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Friday Links: August 23, 2024

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Photo by: John Brighenti
  • Black Women Photographers is giving away a Nikon Z F body through an Instagram contest; enter by August 31.
  • Explore a selection of shortlisted images in the Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2024, the world’s biggest space photography competition.
  • Save the date for the opening of Exposed alum Prescott Moore Lassman’s solo show of photographs from his Subterranean series at the Politics and Prose Coffeehouse, September 7 from 5:00-7:00 p.m.
  • Join StreetMeetDC at L’enfant Plaza tomorrow at 5 p.m. as they lean into the brutalist architecture for the day’s theme.
  • Social Documentary Network has online classes starting up in fall: Photographers’ Tool Kit with Amber Bracken starting on October 3, $625 for eight sessions and Photographs, Politics, and Perception with Michelle Bogre starting on October 30, $400 for six sessions.
  • PortraitMeetDC is pairing up with Union 206 for a studio-styled shoot, with eight models participating and three studios to use. A free one year membership to Union 206 will also be up for grabs. Reserve your spot for the September 14 event, $10-20.
  • Tennis champion, entrepreneur, and arts advocate Venus Williams hosts a new podcast series that uncovers relationships between photography and the environment.

Friday Links: August 16, 2024

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Photo by: Josh Steele
  • Join Touchstone Gallery tomorrow from 3:00-7:00 p.m. for its 48th anniversary celebration. Tickets are $195 and include admission for two and the selection of one 12″ x 12″ original piece of art, created by one of the gallery’s 48 member artists.
  • PortraitMeetDC will be at Maryland Avenue Linear Park Sunday for a summer picnic themed meet from 4:00-7:00 p.m. with DJ Fern.
  • The northern lights reached as far south as Texas, Mississippi and Arizona during Perseid meteor shower.
  • Register to view the Nepal-US Historic Photo Exhibition today from 3:00-6:00 p.m.
  • Join APA | DC for a casual gathering at The National Portrait Gallery Kogod Courtyard tomorrow from noon to 2:00 p.m., free and open to the public.
  • AP photographers pick their favorite photos from the Paris Olympics.
  • Google’s new Pixel line has a lot of compelling new features, including numerous hardware and software improvements for mobile photographers.
  • In a tribute to ever-changing rural America, Brendon Burton collects a decade of photographs in his book, Epitaph.
  • Join Capital Photography Center for a Natural Light Portraiture class with instructor Geoff Livingston and model Holly Ahrens in Georgetown tomorrow at 8:00 a.m., $139.

Friday Links: August 9, 2024

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Photo by Jordan Barab

  • Multiple Exposures Gallery is holding a gallery membership information session tonight at 7 p.m. during Second Friday and evening hours at the Torpedo Factory Art Center.
  • Robbie Lawrence shares his experience providing photography coverage at the Olympics, from fear of missing out to finding his own rhythm. 
  • In recognition of Alexandria’s 275th birthday, the city launched a photo contest and is accepting up to five images per person with a deadline of November 1.
  • Reserve a spot for Community Cyanotypes, an event conceptualized by a local artist and supported by a grant from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, on August 24 from noon to 4 p.m., free and open to the public.
  • Lost Origins Gallery is partnering with the Fredericksburg and DC Street Photography Collectives to hold a street photography shoot-off on September 21.
  • Catch the Fleeting Moments Street Photography II exhibit at Athenaeum Gallery through September 22. Visit on August 18 for the artist reception.
  • Dodge Chrome is holding a Capture the Summer photo contest with a deadline of September 30. You can enter 3 photos in each category: travel/a place I love, weather phenomenon, and pops of color.

Friday Links: August 2, 2024

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Photo by: Don Sniegowski
  • The Paris Olympics have already given us a ton of terrific imagery, but the award for most viral photo thus far has to go to a stunning shot of a surfer taken in Tahiti.
  • Exposed alum Alain Gutiérrez is organizing a trip to Cuba for six photographers in November, $3,700/person, not including airfare, visa fee, or incidentals.
  • DC History Center and Off the Mall Tours are collaborating on a “District of Punk” downtown walking tour on August 14 at 5:30 p.m., $30 ($25 for members).
  • 14 VISIONS, a fine art photography exhibition juried by Allison Nance, opened at Multiple Exposures Gallery this week and is on view daily from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. through August 25.
  • View the winning images of the 18th annual Washington Gardener Photo Contest at an art show opening Sunday from 2:00-3:30 p.m.. at Meadowlark Botanical Gardens.
  • RSVP to join Annie Levy on Zoom as she hosts Smith Center’s “Conversations in Photography” on August 21 at 10:30 a.m. The workshop will focus on the joy of discovering who we are and envisioning who we want to become through the lens of our most important photos.
  • StreetMeet is looking for community builders who want to make a positive impact in their city — here in D.C. and beyond.

Friday Links: July 26, 2024

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Photo by: Danielle (@ellesview22)

Join us tonight from 5-8 p.m. at Fathom Gallery Georgetown for the closing of our annual photography show. It’s your last chance to view the exhibition; come on the earlier side if you haven’t seen the show yet. We’ll have exhibition programs for sale along with the beautiful, framed exhibit photographs that we promise will look great on your wall, too. Thank you once again to everyone who made this year’s show a success!

  • See powerful portraits by one of the greatest photographers of the 20th century in Gordon Parks’ exhibition at the National Gallery of Art, featuring 25 portraits he made between 1941 and 1970 mostly from the Corcoran Collection.
  • Head to Freedom Plaza tomorrow at 5 p.m. for this month’s StreetMeetDC get together.
  • Robert Miller has been promoted to Director of Photography at The Washington Post.
  • Support Critical Exposure with Jeni’s Ice Cream through the end of the month! Every pint purchased at Jeni’s 14th St NW location will earn $2 for Critical Exposure; mention Critical Exposure at checkout or use code CriticalExposure for pickup or delivery orders in the app.
  • Redeat Wondemu’s Phoenix Series, self portraits created with digital negatives on watercolor paper using the cyanotype method, closes this Sunday at IA&A at Hillyer. Admission is free, $10 suggested donation.
  • The PROGRESSION fine art photography exhibition at Multiple Exposures Gallery is also closing on Sunday.
  • Long before artificial intelligence, photographers altered images to burnish the reputations of politicians—from Lincoln to Stalin.
  • An exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art focuses on the first century of advertising photography in the United States and Europe, capturing the evolution of photographic depiction over time.
  • Join Capital Photography Center on August 4 at the Renwick Gallery to learn creative photo techniques using perspective, depth of field, focus, and subject isolation while exploring various styles of art.