Remember a few weeks ago when we announced that FotoDC and 202Creates had announced a call for entries to give you all a chance to nominate your favorite D.C. creatives to be featured in an exhibition at the #WeDC house at SXSW?
Well the winners, as chosen by our esteemed judges Damon King of #ACreativeDC and Susana Raab of the Women Photojournalists of Washington (WPOW), are here! Get ready to check out some incredible images of the DC Creative Community. HUGE thank yous to 202Creates and Entertain DC, as well as everyone who entered!
The five winning photographs (in no particular order) are below:
Photographer: Diamond Dixon
DC Creative: DC based rapper Sir E.U. performing live
Zip Code: 21202
Photographer: Ellie Van Houtte
DC Creative: Queen Nefertittie a “burlesque dancer, hooper, fine spinner, GoGo dancer, and live artist living the DMV”.
Zip Code: 20002
Photographer: Dakota Fine
DC Creative: Native American performance and visual artist Gregg Deal “The Last American Indian on Earth”
Zip Code: 20036
Photographer: Rachel Lincoln
DC Creative: self- portrait of D.C. based photographer Rachel Lincoln
Zip Code: 20009
Photographer: Tatiana Gulenkina
DC Creative: Messay Shoakena, D.C. street photographer.
Zip Code: 20003