Exposed DC

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Friday Links: September 29, 2023

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Photo by Victoria Pickering
  • Art All Night kicks off tonight with activations and events all over the city. Exposed alum Jeffrey Morris will be at 1340 8th St NW for The Fire and The Cross.
  • The WETA Arts October 2023 episode will feature street photographer Ashley Tillery who was part of the first MVT Photo Walk exhibit and is also part of the DC Street Photography Collective. A little birdie tells us Exposed DC will get a shoutout as well.
  • Don’t forget that you can also submit photos to the open call for the next MVT Photo Walk exhibit, which will show Mount Vernon Triangle through the lenses of residents, employees, and visitors of the neighborhood.
  • From a traditional Afghan box camera, a new view of life under the Taliban emerges.
  • Exposed alum Alain Gutierrez Almeida is offering a travel photography workshop to Seville and Granada, Spain in March 2024 for a limited number of photographers. Registration closes November 15.
  • Getty seems to be warming up to AI, now offering a new service that enables customers to create novel images trained on their own vast library of human-made photos.
  • Winners of the International Photography Awards have been announced.
  • Ansel Adams’ childhood home, a secluded Arts and Crafts chalet in San Francisco, hit the market for $5.45 million. Imagine taking the real estate photos for this one.

Friday Links: September 22, 2023

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Photo by Miki Jourdan
  • PortraitMeetDC will be gathering in Georgetown Sunday from 3-6 p.m.
  • The 5th Annual Leica Women Foto Project Award is accepting entries through November 7 with a focus on themes of reclamation, resilience, and rebirth. Four winners will receive $10,000 and a Leica SL2-S camera set.
  • Exposed alum Jeffrey Morris organized a multi-media show with Art All Night and Shaw Main Streets that will be held September 30 from 7:00p.m. to 12:30 a.m.
  • The 12th annual WPOW Seminar + Portfolio Review will be held in person at the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design at George Washington University on October 21, 2023. Get tickets for the whole day ($175 for general admission or $100 for students) or just the closing party ($35).
  • The beauty and mysteries of the universe unfold through the Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition run by the Royal Observatory Greenwich in the UK.
  • A cabinet full of Kodachrome slides was discovered lying on the sidewalk in a San Francisco neighborhood; the 920 slides within show the city undergoing changes in the 1960s and beyond.
  • Leica Store DC is celebrating 11 years with an anniversary event on October 26 featuring amazing photographers some of which have ties to Exposed!
  • Rock’s “accidental photographer” Henry Diltz received a lifetime achievement prize, the Icon award at the Abbey Road Music Photography Awards.
  • Atsuyuki Ohshima photographed a monkey enjoying a free ride on the back of a deer in a Japanese forest.

Friday Links: September 15, 2023

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Photo by Jeff Vincent

Have you checked out the MVT Photo Walk yet? The second exhibit launched earlier this month. If you’d like to be a part of a future exhibit, we’re excited to announce an open call for entries. Find our more and submit here by November 1.

  • Register now to join artist Wang Qingsong in conversation with Hirshhorn curator Betsy Johnson on September 28 as they discuss the creation of his heavily staged photographs and the use of photography as a tool to comment on culture and society.
  • Yelp is seeking its first-ever official food photographer to serve a two-month term and receive $10,000.
  • Exposed alum Julian Thomas is hosting a hands-on photography workshop on mastering the essentials of artificial lighting on September 23 from 12:00-4:00 p.m., $250.
  • Fine art photographer David Teran is running a Kickstarter campaign for a book featuring 100+ ballerinas photographed on black and white film with a Hasselblad.
  • The National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) will reopen to the public on October 21 with free admission and festivities for opening weekend. Tickets are available now for NMWA members and on September 19 for non-members. Exhibits on display will include early works by pioneering photographers Yevonde and Berenice Abbott.
  • SanDisk presents the winners of The Mono Awards, a celebration of the best black and white photography that is now in its fifth year.
  • StreetMeet is heading on a retreat! Reserve your spot for a 3-night getaway in Shenandoah, VA from October 15-18, $450.
  • Photo Artfolio launched its inaugural online exhibit, “Lightvisions,” with more exhibits and open calls on the horizon.

Friday Links: September 8, 2023

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Photo by Victoria Pickering

Thank you to everyone who joined us last night for the opening reception and artist talk for the new MVT Photo Walk! Four local photographers spent 24 hours documenting #LifeInMVT in an exhibit that can be viewed 24/7 along K Street NW and in Prather’s Alley. We also want to thank HEMPHILL for hosting the event and Mount Vernon Triangle Community Improvement District for partnering with us to bring photography to the streets of MVT.

  • The exhibit “Dap is a Love Language” is closing tomorrow at Creative Grounds DC.
    • An image of a peregrine falcon protecting her young from a pelican won this year’s Bird Photographer of the Year award.
    • An impressive meteor surprised viewers as far south as Richmond and as far north as New York this past Sunday.
    • Adams Morgan Day and Mt Pleasant Library present “History on Belmont” this Sunday from 12-6 p.m. with photographs and other art celebrating the neighborhood.
    • The Washington Post’s photography department set out to portray the rich human and natural landscapes that make up the region in this summer roundup.
    • Winners of LensCulture’s street photography awards captured everything from city cats to church gatherings.
    • Ben Geier’s ongoing series, Abandoned Theaters, show remnants and relics of an earlier era.
    • Commercial photographer Blair Bunting is one of a handful of people to ever fly in a U-2 spy plane with incredible images documenting the experience.
    • Check out the various classes Capital Photography Center offers if you’re looking to grow your skillset or gain special access to sites outside of regular hours.

    Friday Links: September 1, 2023

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    Photo by Diane Krauthamer

    Join Exposed DC and Mount Vernon Triangle Community Improvement District on Thursday, September 7 for an opening reception and artist talk for the new “24 Hours of #LifeInMVT” exhibition featuring photographs by Farrah Skeiky, Mukul Ranjan, Steven Cummings, and Justin “Olot” Featherstone. We’ll be meeting at HEMPHILL at 6:00 p.m. to view their current exhibits and enjoy complimentary iced tea and lemonade before heading outside to tour the photo walk. More information about the exhibit is available online here.