• The top entries in the 2023 Sony World Photography Awards Open Competition have been announced.
• A Reddit user ran an experiment using an intentionally blurred image of the moon that Samsung’s processing enhanced rather…robustly, shall we say? Samsung responded that its technology uses a “detail improvement function.”
• Since late 2015, Sean Scheidt has been organizing his “Time Spent” collection that documents his relatives to preserve memories and also helps him process grief.
• Join StreetMeetDC at U Street Metro tomorrow at 3 p.m. as they return to the spot where it all started 8 years ago.
• NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captured the rarely seen prelude to supernova.
• Foxes came out on top in the British Wildlife Photography Awards.
• Sony designed a camera kit for people with visual impairments. The viewfinder can project images directly onto a person’s retina.
• Kin Coedel created an intimate series of photographs that document the lives of several nomadic communities in the Tibetan Plateau.
• Pictures of the Year International has announced the winners of its 80th competition.

Thank you to everyone who joined us for happy hour on Wednesday night and to 801 Restaurant & Bar for having us. We had a great time connecting with new folks and reconnecting with long-timers as well. Congratulations once again to the winners of this year’s contest; we look forward to celebrating local photography with you all at the 17th annual Exposed DC show later this year. Stay tuned for updates.

• “Variety Show: A Photo Ensemble” by Creative Platform, a photography group featuring nine photographers, will open at Gallery B in Bethesda soon. Join them for an opening reception on March 11 from 4-6 p.m.
• Photoworks has released its full list of spring and summer classes.
• Astronomers have released a gargantuan survey of the Milky Way, using data from the Dark Energy Camera Plane Survey taken at optical and near-infrared wavelengths.
• Shortlisted entries and finalists in the annual Sony World Photography Awards’ 10 professional categories have been announced.
• Multiple Exposures Gallery’s monthly photography critique is this Sunday from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
• The top prize for the National Geographic “Pictures of the Year” contest captured a bald eagle swooping in to steal a perch on a tree log in Alaska.
• The northern lights seem to be putting on quite the display this year, according to photographers on the Isle of Man and these two pilots who incorporated an extra loop into their flight path to make sure passengers on both sides of the planes got a view.
• The Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize has just announced the four shortlisted photographers that will appear in the 2023 exhibition.
• The winners of the Washington Gardener Magazine’s 2023 Garden Photo Contest were announced last month.

We’ll be announcing the winners of our annual contest next week! Check back for the official announcement and then join us on Wednesday, March 1 for a celebratory happy hour at 801 Restaurant & Bar from 6-8 p.m. We’ll catch up in person (finally!) and toast to the winners. Looking forward to seeing everyone and sharing our love for local photography!

• Tomorrow is the last day to catch the DC Street Photography Collective’s “Hiding in Plain Sight” exhibit at Project Create Arts Center. Join them for a closing party and see the winners of their open call on display along with members’ work.
• Reserve a spot to join Exposed alum Messay Shoakena at Photoworks tomorrow from 2:00-4:00 p.m. for an artist talk and demonstration.
• Kieth Kozloff’s “Veiled Memories” exhibit opens at the Park View Gallery at Glen Echo with a reception on February 25, 6:00-8:00 p.m.
• The National Gallery of Art exhibit “This is Britain” consists of about 45 recently acquired prints and some photo magazines from the 1970s and 1980s.
• Cheryl Miller filed a copyright infringement claim against an artist who allegedly replicated her 1980 photograph as a painting.
• The Plants for Birds entries in the 2022 Audubon Photography Awards show the connection between birds and native plants.
• Reserve a spot to join Shedrick Pelt at the DC History Center to celebrate the release of his new book “District Postcard Views” on February 24, 5:00-7:00 p.m., free.
• The 16 largest photography companies in the world have just been revealed with Sony overtaking Canon and a few other surprises.
• An art gallery owner is under investigation for defrauding clients, with $1.6 million worth of photos vanishing.