• Applications are open through January 20 for Photoworks’ Artist in Residence program for emerging  and practicing photographers within the DC metro area!
• This weekend is your last chance to see the Gordon Parks exhibit at the National Gallery of Art.
• QUIET MOMENTS is on display at Multiple Exposures Gallery through Sunday, January 26, open daily from 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
• TechRadar has a round up of the best camera choices for every budget.
• The 19th Annual Washington Gardener Magazine Photo Contest is open through January 20 with four major entry categories.
• Studio Gallery features recent works by students from middle schools, high schools, and universities across the DC metro area in an outreach exhibition curated by Gia Harewood, on view through January 25.
• The submission deadline for the 2025 ZEKE Awards is January 15 with two awards be granted with winners receiving $2,500 each.

Happy New Year! Exposed DC wishes you all the best as we kick off 2025.

• Multiple Exposures Gallery is hosting their first monthly photo critique of 2025 on Sunday.
• Magnum President Cristina de Middel curates a selection of significant images from the past 12 months by Magnum photographers.
• A group of experts met to discuss the images that have best captured — and changed — the world since 1955.
• Submissions are open for the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources’ Annual Photography Showcase.
• President Jimmy Carter is remembered through pictures spanning his life.
• Catch the Gordon Parks: Camera Portraits exhibit before it closes on January  12.
• The photo booth is turning 100 — meet the people keeping it alive.

• Submissions are open to photographers of all skill levels for the Japan Information & Culture Center’s Sakura & Friendship contest with a deadline of January 12.
• Photoworks is hosting a Holiday Lights at Glen Echo course tomorrow, $75.
• DC Film Collective issued a call for volunteers; find out more and submit the form to get started.
• Join Capital Photography Center tomorrow for a Holiday Field Shoot at the Library of Congress ($99) and/or Meadowlark’s Winter Walk of Lights ($89).
• Colossal rounds up their favorite stories of 2024 from four of their staff.
• NASA embraces the holiday spirit with images of stellar wreath and cosmic Christmas tree.
• We might not see as much snow around D.C. this December, but can enjoy a flashback from fifteen years ago, when “Snowpocalypse” happened.

We’ll be taking next week off for the holiday so we’ll wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving now! We are so grateful to you all for being a part of this amazing, supportive, talented community. See you in December.

• Head to Multiple Exposures Gallery through January 5 to view CAPITAL PERSPECTIVES, a fine art photography exhibition featuring 12 local artists and juried by Exposed DC’s Executive Director, Noe Todorovich.
• Join HEMPHILL tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. for a book event & signing with artist, Julie Wolfe, celebrating her newest publication in collaboration with Pan & The Dream, The Beholder.
• National Geographic gets the annual photo roundups kicked off with favorite images from around the world in 2024.
• Head to Studio Gallery for the closing reception of “Something Old, Something New,” tomorrow from 4:00-6:00 p.m.
• More than 1,700 photos were entered into the Dog Photography Awards from over 60 countries with prizes awarded across five categories.
• Reserve your spot for Critical Exposure’s special holiday portrait event where their young photographers will capture your seasonal memories, December 7 from 1:00-5:00 p.m, $50-100.