Most of the faces are white. Most of Petworth is not.
Figures from last year’s census show that white residents make up 13 percent of the population of Petworth, a changing District neighborhood that sprawls to the north and east of the Georgia Avenue/Petworth Metro station. But they make up two-thirds of the friendly, and a few funny, faces in the exhibit.
“It’s a fair observation,” says Michael Wilkinson, a photographer in the neighborhood who took the pictures.
The exhibit was not intended as a statement about Petworth or a representation of the larger community, he said. It just seemed like a good name for the show, which is intended to raise money for the Petworth Community Market, a neighborhood farmers market.
