Images – from personal collection   ©2008, Jon Rochetti 
_________________________________________________

Post from: The DC Traveler

The collection chronicles from the historic event of Rosa Parks being arrested for not giving up her bus seat, to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assassination in 1968.

The Road to Freedom – Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement – 1954-1968, offers historic mages that capture the non-violent civil rights movement movement through non-violent awareness raising, the events surrounding the 1961 Freedom Riders who protested racial segregation on public transportation, the fire hosing of blacks in Birmingham, Alabama, the famous Bloody Sunday during the Selma-Montgomery March of 1965 and other crucial events as they were captured on film are on display.

A few of the most moving, historical and my personal favorites included:

• Rosa Parks calmly getting booked at the police station after being arrested.
• A burned out public bus after a riot.
• A bloody protestor who was beaten by police.
• Several photos of Bloody Sunday. 
• A series of photos of Black students being the first to enter integrated schools, as protestors taunt them and the National Guard protects them.

This is magnificent collection of historical photographs during one of America’s most violent and disturbing time.

Road to Freedom – Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement – 1954-1968
The Smithsonian International Gallery
1100 Jefferson Drive, SW
Washington, D.C. 20560  (map it)

Dates and Times – Daily through March 9, 2009 – 10:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Admission – FREE

Nearest Metro Subway Station – Smithsonian – Blue and Orange line, then a 1-block walk or use the DC Circulator.

Parking – Metered street parking is available in the area.

Images – Bloody Sunday, March on Washington – both public domain _________________________________________________

Post from: The DC Traveler

The Rolling Stone cover image of a naked John Lennon hugging Yoko Ono taken the morning he was killed. The Vanity Fair cover of a nude pregnant Demi Moore.  The images of the Rolling Stones during one of their American tours.  Her classic images for the American Express card celebrity campaign. Bruce Springsteen’s Born in the U.S.A. album cover. And most recently, the controversial Vanity Fair implied semi-nude photos of Miley Cyrus in April of this year. 

She was the chief photographer for both Rolling Stone and a featured photographer for Vanity Fair. 

She will discuss her new book, “Annie Leibovitz at Work”, which was just released November 18th, 2009.

Her latest book details how she created images of Richard Nixon’s resignation, many of her now classic images, as well as images from Barack Obama’s campaign.

Annie Leibovitz 
Sixth and I Historic Synagogue
600 I Street, NW
Washington DC  (map it)

Dates and Times – Tuesday, December 9, 2008, 7:00 p.m.

Tickets – $16.00 or purchase her book, “Annie Leibovitz at Work”, at the venue and receive two tickets.

Nearest Metro Subway Station – Gallery Place – Chinatown – Red, Green and Yellow lines, then a 3-block walk or use the DC Circulator.

Parking – Metered street and garage parking is available in the area.

Images – Annie Leibovitz, Sixth and I Historic Synagogue – personal collection – ©2008, Jon Rochetti
____________________________________________________

Post from: The DC Traveler

Throughout the week of November 15-22, 2008, Washington, DC will celebrate the art of photography, with a gathering of the best in the DC photographic community, with series of exhibits, lectures, competitions, and celebration of all things photographic.

FotoWeek DC brings together photographic talent and a collection of images ranging from artistic to business, political to editorial. Events include:

• Exhibitions at over 60 galleries and public spaces around DC
• Juried exhibitions of some of Washington, DC’s most gifted photographers
• Lectures and book signings by well-known photographers
• Talks from representatives who manage institutional and museum photo collections 
• Workshops and lectures for both the new and expert photographer
• Personal portfolio reviews by professional photographers

One highlight will be the world premiere giant outdoor high-definition (HD) digital image slide show, presented in a large multi-story format, of selected photos from some of Washington DC’s most popular institutions, including the Newseum, American Art Museum, National Museum of American History, Corcoran Gallery of Art and the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. The slide presentation will run at the following locations (all between 5:00 and 10:00 p.m. unless noted):

• National Museum of the American Indian — 10/13-15
• FotoWeek DC Central – 3337 M Street, NW –10/14-15
• Smithsonian Photography Initiative – 3333 M Street, NW – 10/14–22
• Newseum – 10/14/16
• U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum – 10/14-16
• Corcoran Gallery of Art – 10/14-15
• American Art Museum – Kogod Courtyard 10/18-19 (5-7 p.m.), 10/20 (5-8 p.m.)
• Museum of American History – 10/20-22

FotoWeek DC
Various locations around Washington, DC

Dates and Times – November 10-22, 2008. Check the events calendar for events and details.

Admission – Registration is required for all free events. Register online or at the site. Some events, workshops require paid tickets.

Images – all public domain – D-Day, Hindenburg, Aldrin on the Moon _________________________________________________

Post from: The DC Traveler

Yet I hope it’s not true!!

