Brightest Young Things

Part 1 of a series celebrating the work of our tireless/talented/underpaid staff of photographers.

Here's some of our favorite shots from 2008:

1/1 Happy New Year by Joel Didriksen

1/2 Dissident Display Holiday Party by Lexie Moreland

1/2 NYE @ Rock and Roll Hotel by Joel Didriksen

1/2 Dresden Dolls / Meow Meow @ The Synagogue by Christina

1/3 Butane Variations / Prabir & The Substitutes / Nunchucks @ The Cat by Lexie Moreland

1/7 Blisspop @ 9:30 Club by Sexy Fitsum

1/8 Sorted @ The Cat by Chuck apparently

1/9 Ezra Furman and the Harpoons/Sad Crocodile at the Red and the Black by Pat Jarrett

1/10 New Outcasts Exhibit Opening @ Alliance Francaise by Lexie Moreland

1/11 The 1900s / The Positions @ RNR Hotel by Lexie Moreland

1/14 Transatlantic @ DC9 by Sexy Fitsum

1/14 Silver Beats / Prabir & The Substitutes @ 930 Club by Ethan Arpi

1/15 Our Night at the Circus by Joel Didriksen

1/16 Black Catatonia by Sexy Fitsum

1/16 Gallery Crawling at 1515 14th Street by Ryan Wakemen

1/17 Editors / Louis XIV / Hot Hot Heat @ 930 Club by Ryan Wakeman

1/17 Mirah in DC. Twice by Chris Chen

1/18 Misery Index @ The Cat by Sexy Fitsum

1/18 Blonde Redhead/School of Seven Bells at 9:30 Club by Pat Jarrett

1/18 Yeasayer/MGMT @ The Cat by Lexie Moreland

1/21 Rosebuds / Carol Bui / Drug Rug @ RNR Hotelby Caity Lennon

1/22 Counter Cultural Festivalby Ryan Wakeman

1/22 J. Coleman’s Opening @ Art Whinoby Sexy Fitsum

1/22 Capricorn Bash @ Dissident Displayby Sexy Fitsum

1/24 Glass Candy @ Sonar by Josh Sisk

1/28 Cornelius @ 930 Club by Sexy Fitsum

1/28 Nouveau Riche @ DC9 by Bao Nguyen

1/28 Justin Jones / Junior League / Pawnshop Roses @ RNR Hotel by Martin Locraft

1/28 Justin Jones / Junior League / Pawnshop Roses @ RNR Hotel by Anna Scialli

1/29 Polaroided by Lexie Moreland

1/29 Jukebox The Ghost / Bellman Barker / Pash @ The Cat by Chris Chen

1/29 Doc Watson @ Birchmere by Joel Didriksen

1/30 Jealous Girlfriends @ The Cat by Raisa Patron

1/30 Furry Fiery Fuckby Rachel Eisley

1/31 Kickballers Online Store Launch Party by Sexy Fitsum

2/1 Momo’s Grand Opening by Sexy Fitsum, polaroid by Lexie Moreland

2/4 After Dark at House of Sweden by Sexy Fitsum

2/4 Marquis @ Napoleon by Joel Didriksen

2/4 Shortstack / Junior League @ The Cat by Martin Locraft

2/4 Good Night, States/Exit Clov/The Dance Party/Army of Me by

2/5 Disco City @ The Hotel by Sexy Fitsum

2/5 Ok Go @ 9:30 Club by Alyssa

2/5 A Sunny Day In Glasgow / Screen Vinyl Image @ Velvet Lounge by Rachel Eisley

2/7 Hip Hop Dan @ Layover Lounge by Sexy Fitsum

2/7 Vampire Weekend @ The Hotel by Joel Didriksen

2/11 Stereofaith & DLake @ Wonderland by Sexy Fitsum

2/11 Barack Obama @ T.C. Williams High School by Rachel Eisley

2/11 Hillary Clinton @ Washington & Lee High School by Rachel Eisley

2/11 Commonwealth Party by Dakota

2/11 BLISSPOP @ 930 CLUB by Sexy Fitsum

2/13 The Cassettes @ The Cat by Dakota

2/13 Mile High Club’s Chinese New Year Party by Sexy Fitsum

2/14 Salon Contra @ Marvin by Lexie Moreland

2/15 Food for Animals @ La Casa by Sexy Fitsum

