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Friday Links: January 28, 2022

January 28, 2022 By exposeddc

Arlington Memorial Bridge at Night by Kevin Burns

We’re coming up on the last few days to enter our annual photography contest! You have until Sunday night at 11:59 p.m. to submit your best images showcasing the D.C. metro area for a chance to be part of our 16th annual exhibition celebrating local photography. We can’t wait to see this city of ours through the lenses of the people who live, work, and love here!

The group exhibition “RE:” at Studio Gallery closes tomorrow. Say hello to featured artist Shedrick Pelt who will be at the gallery all day Saturday.
Stop by the National Gallery of Art to catch “The New Woman Behind the Camera” exhibit before it closes on Sunday to see images from more than 120 international photographers from the 1920s to the 1950s.
Apple’s macro photography Shot on iPhone Challenge for iPhone 13 Pro and Pro Max users runs through February 16.
A new photography-oriented adventure game is all about snapping photos in a magical, monochrome world.
Join STREETMEETDC at 10:00 a.m. tomorrow in Columbia Heights to shoot and then head to Wonderland Ballroom for brunch and a photo editing session.
The Baltimore Museum of Art acquired 54 works of art including a photograph by surrealist artist Kati Horna.
Tag your Instagram photos with #ArtatMetrobarDC if you’d like to participate in our monthly projection exhibitions at metrobar co-curated with Focus on the Story.

Contest Reminder & Friday Links: January 21, 2022

January 21, 2022 By exposeddc

Have you entered our annual photography contest yet? You have until Sunday, January 30 at 11:59 p.m. to get those entries in. Get all the details here and submit your photos soon!

Go to submission site

If you have any questions, be sure to check out the FAQ as well as these tips and notes about using Picter. You can also drop us a line.

Still have questions about the contest or not sure what you should submit? Join us for a virtual happy hour on Tuesday, January 25 at 6:00 p.m. Hang out with fellow photographers and the Exposed DC team as we count down to the closing of this year’s contest! We’ll also be chatting about some former winning images that we like and open it up to any questions you might have. (Please note that we won’t be commenting on individual submissions to this year’s contest!)

And now for just a few actual Friday Links…

“The New Woman Behind the Camera” exhibit at the National Gallery of Art closes on January 30.
An internal company memo suggests Canon will partially halt production at a major Chinese factory and is considering closing it altogether.
The Art of Building photography competition announced the 2021 winners.
In the photobook “Replica,” Rita Lino is the model, operator, photographer, subject, and image.

Friday Links: December 31, 2021

December 31, 2021 By exposeddc

Wishing you a happy new year as we enter the last hours of 2021 and look ahead to 2022! While it’s been another challenging and strange year, we are ever grateful for the amazing D.C. photography community that helps document it all. We look forward to seeing the work you’ve already created and the work yet to come.

Submit your favorite images of the D.C. metro area to our annual photo contest by 1/30/22. The entry fee is $10/image, and the deadline is 1/30/22.
See 2021 through the eyes of 12 women photographers in this story that is part of CNN’s ongoing series on gender inequality and produced in collaboration with Women Photograph.
A new group exhibition at Studio Gallery opens January 5. The exhibit aims to show viewers when participating artists stopped being afraid of growth and to develop a colorful story map of growth even beyond the artworks shown; it includes the debut of Shedrick Pelt’s “Trivial Pursuits” photo series.
The Guardian rounds up the best photographs of 2021 and the stories behind them.
Swiss-French photographer Sabine Weiss, regarded as the last of the French humanist photography school of post-World War II, has died at the age of 97.
TechRadar explores the 12 biggest camera and photography trends of 2022.
Liu Heung Shing, the AP Moscow photo chief at the time, was the only foreign photographer who captured Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev’s resignation on Dec. 25, 1991 that marked the end of the USSR.

Enter the 16th Annual Exposed DC Photography Contest

December 10, 2021 By exposeddc

Our 2022 photography contest is officially open! Submit your best images of the D.C. metro area for the chance to be part of our 16th annual photography exhibition. We want to see your amazing Washington, D.C. experiences, from the epic to the everyday moments that catch your eye.

Have the perfect images all ready? Send them our way now! Not quite sure what to submit? You can check out the winning images from previous years for some inspiration and to get a better sense of the show. The entry cost is $10 per image, and you may submit as many images as you’d like. The deadline for entries is January 30 at 11:59 p.m.

Winning images will be included in the 2022 Exposed DC Photography Show to be held in Spring or Summer 2022. We are taking particular caution with the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and its impact on social gatherings. We plan to kick off the celebration by announcing more details in early April. We can tell you the exhibit and events will be outdoors and/or with measures in place for social distancing to ensure people can gather safely. Winning images will also be featured in our virtual gallery for remote viewing.

Rules and guidelines for entering the contest and participating in our exhibit are covered in the submission page. Have any questions or comments? Check out these FAQs, comment on this post, or reach out to us on social media. Be sure to subscribe to our newsletter, if you don’t already, to get updates about all of our contests and events, as well as news about all things photography related. If you’d like to join our team as a volunteer, please drop us a line.

UPDATE: Join us on Tuesday, January 25 at 6:00 p.m. for a Last Minute Contest Deadline Happy Hour and Q&A to hang out with fellow photographers and find out more about the contest and previous winners.

Go to submission site

Some notes about the submission site

Please use a recent version of either Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox to submit to the contest. You may encounter bugs or errors with other browsers or outdated versions.
While there is no limit to the number of photos you can enter into the contest, you will only be able to submit once. Please be sure to review your entire application thoroughly and confirm the price reflects the number of images you are entering before you hit submit.
You can save your submission as a draft and return later to complete the submission process.
If you realize you need to edit after you have already submitted, you will need to request a refund from Picter support. This will put your submission back into draft status, and you will have to resubmit it once you make the necessary edits.
No refunds will be granted after the contest deadline.

Friday Links: November 5, 2021

November 5, 2021 By exposeddc

Exposed DC and Focus on the Story are launching a monthly projection show, featuring the work of D.C.-area photographers. The projection will be shown during the evenings at metrobar, a new outdoor venue and event space in northeast D.C. We’re looking to showcase images that explore life in the D.C. metro area. Tag your Instagram images #ArtAtMetrobarDC to be considered for the monthly exhibit.

Join WPOW tomorrow from 4-7 p.m. in Mount Pleasant for the opening of their 13th Annual Juried Exhibition, including presentations by two winners who will share insights about their work.
Visit the “Coffee & Critique Exhibition” in person at Photoworks as well as online through November 29. A free artist talk will be held this Sunday at 7 p.m. on Zoom.
Winners of the Feature Shoot Emerging Photography Awards 2021 include the return of Black ballroom, storm chasing, and more.
Black Women Photographers (BWP) is now accepting submissions of original work. To be considered, you must identify as a Black woman or a Black non-binary photographer and be a member of BWP.
Olaf Otto Becker’s photo series documents the melting glaciers along 4,000 kilometers of Greenland’s coast.
Winners of this year’s British Ecological Society photography competition have been announced.
A photojournalist with the Pensacola News Journal documented a highly atypical police chase when law enforcement spent an hour trying to chase down a runaway potbellied pig.