Meaghan Gay, Author at Exposed DC

Friday Links: October 24, 2014

October 24, 2014 By Meaghan Gay

You have one more week to see our Exposed DC / InstantDC Fall Review at the Washington School of photography, closing October 31. There are tons of photography-related events going on this weekend, so head to our calendar to find them all. Got an event to add? Let us know. Sign up for our newsletter to keep apprised of upcoming Exposed events (psst: save the date for our next happy hour on Wednesday, November 5, and keep your eyes out for some big fall events we’re working on).

Local photographer Joshua Cogan’s work with D.C. boxer Dusty Hernandez-Harrison is highlighted in the Washingtonian this week.
You can now follow the Women Photojournalists of Washington on Instagram.
Speaking of the WPOW, one of their members and National Geographic photo editor Mallory Benedict was featured on Career Contessa this week.
“How does one give dignity to the image of a woman who has died and is lying on the ground, unattended, uncovered and alone as people walk by or gaze from a distance? But I believe that the world must see the horrible and dehumanizing effects of Ebola. The story must be told; so one moves around with tender care, gingerly, without extreme intrusion.” Story and photos from Washington Post photographer Michel du Cille.
The Washington School of Photography has office space available for photographers.
The Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco opened a show this week featuring the work of Arnold Newman. “The show is the first major exhibition since Newman’s death, and features well-known portraits, as well as early street photography, architectural and still life works.”
Washington birth photographer Emily Goodstein shares what it takes to be part of one of the most intimate moments possible.
Famed Swiss photographer and member of Magnum Photos, René Burri passed away this week at the age of 81. The post on the Magnum Blog contains links to his images.
Images from the winners of the 2014 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition, include overall winner Michael Nichols.
And finally, another amazing tiger photo from Steve Winter.

In Frame: October 22, 2014

October 22, 2014 By Meaghan Gay

Art imitating life, or life imitating art? Either way, this is a great capture by John Ulaszek.

In Frame: October 20, 2014

October 20, 2014 By Meaghan Gay

This cinematic image by Rob Hohmann could be the launching point for many stories.

Friday Links: October 17, 2014

October 17, 2014 By Meaghan Gay

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Here’s some helpful video on what not to do with a GoPro and a drone.
Washingtonian has images from the 1927 tornado that touched down in D.C.
“If you were like many kids, you probably spent much of your childhood in a hybrid world where reality and imagination fused into an indistinguishable whole.” Photographer Thomas Dagg pays homage to childhood by inserting Star Wars into real world snapshots.
Portraits by Dmitri Kessel of Henri Matisse working.
PhotoPhilanthropy has opened up their 2014 Activist Awards. “We invite all professional and emerging photographers who have collaborated with a nonprofit organization on a photographic project to participate in the 6th annual awards.”
Joseph Sywenkyj has been awarded this year’s W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography for his long-term project on family life in Ukraine
AP photos of cemetery overcrowding across the globe.
“The most disappointing thing is that the students at Syracuse have missed that moment to learn about the Ebola crisis, using someone who has been on the ground and seen it up close. But they chose to pander to hysteria.” Pulitzer prize-winning Washington Post photojournalist Michel du Cille was disinvited to a Syracuse University journalism workshop because he had been to Liberia 21 days ago.
The jaw dropping photos by the 2014 Photo Nightscape Winners.
Because of Iran’s strict censorship rules on most art forms, artists in Tehran have gone underground to pursue their passions.
Photographer Jonny Joo has been photographing abandoned farm homes in Ohio, and they are Halloween season spooky.
Pamela Littky’s new book, Vacancy, documents the tight-knit communities of Baker, California and Beatty, Nevada, each of which claims to be the gateway to Death Valley.
Debi Cornwall wanted to see how prisoners and military guards lived at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. She discovered a surreal “paradise” marked by contrast and contradictions.
And finally, your photo of Putin with a tiger cub, which, well, might now be raiding China for chickens?

Friday Links: October 10, 2014

October 10, 2014 By Meaghan Gay

If you didn’t make it to last Friday’s opening reception for the Exposed DC / InstantDC Fall Review, you’re in luck! There’s another one tonight at Washington ArtWorks / Washington School of Photography (we’re not throwing it, but our gallery will be open for viewing) Meanwhile, submitted for your approval, this week’s links:

Did you know National Geographic has a tumblr that features unpublished photos from their archives?
Nicholas Nixon has been photographing his wife and her three sisters every year for the last forty years.
Andy DelGuidice on photographing street festivals in D.C.
Nature photographer Alex Wild is hanging up his lens after spending years fighting copyright infringement.
The City Paper spoke to D.C. photographer Chris Suspect about his concert photography being featured at Photokina. “I didn’t know photography was like heroin,” he says with a laugh. “It opened up a whole world for me, and I have become addicted.”
The National Park Service acquired a rare photograph of Selina Norris Gray, a slave owned by Robert E. Lee.
Marc Asnin has a new project recruiting photographers to speak out against the death penalty. “Through crowd-funding and social media, he has initiated a campaign in conjunction with the VII association against the death penalty in which he asks photographers to upload self-portraits to a website with a caption of 140 characters or fewer describing why they oppose capital punishment.”
The Guardian has guest photographers posting on their Instagram feed.
The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture recently added over 4,000 photos from photographer Henry Clay Anderson to their collection’s search center.
Photographer Sebastián Liste has been photographing the Brazilian elite, and the result is fascinating.
“A dentist, a bus driver, and a surgeon pop open a manhole cover and shimmy into the opening, abseiling into the depths of London’s sewer system.” No joke.
And finally, when you find a tiger on the side of the road make sure it is real before you call the police.

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