“Moments Noticed” is a collection of vintage photographs & prints taken and developed in Ivory Coast and Bangladesh in the 1970’s. The images were processed on location using the same methods as the featured local photographers. Benedict Tisa is the recipient of 2 New Jersey State Council of the Arts Fellowships, a New Pictorialism Society Fellowship and the R.R. Watson Award to Filmmakers.

He served as an Artist in Residence in Camden County, New Jersey. Tisa’s articles and photographs have been published in Africa Report, African Technology Forum, American Photographer, Darkroom Photography, DEROS, Shot Glass Poetry Journals, Poetry Today, and UNESCO. Art works are included in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, Art Institute of Chicago, National Museum of Art, Visual Arts Workshop, Walker Art Center, Cleveland State University, and Harvard University.

Hillyer presents Tyra Mitchell’s first solo exhibition, “Raising Your Youth.” Inspired by family photo albums from the 1970’s-90’s, Mitchell has cast many different families that are native to Washington, DC featuring portraits of parents with their children, siblings, and single parents with their babies. She aims to tell their stories of growing up in DC and how they are currently navigating through their heavily gentrified hometown, all while capturing the beauty that still resides in a city once known as the “Chocolate City”. (Suggested donation: $8)

Exhibit opens on June 1.

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Photojournalist and former official White House staff photographer Lawrence Jackson has had the experience of a lifetime with a camera in hand. During a professional career that ranges from shooting news, sports, and features for newspapers and the Associated Press to capturing Barack Obama in the Oval Office, he’s developed a unique way of creating images that tell compelling stories.

Join Lawrence—who now works in news, event, editorial, portrait, and lifestyle photography from his base in D.C.—for an afternoon in which he shares his approach to photography, as well as offers a rare inside look at what it’s like to document daily life at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

A presentation focused on his work from his White House years leads into a lively question-and-answer session. It’s a program designed for photographers who work in any form who’d like to expand their creativity and insights, as well as anyone intrigued by the challenge and excitement found in the work of a presidential photographer.

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Join photographer Geoff Livingston and Capital Photography Center for this one of a kind workshop in an old abandoned subway spur that has been turned into an underground arts venue. Geoff will teach you how to work with a model using available light and off camera flash to create stunning images in this unique space. There is an $80 fee for this workshop.

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“Frame of Mind” is a long-overdue female-centric perspective on underground rock music, featuring photos by Antonia Tricarico and essays by Joan Jett, Amy Farina, Allison Wolfe, Donita Sparks, and more! ANTONIA TRICARICO has been taking photographs for more than two decades. In recent years, she has worked as an archivist for Pulitzer Prize–winning Washington Post photographer Lucian Perkins, and has collaborated with Dischord Records, Kill Rock Stars, Tolotta Records, and Youth Action Research Group. Her work has been exhibited internationally and can be found in the collections of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History and the Special Collections Division of the DC Public Library.