Thank you again to everyone who made our 14th Annual Photography Show possible and to everyone who came out to see the exhibition! We miss the show already but know you’ll keep the love of local photography alive throughout the year. We encourage you to share your images of the D.C. metro area with us by tagging your Instagram posts with #exposeddc and sharing images to our group on Flickr for a chance to be featured.

• Capture the Capital Columns at the National Arboretum over sunset and as the moon rises with Capital Photography Center on March 9 from 6:00-8:15 p.m., $99. 
• Almost 100,000 images by Harlem photographer Shawn Walker have been acquired by the Library of Congress. The collection spans from the 1960s to the present and is the first comprehensive archive of an African American photographer to join the national library.
• After spending decades examining the effects of war, Marissa Roth found new inspiration in the Atlantic Ocean for her project, “The Crossing,” a departure yet still connected to her work on women and war.
• B&H is currently offering a $25 gift card when you buy a 12-month Adobe Creative Cloud Photography Plan (20GB) subscription.
• Exposed alumni Geoff Livingston and Jeffrey Morris chat all about photographing animals, starting with the amazing work of Joel Sartore, on the latest Show Me Podcast.
• The National Museum of Women in the Arts is offering free admission and programs on Sunday for International Women’s Day. We highly recommend checking out the newly opened photography exhibition Graciela Iturbide’s Mexico.
• World Press Photo announced the nominees for its 63rd annual photography contest, which received entries from 4,282 photographers from 125 countries who entered a total of 73,996 images this year.

Opening night for our 2020 show is just a few days away! You still have time to buy advance tickets for the opening reception before ticket prices go up at the door. Come celebrate local photography with us, admire the 43 winning images in person, enjoy an open bar and delicious snacks, and purchase an exhibition program to commemorate the occasion. Exhibit prints will also be available for purchase at first time art buyer prices, so you can add to or even start your very own collection. Get your tickets now, and we’ll see you there!

• Leah Millis, a WPOW member, was the first woman in 25 years to have the State of the Union floor pool photographer position last week. 
• The Bauhaus.Photo exhibition at Goethe-Institut Washington features a selection of key works that provide insight into Bauhaus photography and life at the Bauhaus. Exhibition hours are Monday through Thursday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Fridays from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. through February 26. 
• A shot of two mice fighting over crumbs on a London Underground platform won a wildlife photography award from London’s Natural History Museum.
• Sony World Photography Awards announced this year’s finalists, shortlist, and grant recipients, which were selected from over 345,000 images.
• More than 50 artists and makers will be at Dupont Underground as part of the ArtRave Market on Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., free.
• Head to Photoworks at Glen Echo Park tomorrow for a reception and gallery talk about the e(sea/land)scape exhibit featuring photos by Stephen Greenberg and David Scherbel, 4-6 p.m.
• Panasonic teamed up with Dentsu Aegis Network to make a special camera that could help colorblind photographers to see colors accurately as they shoot.
• While working as a projectionist in an adult cinema in the 1970s and ’80s in London, Bob Mazzer began photographing the people on the tube during his daily commute, more often at night.

The 2020 Exposed DC Photography Show is just around the corner. We’ll be announcing the Best in Show winners next week, so stay tuned to find out which five images caught our guest judges’ attention. Get your tickets now for opening night where you can see all of the winning images in person, enjoy an open bar, and purchase an exhibition magazine as well as any of your favorite photos.

• AMERICANA by Doug Menuez opens tonight at the Leica Store DC, 7 p.m., free. The works on view provide an intimate glimpse of his ongoing documentation of the contemporary North American cultural landscape.
• Join AU Museum Director Jack Rasmussen and curator Leah Bendavid-Val as they discuss the life and work of longtime National Geographic photographer Volkmar Wentzel tomorrow, 4 p.m., free.
• Exposed alum Geoff Livingston chatted with Noe Todorovich about the 2020 Exposed DC Photography Show on his Show Me Podcast. Hear a bit about the selection process, upcoming show, and some of the featured images.
• Tonight, the Embassy of Argentina is hosting a First Friday Art Walk in which they present three exhibitions, including one featuring panoramic photography by José Andrés Basbus, 6-8 p.m.
• Photographer Wilson Webb captured the cast of Little Women using the collodion process, a photographic style popular during the mid 1800s. 
• Interested in your own tintype wet plate collodion? Head to Rhizome DC to get your very own 5×7 portrait for $50 on Sunday, 1-4 p.m. 
• Aurora hunters have discovered a new type of aurora called “dunes,” which are formed in a thin layer around 60 miles above sea level.