Cheap Labor of Love

Photo by Samer Farha

Sorry to make this sound like a Jeopardy answer (I'll take "This and That" for $400, Alex: "What capitalists want -- and artists do") but when the honorees at a gala reception are pressed into service to cover the event -- well, that's the sort of blurring of journalistic lines to save a couple of bucks that peepsNet actually approves of, come to think of it.

Samer's pic helps illustrate the DCIst report on the DCIst 2008 Exposed reception last Friday. It's a lovely, evocative snap which, like any work of fine art tells an important story: you can get a lot closer to pretty women you don't know with a camera than without one.

Anyway, word is that there was an overflow crowd on opening night, with the queue running down the stairs and down the block -- in the rain. So if you didn't get in (or brought your camera and met someone on line while waiting to get in and hit it off a little and decided to bag it to get some coffee somewhere dry and then maybe take some portraits back at your place) remember that the show goes on through Saturday, March 15.

Photo by sduffy