Seen on a DC lamp post near F and 18th Streets, NW in Washington, DC.

Image – from personal collection   ©2008, Jon Rochetti 

_________________________________________________

Post from: The DC Traveler

The collection on exhibit at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC showcases 21 images, including:

• Stieglitz’s series of ten photos of clouds over Lake George, New York, a collection which has not been shown in its entirety since a 1923. 
• Ansel Adams’ photos of the coastline and surf along San Mateo’s coast, south of San Francisco.
• Robert Adams’ images of the Columbia River emptying into the Pacific in Oregon. 

Oceans, Rivers, and Skies: Ansel Adams, Robert Adams, and Alfred Stieglitz
National Gallery of Art
4th and Constitution Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20565 (map it)

Dates and Times  – Daily, October 12, 2008 through March 15, 2009. Hours – Monday-Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Sundays 11:00 – 6:00.

Admission – FREE.

Nearest Metro Subway Station – Archives – Yellow and Green lines, then a 2-block walk or use the DC Circulator.

Parking – Metered street and paid garage parking is available in the area.

Image – With permission from the National Gallery of Art, Ansel Adams, Surf Sequence 3, San Mateo County Coast, California, 1940, gelatin silver print, 1982, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Virginia B. Adams. Courtesy of the National Gallery of Art.

___________________________________________________

Post from: The DC Traveler

His organization fights the poaching of these majestic animals and helps educate the world about the lives and habits of elephants. He helped secure a global ban ivory trade and as a result, elephant populations are growing, especially around the Samburu National Reserve in northern Kenya.  An estimated 5,400 African Bush elephants are suspected to live in and around the game reserve.

The article’s award-winning nature and travel writer, David Quammen, along with photographer Michael Nichols join Iain Douglas-Hamilton for a lecture and to discuss the future of Africa’s majestic elephants at the National Geographic Society in Washington, DC.

Elephants of Samburu
Grosvenor Auditorium
National Geographic Society
1600 M Street, NW
Washington , D.C. 20036 (map it)
202-857-7700

Dates and Times – Tuesday, September 9, 2008 6:30 p.m.

Tickets – $25.00 with reception following, and are available online.

Nearest Metro subway station – Farragut West – Orange line, then a two block walk, or use the DC Circulator.

Parking – Metered street and paid garage parking is available in the area.

Images – Elephants at the waters edge, on the move

_____________________________________________

Post from: The DC Traveler

This week’s photo is of a lone woman reading a newspaper on the steps of the Russell Senate Office Building.

Here’s one to get you started:

• Hmmm….So according to this article, James Carville thinks that if Obama drops out for health reasons, and his wife Michelle doesn’t replace him, and since his daughters are too young to run in his place, and Al Gore, John Dean, John Edwards, Bill Richardson, Joe Biden, John Kerry, Chuck Schumer, Howard Stern, Ted Kennedy, Geraldine Ferraro, Oprah, Sean Penn, Richard M. Daley, Dianne Feinstein and Pat Leahy aren’t electable, Hillary still DOES have a chance.

TO ENTER –> Simply post a comment or e-mail me at jon@b5media.com using the subject “Photo Caption”.

Winning captions will be posted on The DC Traveler with the next Friday Photo Caption Contest.

The winner from the last Friday Photo Caption Contest for this pink Capitol Hill apartment building and a "For Sale By Owner" caption are:  

FOR SALE BY OWNER: Not the pink one! The one next door! by Mary Jo at Fly Away Cafe.

Images – from personal collection – © 2008 – Jon Rochetti

______________________________________________

Post from: The DC Traveler

The labor-intensive process was quickly adopted by traveling American portraits photographers who moved from town to town, selling people the opportunity to have an image of themselves without having to sit for a painter or incur the associated high cost. 

The technique was used to take the earliest photo of  Abraham Lincoln, when he was still a Congressman at 37 years old, 15 years before he was elected President. It is also thought that the first erotic photograph used the daguerreotype technique.

The technique is rarely used today and it’s estimated that just a few hundred photographers still use it.

For soem great photography tips, check out  Digital Photography School, another great b5 blog.

The Daguerre Moment
Reynolds Center – American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery
801 Pennsylvania Ave NW (8th and F Streets, NW)
Washington, D.C.  (map it)
202-633-1000

Nearest Metro Subway Station – Gallery Place-Chinatown, Red, Yellow and Green lines, the station is located below the museum, or use the DC Circulator.

Parking – Metered street and garage parking is available in the area.

Images – Seamstrees – LOC public domain, Lincoln – Public domain

___________________________________________________

Post from: The DC Traveler

          Long may she wave.

Image – Flickr
__________________________________________________

Post from: The DC Traveler