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.
Fight in a squat in Bogota, Colombia | © Chris Suspect 2021
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Load ‘Em Up, New York, 2020
Untitled, Kyoto, Japan, 2019
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