You have until midnight tonight to submit images for the next Crystal City Fotowalk. Let’s see all those beautiful and interesting travel photos!

• The New York Times has selected Meaghan Looram as Director of Photography.
• The Drone Awards went through 4,400 entries to select winners across various categories as well as an overall grand prize winner.
• Can AI help judge a photo contest? Huawei is putting its P20 Pro smartphone AI up to the task along with a Leica photographer.
• And speaking of smartphones getting smarter, Sony announced a new 48MP sensor for smartphones earlier this week…watch out DSLRs?
• National Geographic provides a look inside the fascinating world of family circus troupes that tour around Europe.
• A referee used a photographer’s camera as a makeshift VAR in a Copa Perú soccer game.
• Join Exposed DC alum photographer Amanda Archibald this Sunday, July 29 from 1 to 3 p.m. at Steadfast Supply for a workshop on styling food and drink.
• This is the last weekend to catch the very special collection of photographs at the Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art, Lawrence A. Fleischman Gallery. “Pop-up: Photographic Discoveries” features unusual and unexpected findings, from daguerreotypes to digital images, from a recent survey of their holdings to assess preservation needs. The exhibit closes Monday, July 30.

 

Keep submitting your awesome travel photography for a chance to be part of our next exhibit in the Crystal City Fotowalk. You have until next Friday, July 27. It’s free to enter, and winners will get to keep their poster-size print.

• See a very special collection of photographs at the Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art, Lawrence A. Fleischman Gallery through July 30. “Pop-up: Photographic Discoveries” features unusual and unexpected findings, from daguerreotypes to digital images, from a recent survey of their holdings to assess preservation needs.
• Head to America’s Islamic Heritage Museum on Sunday, 3 to 5 p.m., for a closing reception and discussion with photographer Cathy Katona.
• A new photo exhibit opens at BlackRock Center for the Arts in Germantown on Saturday. The reception for Natural Abstractions by Julius Kassovic is 3 to 5 p.m.
• Join Exposed DC alum photographer Amanda Archibald on Sunday, July 29 from 1 to 3 p.m. at Steadfast Supply for a workshop on styling food and drink.
• Fujifilm’s latest film simulation product is Provia 100F…flavored instant noodles.
• A Chilean photographer captures stunning images of volcanic eruptions paired with lightning.
• View the winning images of the 2018 iPhone Photography Awards—the first and longest running iPhone photography competition.
• Guillaume Hebert spends 8-20 hours per image combining his photography with paintings to created blended scenes.
• Drone photography has really taken off, but Australian Photography asks: where are all the female drone photographers?

We’ve begun planning for our next Crystal City Fotowalk exhibit and are happy to announce an open call for submissions this time around. We want to see your pictures from all around the world! Submit your best travel images by July 27 for a chance to be part of the next show.

• Exposed alum Chris Suspect snapped former Trump lawyer Ty Cobb rocking out to a local punk band in Petworth on Saturday night, prompting stories in the Washington Post, Vice and Spin.
• AFP photographer Yuri Cortez unwittingly became part of the action at the World Cup in Moscow on Wednesday. After Croatia scored their semi-final winning goal, he was squashed by celebrating players but still managed to capture the moment and emerge unscathed.
• On Tuesday, Smithsonian Magazine is launching its PhotoTalks series with Erika P. Rodriguez, Wayne Martin Belger, and frequent Exposed special judge Lucian Perkins discussing the theme of identity. Free with registration.
• The fourth installment of The Community Collective Photography Showcase will feature 32 photographers from the DMV on Thursday, July 19 at Sospeso, 7 p.m.
• In 2013, local photographer Russell Brammer’s image “Adams Morgan at Night” was part of our annual Exposed DC Photography Show. Last week, it also became the subject of an ugly Virginia federal court ruling that says commercial companies can use photos they find on the internet under “fair use,” in what’s being widely regarded as a gross misinterpretation of the Copyright Act. Copyright lawyer David Kluft responds here.
• The Bronx Documentary Center is sharing overlooked stories captured by Latin American photographers during a festival that runs through July 22.
• When Michael Bradley realized wet plate photography can make tattoos disappear, he began a project photographing Māori people of New Zealand with traditional tā moko tattoos.

Summer is officially here! Join us at Blackfinn on Tuesday from 6-8 p.m. for our monthly happy hour to escape the heat and enjoy a cool beverage and great conversation about all things photography and beyond. We’ve got lots of other upcoming events to share this week along with some links…

• Head to the Leica Store tonight for the opening of Almost True, by Steven Bollman, 7-9 p.m. A two-day street photography workshop will follow over the weekend.
• Join DC photogs and Exposed alums Albert Ting and Amanda Archibald tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. for a community portrait workshop at The Loren Apartments in Falls Church and a photo walk in the downtown Falls Church neighborhood. They’ll have live portrait models plus drinks and snacks.
• This Sunday, Washington Photo Safari is hosting a session focused on composition that takes inspiration from the photos in the Crystal City Fotowalk, 2:30-5:00 p.m., $79.
• Photographs of demolished London buildings (before their demise) provide an interesting history of the city’s lesser-known areas.
• Tuesday, June 26 is 202Creates Co-Working Day. Join photographers John Harrington, Keith Lane, and Noe Todorovich and entertainment attorney Hardeep Grover for a discussion about the business side of photography from 2-3 p.m.
• Two photographers’ idea to reconstruct classic photos started as a joke but turned into a book.
• 1854 Media and British Journal of Photography are hosting their first ever OpenWalls event with a call for entries on the theme of “Home & Away.” Fifty shortlisted images will be displayed at Galerie Huit Arles in July 2019.
• The New York Times remembers photojournalist Clemens Kalischer who passed away earlier this month at the age of 97.