• Applications are open through January 20 for Photoworks’ Artist in Residence program for emerging  and practicing photographers within the DC metro area!
• This weekend is your last chance to see the Gordon Parks exhibit at the National Gallery of Art.
• QUIET MOMENTS is on display at Multiple Exposures Gallery through Sunday, January 26, open daily from 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
• TechRadar has a round up of the best camera choices for every budget.
• The 19th Annual Washington Gardener Magazine Photo Contest is open through January 20 with four major entry categories.
• Studio Gallery features recent works by students from middle schools, high schools, and universities across the DC metro area in an outreach exhibition curated by Gia Harewood, on view through January 25.
• The submission deadline for the 2025 ZEKE Awards is January 15 with two awards be granted with winners receiving $2,500 each.

Happy New Year! Exposed DC wishes you all the best as we kick off 2025.

• Multiple Exposures Gallery is hosting their first monthly photo critique of 2025 on Sunday.
• Magnum President Cristina de Middel curates a selection of significant images from the past 12 months by Magnum photographers.
• A group of experts met to discuss the images that have best captured — and changed — the world since 1955.
• Submissions are open for the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources’ Annual Photography Showcase.
• President Jimmy Carter is remembered through pictures spanning his life.
• Catch the Gordon Parks: Camera Portraits exhibit before it closes on January  12.
• The photo booth is turning 100 — meet the people keeping it alive.

• Submissions are open to photographers of all skill levels for the Japan Information & Culture Center’s Sakura & Friendship contest with a deadline of January 12.
• Photoworks is hosting a Holiday Lights at Glen Echo course tomorrow, $75.
• DC Film Collective issued a call for volunteers; find out more and submit the form to get started.
• Join Capital Photography Center tomorrow for a Holiday Field Shoot at the Library of Congress ($99) and/or Meadowlark’s Winter Walk of Lights ($89).
• Colossal rounds up their favorite stories of 2024 from four of their staff.
• NASA embraces the holiday spirit with images of stellar wreath and cosmic Christmas tree.
• We might not see as much snow around D.C. this December, but can enjoy a flashback from fifteen years ago, when “Snowpocalypse” happened.

In case you missed it, Exposed DC will be forgoing our usual annual photography contest to focus our efforts on preparing our collection of 18+ years of photographs for its new home in The People’s Archive at the DC Public Library. We’ll miss the annual contest and exhibition this year, but we are incredibly grateful and excited about kicking off the collection with everyone in Spring 2025.

• Delve deeper into the work of Gordon Parks with film viewings at the National Gallery of Art this weekend.
• Join HEMPHILL tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. during the group exhibition, TWO X, for a panel discussion with artists Wayson R. Jones, Mark Kelner & Lisa Scheer. Space is limited, email to RSVP.
• WPOW is currently seeking a volunteer to fill the two-year position of president beginning in January. The deadline to submit your interest is December 15.
• Finalists for the Women Street Photographers exhibitions during two photo festivals in Brazil include Exposed alum and board member Kim Keller.
• Applications are open for the third Annual FotoFilmic Mentoring Program with a January 15 scholarship/early bird registration deadline.
• Winners of the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards were announced with a red squirrel stuck in a tree taking home the top prize.