It’s the last day to enter your photos into the Community Collective photo contest. Our own James Calder is one of the judges, and you know what he likes. Get them in by midnight for a chance to be in the exhibit at Capital Fringe later this fall.
- Head to Agence France-Presse for images and news on the attacks in Nice during Bastille Day last night.
- The photo of Iesha Evans standing still in the face of two Louisiana state troopers in riot gear has become instantly iconic, drawing comparisons to other historic protest images. Guardian Art critic Jonathan Jones assesses the image’s impact, while photographer Jonathan Bachman recalls how he captured the shot.
- In the wake of two high-profile police shootings and shootings of police, the North Carolina governor signed into law a bill that makes police cam footage no longer public record. “This shameful law will make it nearly impossible to achieve [transparency and accountability],” said a representative of the state’s ACLU chapter.
- Saturday, July 16, at the National Museum for Women in the Arts, take a workshop on how to be quick and creative with your smartphone camera at this workshop, for $25.
- Enjoy this photo essay that follows “the world’s most NSFW seafood from mud to plate.”
- The Smithsonian Archives celebrates 120 years of photography collecting at the Institution.
- “To be a photographer is to willingly enter the world of the lonely, because it is an artistic exercise in invisibility.”
- A close-up view of Jupiter and its moons from NASA Juno, which went into orbit around the giant planet on July 4.
- Worried about hackers accessing the camera on your internet connected devices but don’t want to use tape to cover them? Check out the well-backed Kickstarter campaign for Nope 2.0, a magnetic privacy cover for desktops, laptops, tablets and mobile phones.
- The International Photography Awards lists their top 10 Latin American photographers to watch.
- Moon photobombs Earth again.
- You’ve seen Michael Starghill’s outstanding sports photography in past Exposed DC exhibits. Now you can see it by picking up the current print issue of ESPN Magazine (beware NSFW cover) where he photographed Simone Biles, widely considered the best gymnast in the world, before she heads to the Olympics next month with the U.S. team.
- Tired of waiting for Google, Faroe Islanders have launched Sheep View 360, enlisting their ovine population to do the leg work.
