The opening of the 11th annual Exposed DC Photography Show is only 6 days away! Join us at brand new venue AJAX near Mt. Vernon Square to see 43 phenomenal images that celebrate Washington, D.C., with an open bar from Bluejacket Brewery and tunes from v:shal kanwar. Local upstart Framebridge printed and framed the photos in the exhibition.

• The deadline to submit to the Community Collective Photography Showcase is tonight at midnight. Our own James Calder is one of the judges, and the show will open at Capital Fringe on April 8.
• Over at Glen Echo, the Photoworks Gallery opens UNITED/DIVIDED today, with a reception next March 11, 5 to 7 p.m. Robert Miller, deputy director of photography at The Washington Post juried this show of 23 photographers addressing the current themes of unity/division in our nation and in our nation’s capital.
• In addition to seeing local fave Chris Suspect’s images in the 11th annual Exposed DC show opening next Thursday, you can also see a new music video he made for band Low Cut Connie based on his Instagram style of photography. Watch it censored or NSFW.
• Head to the District Architecture Center as Alan Karchmer presents architectural photographs and discusses the creative solutions he developed to address the complex aesthetic, logistical, and technical challenges of the assignments. March 7, 6:30 p.m., $35 for non-members.
• It’s been awhile since we had disastrous selfie news, but Yayoi Kusama’s mesmerizing Infinity Mirrors exhibition at the Hirshhorn did the trick. Only a few days after opening a guest smashed one of the pumpkins while trying to get a new Facebook profile pic. (We hear the couple in the Obliteration room, at the top of this post, exited without incident.)
• The L.A. Times has the photo by Al Seib that caught the shock of all the front-row actors at the Oscars at the realization that Warren Beatty had announced the wrong movie for the Best Picture award.
• Travel to Greenland to get the shot? Sure. Why not.
• Oh my, set those alarm clocks and get ready: The race to photograph cherry blossoms is coming a bit early this year, hitting peak bloom between March 14 and 17, thanks to the hottest February ever in D.C. We dare you to do better than the winning photo by Ginny Filer, which is featured on the cover of this year’s Exposed DC Photography Show magazine. Get the program showcasing all the winners for $10 at the opening reception next Thursday.
• Take some time and browse through the 30 new and emerging photographers PDN declares worth keeping your eyes on.
• Sahar Speaks is a group training young women to be journalists and photojournalists in Afghanistan.
• See the finalists from Smithsonian Magazine’s 14th annual photo contest, and go vote for your favorite.
• Photographer Joel Sartore has spent the last 11 years on a quest to photograph every animal species in captivity to create a “Photo Ark.” He’s photographed 6,500 species, including the arctic fox and the slow loris, and only has 6,000 to go!

Tickets are now on sale for our huge opening reception on March 9 for the 11th annual Exposed DC Photography Show. We’re holding the exhibition at AJAX, a new venue in the Mt. Vernon Square neighborhood. Your $20 (in advance, no fees!) ticket gets you in to see 43 photos wonderfully printed and framed by Framebridge that celebrate the Washington, D.C. area along with all the original Bluejacket brews you can drink.

• The deadline is tonight for the FotoDC and #202Creates photo contest. Submit portraits of your favorite local artists, entrepreneurs, educators, and anyone else who makes this city thrive. Entering is free but you need to get them in by midnight, and there are cash prizes to be won.
• Photographers Sally Canzoneri and Danny Schweers welcome visitors to their exhibit at the Washington Printmakers Gallery this Friday and Saturday, Feb. 17 and 18, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Danny will offer free tutoring on Saturday.
• Peter Stern is a photographer, ultralight pilot, and exhibit producer at the National Air and Space Museum. His show of painterly aerial images closes this weekend at the Atheneaum; head down Sunday at 3 p.m. for an artist talk. You can also see some of his work posted this past week on Air & Space Magazine’s Instagram account.
• There’s a heated debate going on over whether the photograph by Burhan Özbilici taken during the assassination of Turkey’s ambassador last December should have been awarded the 2017 World Press Photo of the Year. “Photography is capable of real service to humanity, promoting empathy and initiating change. This image achieves neither,” says juror Stuart Franklin in a Guardian op-ed, which features some of the other winners from the year.
• You can enter PDN magazine’s annual photography contest through February 24.
• Animals That Saw Me 2 is a photobook full of dry comic humor about Ed Panar’s “surprise encounters with animals.” Friend-of-Exposed Pat Padua gives it 4 out of 5 stars.
• A Dominican newspaper mistakenly ran a photo of Alec Baldwin instead of Donald Trump.
• Reuters photographer Christinna Muschi documented migrants crossing the border as they fled the U.S., through snow and ice, seeking refugee status in Canada.
• A dancing octopus, larval lionfish, and the “Imp of darkness” all went home winners in the Underwater Photographer of the Year contest.