Heather Goss, Author at Exposed DC

Friday Links: February 13, 2015

February 13, 2015 By Heather Goss

Tickets are on sale now for the opening night of our huge 9th annual Exposed DC Photography Show! Join us for two floors of D.C. photography, a first look at Capital Fringe HQ, and tasty brews from Bluejacket. See you on March 12!

Take note Fairfax County – St. Louis County parks department drops its photography permit requirement.
Chris Suspect has announced a second edition of his photobook “Suspect Device” which features images from more than 30 years of D.C.’s hardcore music scene.
The Washington Post’s excellent In Sight photo blog has launched Off the Grid – “a new weekly feature spotlighting the work of photographers who document lifestyles a little further and farther afield from the bustle and chaos of modern civilization.” Their first feature: preserving the tradition of reindeer herding in Scandinavia’s Sami culture. You can submit your series for consideration by emailing insight@washpost.com.
The Columbus Museum of Art is hosting what may be the largest mobile photo exhibition in a major museum in United States history.
Dina Livotsky photographed fashion week events in London, Paris, and New York on assignment. Her mission: Photograph fashion week like it’s never been photographed before.
Puerto Rico has the highest prevalence of albinism and HPS in the world. Photographer Adriana Monsalve tries to dispel misconceptions about sufferers in her beautiful series “Clear As Black.”
Congrats to Exposed DC alum Brett Davis, this month’s Oskar Barnack Wall winner at the Leica Store DC.
Unless you’re a photography buff, you probably have no idea what the people behind some of the most famous photos in the world actually look like. Tim Mantoani, however, aims to fix all that.
Mads Nissen’s photograph of two Russian gay men embracing was named the World Press Photo of the Year for 2014. WPP says it disqualifies 20% of its finalists for being manipulated.
Sand grains are beautiful.
An American scientist is helping the endangered Siberian tiger make a comeback; Smithsonian Magazine’s February cover story features a gorgeous snowy tiger portrait.

2015 Exposed DC Opening Night Details!

February 12, 2015 By Heather Goss

Tickets are now on sale for our 9th annual Exposed DC Photography Show.

Thursday, March 12, 6 to 10 p.m.
1358 NE (Capital Fringe headquarters)

Two floors of awesome D.C. photography
Available for first-time art-buyer prices
Selection of locally-made beers from Bluejacket
Complimentary wine

Full-color program exhibition available for $10
$14 in advance/$20 at the door

Don’t miss the biggest celebration of local photography in the nation’s capital! On view are 42 images that tell the story of living, working, and loving in this city that is so much more than a collection of monuments. You’ll also be one of the first to get a peek at the phenomenal new Capital Fringe HQ. We’ll have music, brews, and great company for our 9th annual celebration.

Tickets will sell out, so get yours soon!

In Frame: February 9, 2015

February 9, 2015 By Heather Goss

International Space Station pass over the Jefferson Memorial by Joseph Gruber

Now this is how you do astrophotography in the nation’s capital. Joseph Gruber took note of what time the International Space Station would be passing over the city last Thursday (which you can look up here or sign up for alerts), then set up his camera where he could get the perfect backdrop. He combined multiple exposures for the final image. If you’re interested in trying some night sky photography, read these tips by local photographers.

In Frame: February 2, 2015

February 2, 2015 By Heather Goss

Photographer Miki J had some good timing for this picture next to one of the crazy new steakhouse ads downtown.

Friday Links: January 30, 2015

January 30, 2015 By Heather Goss

After this week’s drone incident at the White House, DJI – the drone’s manufacturer – has issued a mandatory firmware update disabling the use of their devices in D.C.’s no-fly zone.
Sports Illustrated laid off the rest of its photography staff this week. Here’s an attempt to explain why.
Sometimes the best moments of Saturday Night Live are the host portrait bumpers. Mary Ellen Matthews, the photographer who’s been doing them since 1999, talks about her work.
Vantage recently posted the second in a two-part interview with Karen Mullarky, “one of the most influential and respected picture editors of all time.” Part 1, Part 2.
“I tried to imagine my life as a mother. I couldn’t think of a single female war photographer who had a stable relationship, much less a husband or a baby.” The New York Times published an excerpt by photojournalist Lynsey Addario from her book “It’s What I Do: A Photographer’s Life of Love and War,” available February 5.
Remote cameras caught a rare glimpse of a Sierra Nevada red fox in Yosemite National Park.
Photographer Carrie Schneider’s response to the lack of women in our literary canon.
Photographer Jim Magnan followed professional rally driver Ken Block kick up all the dust in southern Utah.
This gallery of Supermarket Spaceships shows life-size rockets inspired by 1950s TV-shows that used to tour the country to advertise bread and meat products.
While their images of the recent snowstorm had been solicited by the New York Times, Instagrammers only discovered their front-page placement by chance.
Meanwhile, here are some old photographs showing the aftermath of a huge snow storm that hit the eastern seaboard in March of 1888.
PDN Magazine is looking for “emerging photographers” to feature in their next issue. Is one of them you?
Welcome to Oymyakon, Russia – the coldest town on earth. It’s dark for 21 hours a day and, during winter, temperatures average minus 58 degrees Fahrenheit.
Art Shay, now 92 and one of the 20th century’s most prolific photographers, is starting to get the “appreciation from the art world he’s long deserved.”
15-year-old white tiger Omar got a routine medical exam at Wildlife Reserves Singapore; his keepers have trained him to stay calm so the tiger, entering his senior years, won’t have to go through the stress of being sedated.