2/15 Carte Blanche by Lexie Moreland

2/15 Butterflies! by Joel Didriksen

2/14 Liars/No Age @ 930 Club by Ryan Wakeman

2/19 Venereal Disease Party @ Jimmy Valentine’s by Sexy Fitsum

2/19 Los Amigos Invisibles @ El Gato Negro by Dakota

2/19 Leslie Hall & The Lys @ DC9 by Joel Didriksen

2/20 Black Mountain / Bon Iver @ RNR Hotel by Joel Didriksen

2/20 De Novo Dahl @ Velvet Lounge by Joel Didriksen

2/21 Bianco, Waggoner and Fisher @ DC9 by Martin Locraft

2/25 Evangelicals / Headlights @ Iota by Lexie Moreland

2/25 Dilla Day @ XM by Joel Didriksen

2/25 Atlas Sound / White Rainbow @ The Cat by Rachel Eisley

2/25 Nouveau Riche @ DC9 by Dakota

2/26 Bowerbirds/Deleted Scenes/Kitty Hawk at Black Cat by Anna Scialli

2/26 Sharkey / Darko Party @ Jimmy Valentine’s by Joel Didriksen

2/27 St. Vincent / Foreign Born @ The Hotel by Joel Didriksen

2/28 Wilco @ 930 Club by Joel Didriksen

2/29 Dean & Britta / Keren Ann @ The Cat by Martin Locraft

3/3 Apes / Food For Animals / Kid Congo Powers @ The Cat by Joel Didriksen

3/3 David Berman @ The Corcoran by Lexie Moreland

3/5 These United States + Federal Reserve Family Album by Rachel Eisley

3/5 Fever / Coats @ Velvet Lounge + After by Dakota

3/7 Taxlo with Guns’n'Bombs by Josh Sisk

3/7 Matt Costa & Johnathan Rice @ 930 Club by Martin Locraft

3/7 Jose Gonzalez X 2 by Lexie Moreland

3/10 MEN/Hey Willpower @ The Cat by Rachel Eisley

3/10 Born Ruffians / Cadence Weapon / US Royalty @ DC9 by Dakota

3/ Transatlantic @ DC9 by Dakota

3/10 Sia / Har Mar Superstar @ 930 Club by Rachel Eisley

3/10 The Hives / The Donnas @ 930 Club by Alyssa Lesser

3/10 The LK @ House Of Sweden by Ryan Wakeman

3/11 JUSTICE Show & TAXLO Afterparty @ Sonar by Josh Sisk

3/14 shorts by Lexie Moreland

3/14 Justice @ 930 Club by Ryan Wakeman

3/17 The Sartorialist Opening @ Adamson by Chris Chen

3/18 Black Lips / Quintron & Ms PussyCat @ The Cat by Chris Chen

3/19 The SXSW Scrapbook: SHOWS by Joel Didriksen

3/20 Holy Fuck / Sons & Daughters / A Place to Bury Strangers @ RNR by Ryan Wakeman

3/20 SXSW Scrapbook: PARTIES by Joel Didriksen

3/21 Brazilian Polaroids by ?

3/21 The Sartorialist Photo Report by Alyssa Lesser

3/21 The Cribs / Ra Ra Riot at The Black Cat + Kate Nash sighting by Raisa Patron

3/24 Nouveau Riche & Blaqstarr @ RNR Updated by Lexie Moreland, Dakota, Joel Didriksen, Sexy Fitsum

3/24 The Mountain Goats/The Moaners at The Black Cat by Raisa Patron

3/24 The Gutter Twins @ 930 Club by Joel Didriksen

3/24 Le Loup / Ruby Suns / Bellman Barker @ The Cat by Dakota

3/24 Elephants? Elephants! by Sexy Fitsum

3/25 Crystal Castles / HEALTH by Ryan Wakeman

3/26 Digitalism @ DC9 by Dakota

3/26 Morcheeba / Federico Aubele @ 930 Club by Joel Didriksen

3/27 Fleet Foxes / Blitzen Trapper @ The Catby Lexie Moreland

3/26 Hatnim Lee @ Transformer by Chris Chen

3/27 Frogs!by Rachel Eisley

3/28 Matt & Kim, the Death Set, Naked on the Vague @ Lo-Fi Social Club by Josh Sisk

3/21 Ghostland Observatory @ 930 Club by Joel Didriksen

3/31 Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks / John Vanderslice @ 9:30 Club by Joel Didriksen

