Alan Sonneman’s The Last Washington Painting (1980), oil on canvas At the same time Maura Judkis and I worked on the Chocouture story, she unearthed The Last Washington Painting and wrote about it for the City Paper.  Alan Sonneman’s photorealistic doomsday oil was buried beneath a “pile of stuff” in collector Timothy Egert’s house for many years. [...]

The second annual D.C. Tweed Ride kicked off yesterday on a picture perfect Sunday. It was a beautiful sight to see hundreds of Washingtonians decked out in their Sunday best and enjoying the simple pleasures of bike riding and friends. The ride kicked off around 1pm at Lincoln Park on Capitol Hill as small groups [...]

Back in October I had the pleasure of previewing The Phillips Collection’s “TruthBeauty” exhibition with photographer David Burnett and curator Elsa Smithgall as tour guides.  The images, taken from 1845-1945 by numerous legendary artists, demonstrate the range of “pictorialism,” a movement that propelled photography as a legitimate art form.  In many ways, your use of Photoshop [...]

Sunday was a milestone for our beloved photographer, Joshua Yospyn, who presented his first ever solo exhibition titled, “Chocouture” at Biagio Fine Chocolates. I’ve heard it said more than once that Josh makes photography look easy, but I know first hand all of the hard work that went into this article and the preparations for [...]

Our favorite week of the year is almost here! FotoWeek DC is in it’s second year of celebrating photography and it’s power to transform and inspire. As a photography-focused print magazine proud to be born in Washington, DC, we’re excited to be taking part in the celebration. We hope you’ll join us at the first [...]

Kushi has really good sushi. So good, in fact, that at any given time (for example, last night) you can find Jamie Leeds, chef-owner of Hank’s Oyster Bar sampling sashimi a few chairs down from Eric Ziebold, chef of CityZen – the only restaurant in DC with a Five Diamond AAA rating.  After meeting chef-owner [...]