James Calder, Author at Exposed DC

Friday Links: June 26, 2015

June 26, 2015 By James Calder

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Enter this Phillips Collection contest by submitting your own “American Moment” and you could win a camera from the Leica Store DC, or another great prize. The deadline is 5 p.m., July 21.
Head over to the DC Arts Center July 8-10 to claim your space for their popular, annual 1460 Wallmountables exhibit. They’ve been doing this show since 1989!
Mega-photo-op alert! Watch this 10,000-square-foot ball pit being constructed at the National Building Museum on their livecam, and visit the installation starting July 4.
The Salt Institute for Documentary Studies, an intensive training program for writers, radio producers and photographers that has operated in Maine for 42 years, is shutting its doors in September.
Concert photographer Jason Sheldon calls out Taylor Swift for her “hypocritical” open letter to Apple.
Instagram appears to be back to normal in North Korea after a week of warnings on user accounts saying the popular photo-sharing app had been blacklisted for harmful content.
Have fears about privacy, terrorism, and pedophilia ruined street photography?
Ellie Davies merges images of stars and galaxies from the Hubble Space Telescope with landscapes from English forests. She starts by creating the photographs of the landscape, looking for compositions that could accommodate other shapes, and then looks for a suitable starscape to fill the space. The results are dreamlike.
Another photographer combining images is Stephen McMennamy whose #combophoto project may look like surreal photo-manipulations created using Photoshop, but are actually the result of a much simpler process, cleverly arranging two photos side-by-side to create imaginative and amusing new scenes.
Danish photographer Ken Hermann tries to capture the person behind the mask in his series on Los Angeles street performers, many of whom dress as famous Hollywood characters.
Watch this tiger be released into the Russian wild where he’ll have a gal pal and lots to feast on.

In Frame: June 24, 2015

June 24, 2015 By James Calder

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Nope, not a painting. Jim Havard has found the perfect angle from which to frame this spectacular spiral staircase at his place of work.

Friday Links: June 5, 2015

June 5, 2015 By James Calder

You have to kiss a lot of princes to find your frog by Miki J.

Don’t forget to mark your calendars and join us this Tuesday evening at Redwood in Bethesda for the June DC Photographer Happy Hour. Hang out with lovely folks from various local photography groups including IGDC, APADC, Leica Store DC and ASMPDC. Until then, whet your appetites with this week’s links:

On the eve of the Look3 festival, In Sight’s Nicole Crowder spoke with festival co-founder and animal photographer Vincent J. Musi about all things furry.
Photojournalist Steve McCurry’s assistant has been arrested in connection with the theft of prints, books, and items from McCurry’s studio worth $654,358.
Russia’s recently crowned national soccer champions Zenit St Petersurg celebrated with an unconventional team photo.
A Long Walk Home shows the world as seen by Eli Reed, Magnum’s first black photographer.
Julien Mauve’s new series “Greetings From Mars” imagines humankind’s first steps on the red planet. Using intentionally touristy poses, he explores our reactions to cameras in a new context, playing up our desires to capture and be captured.
Zara Samiry rediscovered the North African equestrian tradition of Fantasia when she learned of a troupe of women who pushed traditional boundaries.
Dr. Darrell Crain Jr. was a rheumatologist and lifelong Washingtonian who died in 1995. His photos of some of the 20th century’s defining moments are enjoying a second life as part of the DC Public Library’s Washingtoniana collection.
Wayne Barrar had long been photographing mines when he started to wonder what became of them after they were depleted. His series “Expanding Subterra” documents their surprising transformations into other types of spaces, including offices, libraries, and even paintball fields.
Look at this 40-tonne whale doing a mid-air barrel roll!

