It’s the last weekend before our annual contest closes on Wednesday, February 28 at midnight. Don’t waste time… let’s see those entries! Also, save the date for our next monthly happy hour on March 13 at Meridian Pint.

Now, how about some links?

• Pretend spring has arrived with these winners of Washington Gardener magazine’s photo contest.
• Looking to learn more about how to use your camera? Exposed DC alum Amanda Archibald will be leading a DSLR and mirrorless camera workshop on March 3 at The Lemon Collective.
• Head to the District Architecture Center on Tuesday the 27th for an opening reception of the exhibition “Hoachlander Davis: Photographing Spaces,” 6:30 p.m., free.
• Max Desfor, a Pulitzer Prize winning war photographer who worked for the Associated Press for over 40 years, has passed away at 104.
• TIME shares some of their favorite images from the 2018 Winter Olympics.
• Or maybe you’re more interested in these multiple exposures that capture the movement of the athletes differently.
• Behind the scenes takes on a life of its own in Klaus Pichler’s “Skeletons in the Closet” series showing taxidermied creatures in hidden spaces of the Museum of Natural History in Vienna.
• War photographer James Nachtwey turns his camera to a battle raging on U.S. soil, the opioid crisis, for TIME’s new cover story.

• Danny Wilcox Frazier has been documenting rural communities across the Midwest and the effects of depopulation for 15 years. Head to a reception for his exhibit at the Leica Store DC tonight, 7 to 9 p.m.
• Also at the Leica Store DC on Saturday from 12-3 p.m.: DC Hula Girls studio shooting experience. Loaner cameras will be available but be sure to bring your own SD card. RSVP at info@leica-store-dc.com.
• Adorama asks: should the term “street photography” be retired? The master Garry Winogrand preferred to be called a zoo photographer himself.
• Outliers and American Vanguard Art exhibition opens Sunday at the National Gallery of Art. Zoe Leonard’s “The Fae Richards Photo Archive” will be on view as part of the exhibit, and Zoe Leonard will have a talk at 2:00 p.m. in the East Building Auditorium.
• Ever thought of the digital photography industry as having an ecosystem? Photolemur did and created a comprehensive map of it in PDF form.
• The Outdoor Photographer of the Year category winners have been announced.
• Don’t forget about the free-to-attend photography exhibit, reception, and conversation on the impact of photojournalism and creative storytelling on policy at Johns Hopkins SAIS on Feb. 1, 4:30 to 8 p.m.
• Join us next week Friday, Feb. 2 for the opening of a new exhibit at the Crystal City Fotowalk!

From cooler temperatures and our first snow of the season to a bunch of Santa Clauses roaming around town, it’s starting to feel like winter is actually here. You know what that means. It’s time to enter our annual photography contest! Now on to Friday Links…

• The Atlantic is asking photographers what they think is the most influential photograph in history.
• Peek-a-boo orangutans, fluffy flamingo babies, and stunning canyons make up the winning images in National Geographic’s 2017 nature photography contest.
• Oh thank goodness? There’s a photography element to the Cat Person story.
• The critic for the Guardian shares his top ten photography exhibitions of the year.
• Head to Blind Whino on Saturday for the closing party for the Best of IGDC competition.
• We are so grateful that the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards comes through at just the right time to close the year.
• Travel photographer Daniele Cagnazzo captures stunning images of the Middle East at night.
• View the finalists for this year’s Art of Building architectural photography competition.
• Sign up for an upcoming class or special event from the Capital Photography Center. There are holiday-related ones if you’re looking to get in the spirit. Or you might try one of these at Glen Echo Park.
• Google launched three new photography apps this week.
• Smartphones designed to take more flattering selfies along with beautifying apps installed on over a billion phones. More on China’s selfie obsession in this long read.