Just like that, autumn is officially here. Can you believe it? We can’t but are so ready for it regardless. On to Friday Links…
- There will be some great photo ops (and great local art) at Art All Night, this Saturday in six neighborhoods around D.C.
- A photo trip through Yellowstone? Oh yes, we’re here for that. Follow it up with this gallery of incredible aerial landscapes by Niaz Uddin.
- Attend a lecture next Wednesday in the Dupont Underground by photojournalist Alex Snyder about how to post your photos on social media to get the jobs you want. Sponsored by APA|DC, $15-25.
- PDN has a gallery of Herb Ritt’s arresting photographs from his 1999 assignment covering the San Francisco Ballet for Paris Vogue.
- Human Landscapes, an exhibition of photography and video curated by Andrés Duprat, opens at the Art Museum of the Americas on September 28. The exhibition highlights diverse and idiosyncratic aspects of Argentina’s geography through the eyes of ten contemporary photographers. The opening reception is September 28.
- See Urban Mapping, a photograph and video exhibit by Iranian artists examining what “public space” means, at Hillyer Art Space. The show runs through October 29 with a panel discussion on October 11.
- Influential photographer Pete Turner, who experimented with photo manipulation long before Photoshop was around, died this week. “The first time I saw one of his photographs, it hit me as though I had been struck by lightning, and with almost as much voltage,” said Eric Meola.
- Steve Irwin’s 13-year-old son is making a name for himself as a nature and wildlife photographer.
- Need some fashion and/or photography inspiration? Find a bit of both in Louise Dahl-Wolfe’s stunning fashion photography portraits spanning several decades.
- If you’re looking for a reliable spot to get impressive storm photographs like this, find a shipping lane. It turns out the smog from cargo ships triggers lightning in the atmosphere above.