Friday Links: May 22, 2015

May 22, 2015 By James Calder

Roger May’s epic project “Looking at Appalachia” opened this week in Spartanburg, SC. The project sets out to dispel stereotypes and redefine how the region is portrayed. The exhibit includes two photographs by Exposed DC alum Josh Yospyn.
An interview with award-winning photojournalist Q. Sakamaki about the “art of the politico-socio-documentary.”
A high schooler faces suspension for taking and posting completely reasonable photos of other students.
Protesters in Burundi use a broad range of materials to hide their identities.
Distressing images of an oil spill off the Santa Barbara coast.
In Jeffrey Milstein’s series of aerial photographs, “Cruise Ships,” the amazing designs of the floating behemoths seem clear and even beautiful.
Photo London is the English capital’s first ever photography fair, featuring nearly 70 of the world’s leading photography galleries.
Baltimore in color: Patrick Joust’s vintage-looking photos of modern-day Charm City.
Richard Prince is selling other people’s Instagram photos without their permission for up to $100,000 each.
Five years ago, Sasha Maslov started making intimate portraits of men and women from around the world who served in the World War II.
Two great volcanic eruption anniversaries were observed this week: Mount St. Helens, 35 years ago (here’s a gallery from the USGS and a story on PBS); and Lassen Peak, 100 years ago.
A backyard squirrel poses with an umbrella for British photographer Max Ellis.

Friday Links: May 8, 2015

May 8, 2015 By James Calder

We’re so excited to see you at the Jefferson Memorial today to watch 50 World War II airplanes fly over the National Mall! USAF Colonel Scott Willey will be our special guest, answering all your questions about the aircraft. The first airplane is scheduled to arrive at 12:10pm, but we’ll be there from 11:00am so make sure to get there in plenty of time – just look for our tent! All the details are in our Facebook event.

And now, back down to Earth with this week’s links:

“Balancing being aware of the mood of all those present with trying to focus on capturing the moment is a challenge.” D.C.-based photographer Keith Lane documented his visit to Baltimore last weekend.
The organizers of last weekend’s Funk Parade are asking any photographers who took images of the Junkyard Band to message them. The band’s bassist and manager, Derek “House” Colquitt, died in a motorcycle accident the following day.
Former Exposed winner Erin Lassahn put together a portfolio of all the musicians she photographed during her years at Gibson Guitars in downtown D.C.
We’re sad to hear that artdc is closing its gallery in Hyattsville, which was home to many great art and photography exhibits, but definitely look forward to seeing what they do next.
Words Beats Life is hosting the second annual Paint Jam on Saturday with 75+ artists — sure to be a fantastic photo op.
A photograph from Baltimore of a National Guardsman and his automatic rifle sitting with a little girl went viral because apparently everyone in this country has lost their minds and proclaimed it “heartwarming.” The photographer, Amanda Moore, disagrees.
Roberto Schmidt, the the chief photographer for South Asia for Agence France-Presse, describe what it’s like to go through an earthquake and avalanche on Mount Everest.
“Film chemistry, photo lab procedures, video screen colour balancing practices, and digital cameras in general were originally developed with a global assumption of ‘Whiteness.’” How photography was optimized for white skin.
Take a gander at some portraits of current celebs captured on old school tintype.
“I know this sounds crazy, but I can actually talk to the chickens. I can get them to calm down and look where I want them to look.” Photographer Jean Pagliuso photographs birds — chickens, owls, raptors — to honor her late father, who raised show chickens.
Moving Art interviews photographer Michael Shainblum about his time lapses of the Milky Way and gorgeous landscapes.
National Geographic gathered their pros to make a new book of advice and inspiration; pre-order now to get yours at the end of May.
PDN’s contest for outdoor photography ends May 13.
Why, yes! You can get your wedding portraits shot underwater.
Photos of an ongoing archeological excavation reveal that the Easter Island Heads have bodies.
A new exhibit exploring Chuck Close’s photographic work is opening next week at the Parrish, and sounds incredible.
Flickr just redesigned the way you can organize and upload your photos. (Why don’t you give it a whirl and then add some photos to our pool?)
The Dry Dog Wet Dog photo series is everything you hope it will be.