During this week-long celebration of photography in the nation’s capital, events will be organized to attract those who make a living practicing the art, science, business, education, and craft of photography as well as amateur photographers and the simply curious. FotoWeek DC will offer the entire Washington, D.C., community the opportunity to come together to focus on photography’s place in our world, to explore new ideas about the future of photography, and to experience photography’s many forms and enriching power.
The culminating event of FotoWeek DC! Connect with your friends and colleagues to toast the photo contest award winners, and mark the occasion with an extraordinary group of talented photographers, enthusiasts of the medium, and generous patrons and ...more
Panel Discussion: American Society of Picture Professionals DC/South Chapter presents “A View from the Inside – How Photography and Art Careers are Changing and What You Need to Know to Succeed.”
FotoWeek DC and area museums will team up to create an unprecedented,
world premiere digital video slide show. During FotoWeek DC's inaugural
week-long photography festival, visitors will be treated to a dazzling
display of large scale projections ...more
Contact/s: The Art of Photojournalism presents a selection of twenty-five contact sheets made since 1976 by the photographers of Contact Press Images. Structural forerunner to both the photo essay and the television news segment that succeeded ...more
In early 2006, the Open Society Institute, a private operating and
grant-making foundation in New York, created the Katrina Media
Fellowship to support in-depth media projects on critical issues laid
bare by the aftermath of hurricanes Katrina and ...more
The Gala
A gala evening of festivity and celebration, to be held at the National Geographic Society, is the culminating event of FotoWeek DC. Photographers, both amateur and professional, whose work has been recognized by a distinguished panel of judges, will be toasted at a VIP reception and honored in an awards ceremony in the Society's Grosvenor Auditorium. Join your friends and colleagues for this special occasion!