Meaghan Gay, Author at Exposed DC

Friday Links

January 3, 2014 By Meaghan Gay

Our first Friday Links of 2014 is full of images, stories and best of galleries from 2013. So here is to looking back before we move forward.

Photo editor Stella Kramer broke down the good and the bad that happened in photography in 2013.
For a visual adrenaline rush, check out the Red Bull Photos of the year, in four parts.
New Zealand’s Antarctic Heritage Trust discovered film negatives taken over 100 years ago in Antarctica.
Heavy Metal Culture is alive and well in Botswana. Photographer Franck Marshall has captured the leather clad fans of Death Metal.
14 Photojournalists to follow on Instagram. Or, a list that will save you from selfies and food photos.
Photographers do send the best holiday cards. Here are two lists to get your ideas flowing for next year.
It is true that you can see how a photo was lit by looking at the eyes of the subject, but can reflections in the eye help solve crimes?
Taking pictures of the back of your girlfriend’s head in pseudo HDR can get you 500K followers on Instagram.
Energy.gov shared their collection of 2013 Photos of the Week.
James Estrin, editor of the New York Times Lens Blog, will be showing his own work for the first time in 20 years.
Add the New Yorker to the list of publications that spend hundreds of words lamenting the death of the camera.
Wired Science has a collection of their most popular photo galleries of 2013.
And finally, the Washington Post’s round up of best animal photos of the year includes a great image of the National Zoo’s tiger cub.

In Frame: December 30, 2013

December 30, 2013 By Meaghan Gay

Wolfkann_oneofthesethings — One of these is not like the other… by Kevin Wolf

This clay colored pigeon is a real scene stealer. Flickr contributor Kevin Wolf framed up the odd bird quite nicely. We can almost hear Big Bird singing, “One of these things is not like the other…”

This photograph from regular contributor Chris Suspect is part of a show at Govinda Gallery in Georgetown that’s open until January 4. The show is a collection of images that six different photographers have created while documenting various bands. Tonight there’s a reception for the photographers at Gypsy Sally’s from 7:00 to 11:00 p.m. with performances from three of the bands in the exhibition.

2013 Photobooks by D.C. Area Photographers

December 17, 2013 By Meaghan Gay

Street Reading by JEO Photography — Street Reading by Julian Ortiz

Let’s take a look back at some of the photobooks created by hardworking D.C. area photographers this year — some are self published, some are print on demand, and some were created with the help of a publishing house.

We could not have assembled this list without the help of Larissa Leclair, founder of the Indie Photobook Library. The Indie Photobook Library is based in D.C. and is an archive for indie, and self-published books. Much more than just an archive, “the iPL promotes and showcases the books in the collection through international pop-up and feature-length exhibitions, articles, conferences, guest lectures, and also preserves them as a non-circulating public library.” We encourage you to find out more about this great local resource, which is funded by donations.

If you know of a photobook published this year by a D.C. area photographer, please let us know. We will be happy to add it to the list.

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In Frame: December 16, 2013

December 16, 2013 By Meaghan Gay

Through the window by Victoria Pickering

Victoria Pickering transformed an everyday scene in L’Enfant Plaza into a frame that could have been pulled from a Hitchcock movie, thanks to the slight movement of the silhouette and positioning of the woman in the frame, and to the excellent composition and drama of the photo.