• APA | DC is launching a new grant for emerging and established photographers who self-identify as LGBTQIAP+. The deadline to apply is July 20.
• Leica is expanding “THE WORLD DESERVES WITNESSES” campaign with an open call for submissions in two categories. Entry is free with a deadline of September 30.
• “American Silence: The Photographs of Robert Adams,” is on view at the National Gallery of Art through October 2.
• View the 2022 shortlist for the London’s Royal Observatory Greenwich Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition.
• Visual artist Mário Macilau captures social and environmental challenges in Mozambique, stating photography is the language he chooses to express himself and what he sees around him.
• Paul Killeen captured ghostly flying birds to win the World Landscape Photography competition.
• Profoto users can take part in the soft vs hard light challenge for a chance to win a lighting kit worth $2,000.

• Just a few days left to submit work to take part in Photo Slam 2022. Photos submitted will be projected at metrobar on June 26 during the live slam hosted by Regie Cabico with judges Noe Todorovich, Farrah Skeiky, Lou Jacobson, and Sharon Farmer.
• Katie Dance and John Scharbach will be hosting an introductory zine workshop tomorrow at the Eaton Workshop between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Attendees are strongly encouraged to bring a collection of work to layout and bind.
• Chanelle Smith-Walker, the team photographer for the Carolina Panthers, shares about her experience in the Next Woman Up series from the NFL.
• Jarob Ortiz, a large format photographer for the National Park Service, has a solo show opening on June 23 at Chevy Chase Pavilion, 6-9 p.m. “The Echoes of Ellis Island” features images taken from 2016 and 2018 as part of a Historic American Buildings Survey project.
• The finalist preview for the Bird Photographer of the Year 2022 has been released.
• The Washington Post has been exploring the storied history of Steuart Building at Fifth and K Streets NW that housed the CIA’s National Photographic Interpretation Center from 1956 to 1963.
• Winners and finalists of the 2022 BigPicture Natural World Photography Competition have been announced.
• Vienna’s Leitz Photographica Auctions sold a camera previously owned by the man who invented 35mm photography for over $15 million.

Did you join us for the opening of the 16th annual Exposed DC Photography Show? We’d love to get your feedback in this brief survey. We also received the full set of images from the day that was beautifully captured by Mariah Miranda, and you can view our album on Facebook. The exhibition will be on view at Lost Origins Outside and in our virtual gallery through July 24.

• The American Photographic Artists – DC Chapter is hosting two free virtual events this month as part of Focus on the Story 2022: a session on financial planning advice (June 14 at 11 a.m.) and a Pride month exclusive conversation with photographer Amy Scott, founder of Queer the Lens (June 22 at noon).
• The Library of Congress pared down their extensive photography collection from 15 million to 3,000 to 440 images for their recent exhibit, “Not an Ostrich: And Other Images from America’s Library.”
• Canon’s new EOS R7 is already on backorder, shortly after being announced.
• Cheriss May (one of our awesome Best in Show judges) is leading a two-day portrait photography workshop with Leica Akademie on June 25 and 26, $899.99.
• A wildlife photographer captured two bald eagles locking talons in the sky.
• Join StreetMeetDC outside the Takoma Metro Station tomorrow at 5 p.m. for their second weekend of Summer of StreetMeet.
• Thierry Ardouin unveils the stunning diversity of plants through macro photography of seeds.
• The Photographers’ Gallery transformed a collection of little-used streets and alleyways in London into a new permanent art gallery.
• A new exhibition delves into Magnum photographers’ assignments done on commission.