Locally, the past year has been a good one for two types of photography—landscape work and documentary. It's also been notable for several smart shows at the American University Museum and Goethe-Institut, but the sad closing of a venerable venue of good photography, Bethesda's Fraser Gallery. Here's my list of the 10 best photographic exhibits in [...]

Photographer Danny Conant has lived in the Washington area for more than half a century. In her current show—“Looking Back/Moving Forward,” which is up through August 1 at Alexandria’s Multiple Exposure Gallery—photography is only the starting point, not the destination, as she produces works in which the sense of dreaminess and mystery is heightened by [...]