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Friday Links: January 6, 2023

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Photo by Alex Huie

Happy New Year! We hope 2023 is off to a great start and look forward to reflecting on the last year or so in our nation’s capital with our annual photo contest. Have you entered your favorite images yet? Don’t let the deadline for entries sneak up on you. Submit your best images showcasing the D.C. metro area by January 31 for a chance to be part of our 17th annual exhibition celebrating local photography!

  • Washingtonian’s best things to do in the DC area for this week includes the Hirshhorn’s first survey of photographs captured by multigenerational Chinese artists between the 1990s and 2000s.
  • Keith Kozloff’s photography exhibition, a reflection on “deep time,” opens tomorrow at the Delaplaine Visual Arts Center in Frederick, MD at 2:00 p.m.
  • An exhibition of photos taken by Colin Winterbottom offers a rare look at the artwork that’s been atop the John A. Wilson Building for more than a century.
  • Art critic Louis Jacobson rounded up eight shows from last year for his annual list of top local photography exhibits for the Washington City Paper.
  • Get a behind the scenes look at the birth of Sesame Street through David Attie’s photographs he captured while on assignment for a little-seen, hyper-focused magazine in the late 1960s.
  • Thousands of photographs taken by Coventry photographer Arthur Cooper from the 1940s to the 1960s have been digitized and released online with the public helping to identify people and places shown in the images.
  • A doctor saved a Marine’s life in Vietnam in 1968; a photo just reunited them last year.

Enter the 17th Annual Exposed DC Photography Contest

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Our 2023 photography contest is open for entries! Submit your best images of the Washington, D.C. metro area by January 31 for the chance to be part of our 17th annual photography exhibition. We want to see what life in our nation’s capital is like for you. What scenes catch your eye? What events do you look forward to attending or just feel compelled to document? Watch our recent feature on WETA Arts to learn more about the show and what we look for to display in the exhibit. 

Winners of the contest will be featured in the 2023 Exposed DC Photography Show to be held in Spring or Summer 2023. Exposed DC takes public health concerns and accessibility into consideration when selecting the exhibit location. You can check out this page to view opening wrap-up posts and previous winners announcements to get a better sense of the show. We plan to kick off the celebration by announcing more details in early April. A virtual gallery featuring the show images will also be available during the exhibit run.

The entry cost is $10 per image, and you may submit as many images as you’d like. More details are available on our submission site. Entries are accepted now through January 31 at 11:59 p.m. Please see below for some important notes about the submission site to optimize your contest experience.  

Have any questions or comments? Check out these FAQs, comment on this post, or reach out to us on social media. Be sure to subscribe to our newsletter, if you don’t already, to get updates about all of our contests and events, as well as news about all things photography related. If you’d like to join our team as a volunteer, please drop us a line. 

GO TO SUBMISSION SITE

Some notes about the submission site 

  • Please use a recent version of either Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox to submit to the contest. You may encounter bugs or errors with other browsers or outdated versions.
  • While there is no limit to the number of photos you can enter into the contest, you will only be able to submit once. Please be sure to review your entire application thoroughly and confirm the price reflects the number of images you are entering before you hit submit. 
  • You can save your submission as a draft and return later to complete the submission process.
  • If you realize you need to edit after you have already submitted, you will need to request a refund from Picter support. This will put your submission back into draft status, and you will have to resubmit it once you make the necessary edits.
  • No refunds will be granted after the contest deadline.

Friday Links: November 11, 2022

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Photo by Alex Huie

On this Veterans Day, we’re thinking of all the men and women who have served our country. Thank you for your service and Happy Veterans Day!

  • Join Lost Origins Gallery and the White House News Photographers Association (WHNPA) tomorrow night for the closing reception of the WHNPA’s 100th Anniversary exhibit, 7-10 p.m.
  • A new exhibit in New York includes never-before-seen William Eggleston photographs taken during the early 70s when he was working on his Guide, the controversial and groundbreaking solo exhibit at the MoMA.
  • Author Michael Lesy recently published a book that looks at the last photographs and life stories of Walker Evans.
  • For almost two decades, Thomas Holton has photographed a family in New York’s Chinatown through marriages, divorces, and kids growing up and moving out in a project that the photographer says has turned into his life.
  • Studio Gallery is hosting a group photography show featuring the work of 12 photographers in the lower gallery through November 19 and participating in Third Thursdays on November 17 from 5-6 p.m.
  • A photographer that happened upon the small, remote town of Bliss, Idaho by chance has since begun creating a time capsule of life there.
  • The Architectural Photography Awards has announced the shortlist of entrants for this year’s competition.

Friday Links: November 4, 2022

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Photo by Tim Brown

Friday Links: October 28, 2022

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High Heel Race by Miki Jourdan

Our longest-running annual photography show is slated to come down next week. That’s right, you’ve got one last weekend to see the 38 winning images that line the alley alongside Ellē for yourself. Check back soon for the next exhibit and, of course, stay tuned for announcements about our 2023 annual photography contest later this year.

  • Join StreetMeetDC tomorrow at Rock Creek Park (Picnic Grove 24), 3-6 p.m.
  • The 2022 Leica Picture of the Year is an image taken by legendary Magnum photographer Thomas Hoepker on a road trip in the USA in 1963.
  • The United Nations is using before-and-after satellite imagery to track the destruction of Ukraine’s architecture, art, and historical sites.
  • Images of an elderly woman hanging her laundry during COVID lockdown won the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2022.
  • A California photographer thought he was taking a picture of a dolphin leaping in the air behind a surfer but it turned out to be a great white.
  • Ever wonder what an ant looks like up close? You may wish you hadn’t after seeing for yourself.
  • Vote for your favorite finalist in the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards through November 27.
  • Photos show a new art installation draped over the National Museum of Women in the Arts. The work is done by by Austrian artist Katharina Cibulka who has been turning construction sites into feminist conversation pieces.