I have donated two framed color prints from my recent solo exhibit in Hamburg, Germany, to PhotoWorks in Glen Echo, Maryland, for their annual fundraiser in support of their educational efforts, gallery, and community programs. This event occurs on Thursday, May 19th, from 7-10pm in Glen Echo Park. The evening's festivities will include a photo raffle, silent auction, live music by fellow photographer Robb Hill, a portrait station, carousel rides, and food, beer and wine. You can learn more at https://www.glenechophotoworks.org/fundraiser-2022.
Shawnis and the Shimmers in RVA Mag /
Shawnis and the Shimmers at Slash Run © 2022 Chris Suspect
My photo above of the Richmond, Va., garage/punk/glam band Shawnis and the Shimmers is featured in an RVA Mag article, “The Muddy Divas of Richmond Glitter-Punk,” about their new record “Wasteland.”
I took this shot at Slash Run in DC about two weeks ago.
Chris Suspect on Sur les Murs TV5Monde this Sunday, Feb 27, 2022 /
This Sunday I will be featured on Episode 17 of "Sur Les Murs", a French TV documentary program on urban culture hosted by the famous "rule-breaker" and French artist Richard Orlinski. Orlinski's production crew interviewed and followed me around Miami Beach for a full day shooting street photography this past December during Art Basel Week.
The episode will air on French TV5Monde in many countries around the world at 10:30 am ET (GMT+1 in France). In order to watch you will need to use a VPN and set your country/server for the United Kingdom. Then go to europe.tv5monde.com.
The program will be in French but it has English subtitle options, among many others.
My Top 50 Photographs of 2021 /
2021 kicked off with the Insurrection on January 6th and then closed it out with the Omicron variant, bookending another weird and strange year with national traumatic events. Fortunately I was able to slip off to Mexico for a couple weeks for my annual Day of the Dead workshop in October, giving me some much needed respite from our divided nation. Unlike 2020 I didn’t release any new books as I needed a break and just wanted to shoot, so this year was a little less eventful. Above are 50 of my best images from the year and below is a list of my photographic accomplishments.
In January, the Leica Fotografie International Magazine Blog published my images from the Insurrection, “Chris Suspect: Chaos at the Capitol,” by Danilo Rößger, and I was the juror for Glen Echo Photoworks’ “Hindsight is 2020” competition and exhibition.
Leica Camera also used some of my work for their first global media campaign in 10 years in their advertising video, “The World Deserves Witnesses”.
In April, I participated in in a lecture and image review session with photography educator Mike Browne from the United Kingdom.
In May, I was honored to be part of an online exhibition entitled “Psychotic Reactions” by Landscape Stories out of Italy.
In June, I was included in Exposed DC’s 15th Anniversary Exhibit at Elle, in Washington, DC.
In July, it was a real honor to work with Tim Huynh on the first episode of Beyond the Frame, a slick, well-produced vignette of my photography career to date.
Also in July, I was delighted to be the MC for The DC Street Photography Collective event with two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Lucian Perkins, at Slash Run in Washington, DC
In September, WhiteWall featured my work with a large solo exhibition at Photopia in Hamburg, Germany, and I was interviewed for Street Photography Magazine’s podcast episode “Chris Suspect Shoots the Insurrection.”
In October, I hosted the return to my annual Day of the Dead Workshop in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. The student slideshow is great!
In November, I created a series of 23 unique T-Shirts and prints for an exhibit that was unfortunately cancelled at the last minute. But, I was able to sell out most of these online and at my birthday party at Slash Run. There are still a few left here.
In December, I was filmed in Miami Beach during Art Basel Week by a French television crew for an episode of Sur Les Murs, a french documentary program on street art with artist/sculptor Richard Orlinski. This will be released in January 2022.
And, finally I was happy to have several photos included in Focus on the Story’s latest book, “Transition - The End of an Unprecedented Four Years” published this December.
Here’s to a new year! And hopefully a much better one.
Art Basel Miami Beach 2021 in Pictures /
Had a great time at Art Basel Miami this year. It was such a pleasure to escape DC and hit the warm climate. It was a little sad not having the Miami Street Photography Festival this year, but we will be back in 2022.
The highlight for me was being the subject for an episode of Sur Les Murs, a french documentary program on street art with artist/sculptor Richard Orlinski. The film crew followed me around South Beach shooting for about 6 hours. It was awesome and they were jazzed by how dynamic the footage turned out. This will air in January on TV5MONDE and on French speaking channels around the world.
The rest of the time I shot a lot, went to some cool art fairs and parties, worked out on Muscle Beach, and ran. I'm a little exhausted from all the physical activity and walking 10 plus miles a day! I slept over 10 hours when I returned.
The photos above were all from this trip. I got to shoot a lot and it was great.