- Several Northern Virginia arts agencies are forming a designated multi-jurisdictional alliance to boost the region’s arts and culture scene.
- The overall winner of the World Sports Photography Awards 2022, David Gray, captured an image of a butterfly resting on tennis player Naomi Osaka’s fingertips during a match.
- Presidential photographer Pete Souza will be at Sixth & I for his book tour on October 2. Ticket options include in-person and virtual, with or without a signed copy of the book.
- PortraitMeetDC will host a meet on August 20 from 3-6 p.m. at Long Bridge Park.
- B&H Photo’s OPTIC conference is heading west to Monterey, California in November with presentations, a trade expo, photo critiques, and a whale watching experience.
- Winners of the Nature TTL Photographer of the Year competition have been announced.
- French scientist Étienne Klein tweeted a photo of chorizo with a description that it was Proxima Centauri, the closest star to the sun, taken by the James Webb Space Telescope. He claims it was a joke, but the Internet did not get it for some time.