3/31 Matt & Kim @ Bobby Fisher Memorial by Sexy Fitsum

4/1 Ladies and gentlemen … The Presidents of the United States of America by Sexy Fitsum

4/4 Biz Markie/Stussy Party @ Chloe by Dakota

4/4 Cullen, Scottie B, Blaqstarr, Ronnie Darko, Dave Nada @ Ottobar by Josh Sisk

4/4 Jens Lekman / The Honeydrips @ The Cat by Raisa Patron

4/7 Apes / HEALTH / True Womanhood @ Velvet Lounge by Melanie Hoff

4/8 WMC2DC Warehouse Party by Lexie Moreland, Dakota, Sexy Fitsum

4/8 SUPERPSYCHEDELICCOSMIC-FUCKING AWESOME by Sexy Fitsum

4/8 Les Savy Fav / The Dodos / The Big Sleep @ The Cat by Sexy Fitsum

4/8 Disco City @ The Hotel by Sexy Fitsum

4/8 Ron Fucking Jeremy - The Hardest (working) Man In Showbiz by Sexy Fitsum

4/9 Tittsworth & Gavin Holland @ The District Line by Dakota

4/8 Georgie James / Olivia Mancini /Tereu Tereu @ The Cat by Alyssa

4/8 Summing Up: Hirshhorn After Hours by Dakota

4/10 Carbon/Silicon @ The 930 Club by Dakota

4/9 Dirty Projectors / No Kids @ The Cat by Lexie Moreland

4/11 Shorts, Part Deux by Sexy Fitsum

4/14 The New Gay Party by Rachel Eisley

4/14 TransAtlantic @ DC9 by Sexy Fitsum

4/14 Move-Ments by Raisa

3/14 Yeasayer / PonyTail @ The Cat by Dakota

3/14 Spoon, Walkmen, White Rabbits @ Sonar by Joel Didriksen

4/15 VHS or Beta / Tigercity / US Royalty @ RNR Hotel by Dakota

4/14 Kaki King/Nada Surf by Joel Didriksen

4/14 Shorts II (Redux/Post-Shortem) @ Asylum by Dakota

4/15 Move-Ments @ The Space by Melanie Hoff

4/15 Hot Chip @ 930 Club by Lexie Moreland

4/15 Colin Meloy, Laura Gibson @ 9:30 by Joel Didriksen

4/16 New Pornographers @ 930 Club by Dakota

4/17 Pig Destroyer, Misery Index, the Wayward @ Black Cat by Josh Sisk

4/17 The Rip Off @ Modern by Sexy Fitsum

4/18 Brazilian Night @ Saint Ex by Dakota

4/18 Grand Ole Party / Rogue Wave @ 930 Club by Raisa Patron

4/22 It Wouldn’t Dare Rain on Our Earth Day Parade. Would it? by Martin Locraft

4/21 Kate Nash @ 930 Club by Joel Didriksen

4/21 Brazilian Polaroids by Lexie Moreland

4/23 Project 4 by Lexie Moreland

4/25 The MICA Fashion Show Report by Josh Sisk

4/24 Washingtonian Best Of Party @ The Park by Dakota

4/24 Peelander-Z by Josh Sisk

4/25 Lou Reed with Rusted Root @ 9:30 Club by Joel Didriksen

4/25 Tapes’n'Tapes / White Denim @ 930 Club by Dakota

4/25 Nudity w/ Vincent Black Shadow, Crazy Dreams Band & Insect Factory @ Velvet Lounge by Sexy Fitsum

4/27 Foals/Tereu Tereu/Roma Condor @ RNR Hotel by Chris Chen

4/28 Frightday Night by Sexy Fitsum

4/28 Woolly Mammoth’s Mad Hatter Benefit Bash at The Fairmont Hotel by Sexy Fitsum

4/28 Velodrome @ Selam by Dakota

4/28 B-52’s/Eagle Seagull @ 930 Club by Shervin Lainez

4/28 French Kicks / Subjects / Ravens and Chimes @ RNR Hotel by Lexie Moreland

4/28 Subsession: Spinna @ XM by Sexy Fitsum

4/29 Nouveau Riche by Dakota, Sexy Fitsum

4/29 Jay Reatard @ The Cat by Sexy Fitsum

4/30 Atmosphere / Abstract Rude @ 930 Club by Sexy Fitsum

4/30 Not One Iota of Fail Was Spotted : Bellflur+The Moderate by Joel Didriksen