DC Street Photography Collective "Hiding in Plain Sight" Exhibit at Project Create in Washington, DC / January 28, 2023 by Chris Suspect

The DC Street Photography Collective that I am a member of has an exhibit entitled "Hiding in Plain Sight" on view at Project Create in Anacostia, DC. The show runs through Feb 18.

We have some programming you may be interested in.

Sunday, January 29 - 2 - 4 PM - Gallery Open

Saturday, Feb 4 - 2:30 - 3:30 PM DC SPC Members Sofia Sebastian and Ashley Tillery will talk about their work and approach to street photography in DC and beyond. Gallery open from 2 - 4 pm.

Sunday, Feb 12 - 2:30 - 3:30 PM DC SPC Member Chris Suspect will present his work from Mexico and discuss how he navigates photography in different countries. Gallery open from 2 - 4 pm.

Saturday, February 18 - 6 - 10 PM - Closing Night Reception. Winners for DC SPC Contest announced, cocktails, cheese and cake!

THE CONTEST

For photographers in the DMV (or within a 3 hour drive). Submit up to 5 of your best street photos on Instagram - tagged with #dc_spc_2023show - by midnight ET February 4, 2023. Photos can be taken anywhere at any time. The winning entries judges by DC SPC members will be exhibited at the show's closing event, Saturday, February 18, at 6 PM at Project Create in historic Anacostia.

Note: Submission is free, but selected photographers will be asked to pay the minimal cost of professional printing.

Project Create is located at 2208 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave., SE, DC, and is a brief walk from the Anacostia Metro stop on the Green Line.

Fashion Shoot in Ixtepeji, Oaxaca for PAY'S / November 12, 2022 by Chris Suspect

While I was in Mexico I slipped away from my Day of the Dead workshop to work on a quick collaboration with the hip fashion brand PAY’S from Mexico City. PAY’S genderless style is a creative mash up of Mexican pop culture, Aztec folk art and modern streetwear chic. This is one of the most imaginative and vibrant Mexican brands out there right now.

We shot this in the pine forrest of Ixtepeji, about 1.5 hours from Oaxaca City, during sunset. The forrest is really high in the mountains and the views are breathtaking. Afterwards we all went to SET Underground’s Tierra de los Muertos festival, saw Jan Blomqvist spin, and partied all night long.

Thanks to Saabi, Clara and Kelly for modeling!

Day of the Dead, Oaxaca 2022 - Student Slide Show / November 5, 2022 by Chris Suspect

Day of the Dead Student Slide Show

Here is the student slide show from my 2022 Day of the Dead Street Photography Workshop in Oaxaca, Mexico. All the students did great work and we had an amazing exhibition at the end at Central del Arte where lots of people came out to check out our prints. I’d say this was probably one of the best workshops I have run to date with day trips to graveyards and local villages, lectures from top notch Mexican photographers, fabulous food, and of course amazing mezcal.

Day of the Dead Photography Exhibition in Oaxaca at Central del Arte / October 31, 2022 by Chris Suspect

Les esperamos este jueves 3 de noviembre en el Central del Arte ubicado en Murguía 102, Ruta Independencia, Centro Oaxaca. de 7.00 PM a 8.30 PM para la exposición fotográfica con el trabajo producido por mis alumnos durante el taller de este año enfocado en el dia de muertos en Oaxaca. La entrada al evento es gratis y se expondrá fotografía y video, también habra tragos coquetos y estará Sonido San Francisco como nuestro DJ set.

Chris Suspect es un fotógrafo callejero y documental de Washington, DC. Se especializa en capturar momentos absurdos y profundos de la vida cotidiana. Su trabajo de fotografía callejera ha sido reconocido internacionalmente, y se ha exhibido en Miami, Bélgica, Alemania, Italia, Rumania, Georgia, Emiratos Árabes Unidos y Reino Unido.

Join us on Thursday, Nov 3 at Central del Arte, Murguía 102, Ruta Independencia, Centro, in Oaxaca City, Mexico, from 7 -8:30 p.m. for a photography exhibition featuring the work produced by my students during this year's Day of the Dead workshop in Oaxaca. It’s free and there will be photography, a video projection, drinks, and a DJ set by Sonido San Francisco.

Chris Suspect is a street and documentary photographer from Washington, DC. He specializes in capturing absurd and profound moments of everyday life. His street photography work has been recognized internationally, and has been exhibited in Miami, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Romania, Georgia, the United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom.

Punk Rock Photography - In Conversation with Alec MacKaye / September 30, 2022 by Chris Suspect

The Make*Up at The Black Cat in Washington, DC, May 19, 2019 © Chris Suspect 2022

This coming Thursday, Oct. 6 at 6:30 pm I am excited to announce I will be in conversation with writer and musician Alec MacKaye at the Mt Pleasant Public Library at 3160 16th St., NW, Washington, D.C. The topics of discussion are my work around punk rock photography and our experiences in the DC/punk and hardcore scene. A looping slide show will feature 100 of my images of 70 different bands from the last 12 years.

Alec wrote the intro to my first book Suspect Device that was published in 2014 so we have 8 years of catching up to do!

Below are all the bands that will be featured and a large portion of these images have never been published before.

The event is free. Starts at 6:30 and goes for 1 hour, so please arrive early. Afterwards we can all go to a neighborhood bar in Mt. Pleasant for some food and drink. Details to be posted on the Facebook Event page..

This event is brought to you by the DC Public Library and the DC Punk Archive

Bands (in alphabetical order)

.nobody

Aertex

Airmen of Note

Apocalypse Dudes

BBQT

Black on Black Crime

Bless

Bloodshot Bill

Bust Off

Catharsis

Chain And The Gang

coke bust

Copstabber

CumGirl8

Daddy Long Legs

Daikaiju

Damages

Death Valley Girls

Electric Grandmother

Ethan Spalding and the 422 Band

Gasmask Terror

Gogol Bordelloo

Government Issue

GWAR

HIRS

Homosuperior

I Against Eye

Iron Chic

Korean Gut

Lecherous Gaze

Los Gatos Negros

Loud Boyz

Marginal Man

MellowHype

Misled Youth

Modest Proposal

Neo-Cons

Nervous Impulse

No Man

Priests

PsyOp

Ritchie Ramone

The Scotch Bonnets

Scream

Shark Week

Shawnis and the Shimmers

SHEER MAG

Sissy Spacek

Speedy Ortiz

The Steady 45s

Stout

Striking Distance

Suzi Moon

Teen Cobra

The Crocodiles

The Kickback

The Make*Up

The Nuclears

The Screws

Thelma and the Sleaze

Tim Capello

Total Maniac

Tragedy

Trash Talk

Trunk

Vorlust

War On Women

Wild Anacostias

Zealot R.I.P.