Document DC: Photography Workshop

Founded in 1894, the DC History Center deepens understanding of our city's past to connect, empower, and inspire. As the only community-based nonprofit focused on the District’s history, our vision is to reach into all eight wards to preserve and elevate the stories of Washington's diverse people, neighborhoods, and institutions.The DC History Center is located in the historic Carnegie Library on Mt. Vernon Square in Washington, DC. It includes three galleries, a library, and a retail store.

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At this photo walk and workshop, document a changing DC neighborhood then join us at the DC History Center for discussion and a demo.

Shaw Metro Station, 7th & S Streets NW

Workshops

Join the DC History Center for an in-depth, hands-on dive into resources available through the Kiplinger Research Library, organized by topic, including: building history, family history, and photography.

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Washingtonians create a record of our changing city everyday just by taking pictures on our smartphones. Join the DC History Center for a three-hour, in-person photography workshop including a photo walk and demo. As you document what is, learn and appreciate what used to be. Writer, oral historian, and Shaw resident Shilpi Malinowski will begin the day by introducing us to her neighborhood and neighbors. Participants, including photographer Shedrick Pelt, will take photos of Shaw street scenes as we learn about the neighborhood’s history. The photo walk concludes at the DC History Center where Shedrick Pelt will develop his film from the walk while discussing his own journey documenting DC through photography.This workshop is part of the June 2022 <a href="https://focusonthestory.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Focus on the Story</a> photo festival and is open to anyone interested in neighborhood history and photography. All levels of experience and all kinds of cameras (smart phones, DSLR, film, etc.) are welcome. Space is limited. The cost of this program is $25 for students and DC History Center members and $35 for the general public. If the cost of registration prevents you from attending this program, email us at programs@dchistory.org to discuss an alternative arrangement. <h2>SCHEDULE</h2><ul><li>10:00 		 Meet outside Shaw metro station, 7th and S Streets NW</li><li>10:00-11:30	 Photo walk</li><li>11:30-11:45	 Convene at the DC History Center</li><li>11:45-1:00	 Film developing demo and discussion</li></ul>DC History Center exhibits are open, so continued discussion and mingling are encouraged once the formal program has ended.

Shedrick Pelt is a DC creative originally from Huntsville, Alabama by way of Harlem, New York. Committed to culture and community, Shedrick has worked as a photographer, designer, and creative director for 10+ years, primarily focused on photojournalism and portrait, music, and commercial photography. Shedrick has been featured in exhibitions at ICP (NYC), Center for Photography at Woodstock, Dupont Underground, ExposedDC, and Washingtonian Magazine, and has been profiled by numerous radio stations and podcasts in DC and Alabama. Shedrick’s work was also chosen to be featured at the Phillips Collection in their 2021 juried exhibition ‘Inside Outside, Upside Down’, and he continues to curate his Look Hear Gallery, which is a revolving gallery that features the Black experience in DC through the lens of Black photographers. Shedrick is a board member of<a href="https://focusonthestory.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> Focus on the Story</a>.Shilpi Malinowski is a reporter, author, mother and DC resident. Her first book, <a href="https://www.arcadiapublishing.com/Products/9781467149693" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Shaw, LeDroit Park and Bloomingdale in Washington, D.C.: An Oral History</a>, tells the story of 70 years in DC's most gentrified neighborhood through reporting, oral history and photography. Her writing has been published in the Washington Post, the New York Times, India Abroad, UrbanTurf and The Indian American magazine, and she was awarded a fellowship in 2022 by the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities.

ACCESSBILITY: If you require accommodations for a disability, please email the DC History Center at programs@dchistory.org with your request. We are committed to making events accessible for all participants. You are the best judge of your ability to manage the walk, which will be around one mile.
<a href="https://focusonthestory.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Focus on the Story </a>is an independent, non-profit 501(c)(3) organization based in Washington, DC, founded on the driving principle that photography can spark meaningful conversations at the intersection of policy, civic engagement and visual storytelling. The goal is to become an internationally-recognized center that promotes the critical work of leading photographers and provides training and resources for visual artists to strive toward artistic, technical and ethical excellence.
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<a href="http://dchistory.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The DC History Center</a> is a 501(c)3 non-profit educational organization that deepens understanding of our city&#x27;s past to connect, empower, and inspire. As the only community-based nonprofit focused on the District’s history, our vision is to reach into all eight wards to preserve and elevate the stories of Washington&#x27;s diverse people, neighborhoods, and institutions. Visit us at www.dchistory.org and follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @dchistory.
The DC History Center gratefully recognizes the support of the DC Historic Preservation Office and Office of Planning; the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities; and Humanities DC, as part of the &quot;SHARP Grant Program,&quot; an initiative funded by the National Endowment of the Humanities.

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