and to help promote the event the good folks at DCist (thanks Eric, thanks Heather!) are using some of the homemade posters for PotD. This photo was PotD back on Halloween last year and was then chosen to be in the 2008 Exposed show.

I was showing this image to a coworker today and he had an interesting interpretation that I’d not thought of before… Basically, he was wondering about this zombie bride, wandering the seemingly deserted National Mall and holding a protest sign demanding brains… My coworker wondered if this was not some sort of statement on Washington itself? A hungry zombie bride means there are no brains in Washington…

You are about to (DCist Exposed Poster), originally uploaded by Markus Krisetya.

Weekend Pick, as seen in the Washington Post!!

EXPOSED– Through March 15. The folks at DCist host their annual photography show, which features 47 images from the more than 600 entries that aim to capture the spirit of our community. Civilian Art Projects, 406 Seventh St. NW. 202-347-0022.

It’s going to be awesome. And please note, this is a FREE event! Free. 100% No Money Down. Free.

(unless you want to BUY ART, then, well, then you can pay… but even then you won’t be able to find framed, fine art photography at these prices anywhere else in the city).

Thanks to Markus for letting me borrow his photo, thus saving you all from yet another viewing of the Zombie Bride.

Everyone is invited to join me (and like 45 44 of my closest friends) for the opening of DCIST EXPOSED.

There are two events… first being:

Opening Reception:
Friday, March 7 | 7:00 – 9:00 PM

Second event…

Emerge Exposed:
Wednesday, March 12 | 7:00 – 9:00 PM

All the fun is happening at Civilian Arts Project, in Washingto, DC!
Civilian Arts Project
406 7th Street NW

DCist Exposed Entry: Zombie Bride, originally uploaded by Brian Knight Photography.

I’m quite happy to announce that “Zombie Bride” was selected for the second annual DCist Exposed Photography Show! Congrats to everyone who entered.  Every time I went through the entires I came away with a new favourite.  I can’t imagine how difficult it was to judge this show.

from DCist…

As we suspected, it was a near impossible job deciding which photos were the best of the best from the lot of contenders you threw our way. Over 250 people entered the 2008 DCist Exposed contest and gave us 601 original images from which to choose. We mulled and pondered and tore our hair out a little bit, but please follow the jump (if you haven’t already) to find 47 incredible photos that we think capture Washington, D.C. and the surrounding region with an eye trained to find the rich culture too often hidden by the capital’s bureaucratic image.

Mark your calendars for the opening reception on March 7 at Civilian Art Projects in Penn Quarter. After we bring down the house on Friday, we’ll be following it up with to-be-announced event during the week to further celebrate both the winners and everyone who takes up a camera and contributes to DCist.

• i could use a mail order bride is what i could use #
• cooking with beer #
• to the airport and beyond! #
• We’re flying in a Lockheed eagle series L-1011. It came off the line 20 months ago and carries a Sim-5 Transponder tracking system. Are … #
• At the Z10 gate, IAD #
• DCist Quote of the day: http://tinyurl.com/28j2o6 #
• boarding #
• onboard, waiting for us air people to fix their little screw up #
• Onboard next flight. BOTH bags in the overhead (again). Also, two seats all for me. #
• 20kt winds = exciting landing! #
• everything is green here! and warm. #
• off to dinner with the fam #

I began a much longer, way more detailed account of the weekend complete with jokes and nerdy allusions to Star Wars, but it is nearly 3am, and a school night, and so I present instead the following supershortweekendrecap…

• My Car Sucks
• My Car Is All Better
• My Debt Ratio Sucks
• My Car Kind Of Sucks Again
  (debt ratio also still sucking)
• Woohoo! The District, Art, An Art Liking Friend From The District, Christmas Market, Beer, Food, Ice Hockey, eh?
• Still More Friends and Alcohol
• A Really Late Night
• Sleep
• Woohoo! The District, Friends, Family, (more) People With Accents, Pancakes (iheartpancakes)
• Napping
• A Really Late Night
• Sleep
• Woohoo! Herndon, Friends, Art, Blowing Fuses (literally)
• Crap. Now My Car Really Sucks Again
• Woohoo! The District, Beer, Friends, Lots Of Cameras, LOTS Of Cameras, LOTS of CAMERAS, Yes We Are Some Kind Of Camera Enthusiast Group, Quote Of The Day, Cookies, Exchanging Tales Of Traffic Woes, Succesful 1/2 Circumnavigation of General George Henry Thomas’ Circle
• Phone Calls
• Book Deals
• A Few Distractions
• Emails
• Primal Quest Proofreading
• Blogging
• Sleep Photo Editing
• Sleep