Our annual photography contest opens for entries in one week! That’s right, the 2023 contest is just around the corner, and we can’t wait to see all the amazing photographs you’ve captured over the last year or so. Start looking through your archives now or carve out some time over the holidays to reminisce. You’ll have until the end of January to submit your favorite photos that showcase life in D.C.

• Join StreetMeetDC tomorrow at 5 p.m. in front of the National Zoo for their final meet of the year with Zoo Lights.
• The shortlisted images of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice Award feature a playful polar bear cub, two nuzzling red foxes, and golden snub-nosed monkeys huddled together.
• Renowned sports and music photographer Michael Zagaris reflects on six decades of football photography.
• A new book by Prix Pictet features recent work by 64 women on the theme of sustainability, from freefalling office workers to funeral customs in rural China.
• Mauna Loa, the biggest active volcano on Earth, began erupting this week for the first time in nearly 40 years.
• A collection of aerial photos by Mitch Rouse show immaculate patterns of California farmlands.
• Self-proclaimed catographer Nils Jacobi offers an expansive look at felines through his growing portfolio of over 10,000 cat pictures.

We’d like to wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving in advance as we’ll be taking next week off for the holiday. Thank you all for being part of this amazing community! 

• Through photos and interviews taken in three DC neighborhoods — Congress Heights, Park View, and Stronghold —  the “Dap is a Love Language” exhibit invites viewers to appreciate the familiar greeting, and consider how, just like we do, dap exists in multitudes. Head to the Anacostia Arts Center tomorrow night for the opening reception from 6:30-9:30 p.m.
• Join Photoworks tonight for the opening reception of Bruce Falkinburg’s retrospective exhibit, 7-9:30 p.m. You can leave a condolence for the late darkroom photography teacher and dear friend of Photoworks.
• You can also register for Photoworks free, monthly Photo Matters meeting this Sunday at 10 a.m.
• Ben Bair worked as an Artemis engineer by day and a launch photographer by night.
• The Natural Landscape Photography Awards 2022 announced the winners of the second annual competition.
• Growing concern has photographers pulling back from photoshoots in San Francisco due to attempted and successful robbery attempts.
• A 73-year-old man had to be rescued from a peat bog in Wales when he slipped trying to take a picture of the sunset.
• Join StreetMeetDC tomorrow at Logan Circle, 2-5 p.m.

• Street photographers (and Exposed alums) Chris Suspect, Sofía Sebastián, and Mukul Ranjan will be at Mt Pleasant Neighborhood Library tomorrow at 1:00 p.m. to talk about shooting criteria, favorite locations, and advice for aspiring photographers. Attendees also have the chance to make a gel plate print or zine with the DC Punk Archive.
• Scottish photographer Alan McFadyen spent an estimated 6 years, 4,200 hours, and 720,000 exposures trying to nail the perfect symmetrical shot of a kingfisher diving into its reflection.
• Winners of the Natural History Museum’s prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition have been announced with a buzzing ball of cactus bees nabbing the Grand Title award.
• StreetMeetDC will be at Creative Hands Studio tomorrow from 12-2 p.m. for Gear Con and then sticking around for 52 O Street Studios open house from 2-4 p.m.
• Photographer Carell Augustus created portraits of Black actors recast in classic Hollywood films for his new photo book.
• Studio Gallery will take part in Third Thursday on October 20 from 5-6 p.m. with the “Out and About” photography exhibit featuring Gordon Binder and Susan Raines on view in the lower gallery.
• The winners of the 2022 Nikon Small World Competition were announced earlier this week.
• “The Cultivar Series” takes a look at crop diversity and agricultural modification through flat-lay photos.

• “Faraway So Close: Swedish Artists Look at the United States” opens tomorrow at the House of Sweden. Documentary images from the 1960s are shown in parallel with contemporary Swedish artists’ personal views of the United States today.
• The 2023 Leica Women Foto Project opened for entries with a deadline of November 7. Winners will be awarded a Leica SL2-S camera set and $10,000 USD.
• Temperance Alley is holding a premier party for Tricia Ortiz’s Foto Exhibition tonight, 4:00-9:00 p.m. with viewing hours tomorrow 10:00 a.m to 4:00 p.m. and Sunday from 2:00-6:00 p.m.
• One spot just opened up for Exposed alum Chris Suspect’s sold out Day of the Dead Workshop October 28 through November 4 in Oaxaca, Mexico. Book yourself an amazing trip filled with fun, adventure, lectures from leading Mexican photographers, road trips to graveyards and parades, steam baths, and more.
• Visions of the Future, a jury-curated NFT photography auction and exhibition by Saatchi Art NFTs will open September 22 online and in person at The Other Art Fair in Los Angeles. Jurors selected new works by 50+ fine art photographers including an image taken by Chris Suspect in an agave field in Oaxaca.
• William Klein, a giant in the world of photography, died on Sept. 10 at the age of 96.
• A photography portfolio website announced a blanket ban on machine-generated images.
• The top title in the Drone Photo Awards went to Armand Sarlangue who captured the main crater of Fagradalsfjall volcano from above during an eruptive phase.