(Arlington, VA USA) Sep. 10, 2021 — Competitive Innovations™, LLC (CI or Competitive Innovations™) announced today it is a corporate sponsor of Still Standing – Still Free, a historic photo exhibit commemorating the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attack on the Pentagon. The exhibit benefits the DC Firefighters Burn Foundation and is free to the public.
Organized by three local photographers, the exhibit aims to educate and remind the public about this horrific historic event and will include dozens of original photographs, some never-before published, a video of the immediate aftermath of the attack and 9/11 memorabilia.
Photographers Sean Kelley, Joe Pisciotta and Bob Pugh, were at the Pentagon on the day of the 9/11 attack on the Pentagon and captured compelling and historic images immediately after the attack. Many of their images previously were included in 9/11 “Here is New York” and shows at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., the Women’s Military Memorial in Arlington, VA, and other venues in Northern Virginia. To learn more about the photographers and their work, visit:
https://stillstandingstillfree.org
The location, dates and times for the exhibit are listed below:
Location: Fashion Centre at Pentagon City
Admission: Free
Exhibit Dates: September 11 to October 11, 2021
Monday-Thursday: 11AM – 8PM
Friday & Saturday: 10AM – 9PM
Sunday: 11AM – 6PM
About the Photographers
Sean Kelley is a professional photographer from the DMV area and brings 20 years of creative and technical experience to each project. He also is the owner of Sean Kelley Art in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. It is a photography gallery that specializes in ocean fine art photographs, Wearable Art and beach portraits. See Sean’s full gallery at seankelleyart.com.
Joe Pisciotta, a former history teacher and soccer coach, has been a free-lance amateur photographer for over 30 years. He sees himself as a Renaissance photographer, capturing the unusual and angles not typically photographed. He likes shooting a wide variety of candid subjects during his international travels but he says Washington has it all; it is the place where history comes alive through the incredible memorials and the opportunities to photograph political figures, military events, sports, city life, architecture, people, and animals in nature. His singular photos of the 9/11 attack on the Pentagon were included in the “Here is New York” Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., the Women’s Military Memorial in Arlington, VA, and other venues in the Northern Virginia area over the past 20 years. He is a member of the Northern Virginia Photographic Society. See Joe’s full gallery at pisciottaphotos.com.
Bob Pugh began his career as a freelance still photographer for the Associated Press, the Washington Post and the Washington Star in the early 1970’s shooting spot news and taking assignments from news agencies in the US and Canada. He began providing news video to the local television stations and National network channels in the early 1990’s. His video and still images have been aired on all of the DC Metropolitan affiliates, NBC, CBS, CNN, NATGEO and broadcast throughout US as well as used in documentary productions. His images are on permanent display at the NEWSEUM and the 9/11 Ground Zero Memorial in New York.
About CI
Competitive Innovations™ (CI) is a technology partner and trusted advisor to government and industry customers with critical demand for information technology, program management, cyber security, mission support, and secure high integrity web-based solutions. Founded in July 1999, CI is an SBA HUBZone certified small business concern, Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and Cloud Service Provider (CSP) authorized to resell Azure Government and Commercial Cloud, Kentico Gold Partner and GSA Reseller, U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Supply Schedule Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) prime and Navy SeaPort-NxG prime contractor. CI’s unique qualifications include: a Microsoft Secure Cloud solutions practice focused on “SmartCIte” portals, collaboration, web content management, responsive, secure and mobile friendly solutions using Microsoft Azure, Kentico, Cyber Security and other industry tools and best practices. Visit cillc.com for more information.