Photo by Susana Raab
WHAT: FotoWeek DC opening + Silent Print Auction of
"Women by Women: A Juried Exhibition by WPOW members"
DATE/TIME: Thursday, November 20th - 6:30 to 8:30 pm
WHERE: Sewall-Belmont House and Museum
144 Constitution Ave, NE Washington DC 20002
(Next to Hart Senate Office Bldg / Metro: Union Station)
DESCRIPTION: The Women Photojournalists of Washington craft a visual journey through the lives of women and girls around the world. From the desperation of an emergency room in Haiti, to an ordered classroom in China; from the bubble gum pink of a girls bathroom during a middle school dance, to a whitewashed detention center on Mexico's border–moments of beauty, humor and darkness present themselves in their rawest form.
COST: Free!! (Bring your checkbooks or cash if you plan to bid during the silent auction!) Can't make the event but still want to bid on our photos? Bid online at: http://womenphotojournalists.org/auction/index.html
Curated by Ken Geiger, National Geographic Senior Editor and MaryAnne Golon, Time Magazine, Consulting Editor
More about WPOW:
Women Photojournalists of Washington (WPOW) is a non-profit organization of 175 women working within or studying the field of photojournalism in the Washington DC metropolitan area.
While still in the minority, women are a quickly growing segment within the historically male dominated field of photojournalism. WPOW seeks to both address the specific needs of Washington DC area female photojournalists by nurturing professional growth, and to educate the public about the role of women in this field.
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