My dad is visiting me in late March (March 17-20). One of his hobbies is film photography, and he asked me to be on the look out for any galleries, exhibitions, or particularly interesting exhibits at museums that have black-and-white photographs on display. He built his own dark room and develops his own photographs, so he's very interested in studying/learning from others' printing techniques.

Is anyone aware of anything that may be of interest to him? I've had little luck online given that what he's hoping to find is so specific (For example, he's not interest in the LoC's "Not an Ostrich" exhibit since the photos are reproductions.) I'm in Adams Morgan for location reference, but while he's here we'll likely be spending a significant amount of time around the Mall. Figured some artists in the city may have a better idea than I do!

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UUD-40 t1_ja5z48k wrote on February 27, 2023 at 2:17 AM

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I feel like the obvious recommendation is the portrait gallery, I'm sure he would find something interesting there if he's in to photography

BeerBaconBooks t1_ja61lzx wrote on February 27, 2023 at 2:37 AM

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National Gallery of Art is having an exhibition on photography from Britain from the 70’s and 80’s, some of which appear to be in black and white. Might be of interest to him. https://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2023/this-is-britain-photos.html

CommunicationOdd9654 t1_ja6b1kt wrote on February 27, 2023 at 3:56 AM

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"Best of" exhibit on through March 12, includes some b&w, at Multiple Exposures Gallery at the Torpedo Factory in Alexandria: https://www.multipleexposuresgallery.com/

At the National Portrait Gallery, part Ii of "I Dream a World," Brian Lanker's portraits of Black women leaders, artists, and innovators - a really wonderful collection, just amazing portraits and subjects: https://npg.si.edu/exhibition/i-dream-world-part-2

OldMarket3194 t1_ja6ozdf wrote on February 27, 2023 at 6:15 AM

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Check out the DC history museum on the top floor of the Carnegie library (now Apple Store) they have an amazing exhibit on black and white panoramic photos from a long time ago. I think it’s still there.

OldMarket3194 t1_ja6p91i wrote on February 27, 2023 at 6:18 AM

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Following up re: dc history center: https://dchistory.org/exhibits/thebigpicture/

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Frosty-Abrocoma6090 t1_ja7lf4s wrote on February 27, 2023 at 1:10 PM

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Replying to BeerBaconBooks (#2,043,612)

Just visited this last week! I really enjoyed it — however, it is pretty small. Just 2 rooms and maybe 40 photos total. About half of them are in black and white.

SchokoKipferl t1_ja9shx8 wrote on February 27, 2023 at 9:59 PM

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Hirshhorn has good photography but it’s not primarily black and white iirc

Black and White Photography Exhibit?