Warning: Certain images may be disturbing to some viewers.

This week, galleries throughout the city are participating in FotoWeek DC, an event celebrating engaging, powerful, inspiring, provocative and sometimes jarring photojournalism and fine art photography.

If you fancy photography and would love to have your own work displayed but don't own an SLR, you can still be a photographer. All you need is a mobile phone that can capture images. Show your Georgetown pride and enter the "Picture the Potomac" contest. It ends tomorrow, so be sure to get out there soon. Click here to register and for information on uploading your image.

Running for only a few years, FotoWeek DC has already captured international attention, and two galleries in Georgetown are currently showcasing works by European photographers. Be sure to visit the House of Sweden and Zone 2.8 for their exhibits.

Sweden Bridges - House of Sweden
The House of Sweden is exhibiting images of bridges by Photographer Ewa K. Andinsson. In a darkly lit gallery, Andinsson's collection appears peaceful and stately, and the bridges themselves seem to stretch beyond the photos. She spent six years photographing fourteen of Sweden's largest bridges spanning water. She approaches these transport and communication highways with angles that display how these structures interact with their surroundings.

Cost: FREE. Ends Dec. 5, 2010. Saturdays 11:00am to 4:00pm & Sundays 12:00Ppm to 5:00pm. 2900 K Street, NW, www.swedenabroad.com/washington.

War Zone - Zone2.8
With exposed beams and bricks, Zone 2.8 is an intimate gallery tucked away on the third floor of a building facing Whitehurst Freeway, and is showcasing War Zone, Enrico Dagnino's first exhibit to reach the US. An Italian photographer based in Paris, Dagnino began his conflict-reporting career during the fall of the Berlin Wall. For 22 years, he has photographed conflicts that have plagued Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia. His endless drive to raise awareness on the brutal atrocities and injustices occurring on frontlines and in conflicts has earned him international acclaim. He approaches his subjects with compassion, intimacy and realism, not "voyeurism": photographers are often criticized for their "detached" roles in covering conflicts, but Dagnino humbly shared with me a story (pictured) about how he and another photographer saved a man who was nearly beaten to death by intervening after the man was doused with gasoline and moments before he was set on fire.

Cost: FREE. Ends Nov. 30, 2010. Monday to Friday 10am-5pm & Saturdays 12pm-5pm. 1000 Wisconsin Ave., Ste. 300, www.zone2point8.com.