Heather Goss, Author at Exposed DC

In Frame: June 10, 2015

June 10, 2015 By Heather Goss

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A photo posted by September Sneary (@septembersneary) on Jun 9, 2015 at 4:50pm PDT

Instragram user September Sneary caught Big Brother making googly eyes at Union Market.

Friday Links: May 29, 2015

May 29, 2015 By Heather Goss

Photographers around the world have been mourning the loss of legendary photojournalist and documentary photographer Mary Ellen Mark, who died Monday. There are many tributes you should go read, starting with The Washington Post’s In Sight blog celebration of her life.
As NPR says, these portraits of wounded soldiers are meant to be stared at.
You’ve probably heard lots of moaning over this reminder by Richard Prince that your Instagram photos aren’t really yours. One of the “artworks” in his exhibit is a $90,000 print of a photo by alt-porn site Suicide Girls, who responded cleverly by making posters of his prints and selling them for $90. Founder Missy Suicide followed it up by doing an IAMA on reddit, which immediately turned into a free-for-all of redditors demanding explanation for the company’s use of questionable non-compete clauses on contracts for its models and photographers in its early days (she eventually left a lengthy answer in her original post). That’s quite enough of everyone being terrible for this week, thanks.
Syrian photographer Khaled al-Hariri, who worked for Reuters for more than 20 years, has died aged 54 following a long illness. In more sad news, National Geographic photographer Cotton Coulson died on Wednesday after a scuba diving accident off the coast of Norway.
Women in Afghanistan can be incarcerated for shocking reasons. In the four years she spent visiting women’s prisons across the country, Gabriela Maj heard stories of women who’d suffered more than anyone she’d ever met. In her book, Almond Garden, Maj presents the stories of 50 of those women, alongside portraits she took after getting unprecedented access to the facilities where they live.
Mikhael Subotzky and Patrick Waterhouse have won the Deustche Börse photography prize for Ponte City, a study of an apartment block in Johannesburg.
On the edge of space: photographer Christopher Michel’s out-of-this-world selfie, 70,000 feet above the Earth.
What gets your dog’s heart racing? Nikon-Asia developed a camera to show you.

Friday Links: May 15, 2015

May 15, 2015 By Heather Goss

Be sure to check out our huge gallery from last Friday’s incredible World War II flyover.
Wyoming has passed a very confusing law that appears to, in part, ban people from taking photographs and giving them to the government, even for science.
“Lily will use GPS and computer vision to follow you at up to 25mph and keep you in the center of the frame.” The selfie surveillance drone is available for pre-order.
98 different foods, perfectly cubed and laid out in a grid. And then someone made a key identifying each food item.
Photos of Frida Kahlo’s incredible locked-away wardrobe.
This month’s Leica Store DC Oskar Barnack Wall winning photograph is “Cafe de Flore” by Vince Lupo.
Getty Images and Instagram have partnered to offer $30,000 in grants for three photographers using Instagram “to document stories from underrepresented communities around the world.”
Andrew Savulich’s photos of 1980s New York are quirky and off-kilter, like the city itself before it became a sanitized tourist mecca.
Hungarian photographer Bela Doka’s series “Fan Club Putin” shows the Russian President’s biggest fans are college students who worship him like a pop star.
Hyung S. Kim captures striking portraits of haenyeo, women who gather seafood in Korea, submerging deep underwater without diving equipment or breathing apparatuses.
Bernhard Lang’s aerial shots highlight symmetry and sun over the beaches of the Adriatic Sea.
Photographer Sally Mann discusses her new memoir, “Hold Still”, and her concerns about writing it.
It’s Bike to Work day, so here are some adorable animals on bicycles. And remember, traffic laws are for you, too!
Zookeepers in western Australia pass the time by re-creating cute animal photos.

Friday Links: May 1, 2015

May 1, 2015 By Heather Goss

There are lots of images from the protests and riots over the death of Freddie Gray in police custody in Baltimore, but you can start with, of course, the Baltimore Sun and the Baltimore City Paper.
A photographer for Reuters was detained and another for the Baltimore City Paper was thrown to the ground by police last Friday.
Time magazine used an amateur photographer’s Instagram image for its cover on the Baltimore protests.
This short video from Getty Images, shares how photographer, Carleton E. Watkins saved Yosemite Park.
These satellite photos of seaweed farms in South Korea are gorgeous.
Thank you photoshop and this guy from Australia who likes cats. Behold: Brides throwing cats.
It’s been a rough week for people around the world. The LA Times has images from Nepal, where an earthquake has killed more than 5,000 people.
It’s spring, get out of the house! The Funk Parade is a can’t miss for photographers (and anyone else), or bring your camera and the family to celebrations at Glen Echo Park or Heurich House or fire up the action with Mexican wrestlers at the DC Fairgrounds.
Forty years ago this week, Saigon fell to North Vietnamese forces, marking the end of the war.
Award winning photographer Marcus Bleasdale talks about how photography can affect change.
So you know the selfie stick? Well, the “Selfie Arm” takes the concept to a whole new level. A truly disturbing new level.
Wired has a photo gallery on the “shrinking community” living at Ummannaq, a remote village in Greenland.
Let’s zen out with these photos of color gradients in food by Brittany Wright.
Who needs a tiger link? You need a tiger link.

In Frame: April 27, 2015

April 27, 2015 By Heather Goss

From the looks of our Flickr pool, a few of you took advantage of the gorgeous weather to see the spring flowers before they leave us. Here are a few of the more lovely sights: