- Lost Origins celebrates its fifth anniversary this Sunday from 3-7 p.m. with a new alley exhibit featuring the work of two-time Pulitzer winner Lucian Perkins, book signing & print sales for the second edition release of Hard Art DC 1979, bands (of course!), and print making with the DC Punk Archive.
- Join Photoworks on May 19 for their annual Fundraiser Gala featuring their classic Photo Raffle and Silent Auction. Tickets are $150 (regular price) or $50 (under age 30), admitting two people and including one image from the raffle.
- Head to Old Town Alexandria tomorrow from 3-6 p.m. for PortraitMeetDC’s event at the waterfront.
- Letizia Battaglia, photographer of Sicilian underworld, died earlier this month at 87.
- After two years of cancellations due to the pandemic, the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival has returned.
- Register for Neil Kramer’s free artist talk on his funny, poignant photographic journey through the pandemic on June 4 at 4:00 p.m., capping off a full-day of speakers and panels on visual storytelling at the Focus on the Story International Photo Festival.
- The COAL + ICE exhibition closes tomorrow; join them tonight for a special Earth Day event starting at 6:30 p.m., free but requires preregistration.
- The Travel Photographer of the Year awards take us around the world with the top prize going to Fortunato Gatto for his image of Denali National Park in Alaska.
- Pet photographer Cat Race uses clever tricks and intuition to capture unusual and stunning dog portraits.