- Critical Exposure’s annual youth photo exhibit is next Thursday, June 1. The event is free, but donations online and at the door support their work teaching D.C. students to use photography for social advocacy.
- A great offer for beginning photographers looking for more control over their images: Sign up for the workshop DSLR and Mirrorless Camera Basics: Learn to use that fancy camera, taught by Exposed alum Amanda Archibald, at the Lemon Collective in Park View, Sunday, June 11, 10am-12pm. $50.
- It’s your last chance to see the delightful exhibit from Small Steps Are Giant Leaps, featuring photographs of little Astronaut Harrison by his father, Aaron Sheldon, that celebrate the exploration you can take on every day. Head to Blind Whino on Saturday, May 27, 12 to 5 p.m. for a closing reception cookout with—naturally—a moon bounce.
- You can now pre-order a signed copy of the upcoming photobook by D.C. artist Mark Parascandola, Once Upon a Time in Almería: The Legacy of Hollywood in Spain.
- A selection of Magnum photographer David Hurn’s legendary collection of traded images, curated by Martin Parr, opened last week as part of the Photo London event. Huck magazine takes the opportunity to get the photographer’s words of advice for the next generation.
- U.S. Air Force combat photographers who served in Vietnam tell how they created a visual record of the war in the latest issue of Air & Space magazine.
- “The photos we’ve primarily seen from this White House convey a sense of distraction and amateurism.”
- Pete Souza, we miss you, but we’ll sate ourselves with your photographs of fake president Frank Underwood chilling around D.C. this week.
- The winners of the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards are just what we need in these troubled times.
- Take a minute to enjoy these fabulous images of dogs standing on glass photographed from below.