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Friday Links: May 20, 2022

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Photo by Diane Krauthamer

Just over a week until the 2022 Exposed DC Photography Show opens at Lost Origins Outside in Mount Pleasant! Join us for a special celebration to kick off the show on Sunday, May 29 from 3-6 p.m. Whether you join for the opening or visit during the exhibit run, we invite you to share an image on Instagram and tag #2022XDC, @exposed_dc, and @capitalphotographycenter in the caption to take part in our giveaway. Get all the details on that here and share your image by June 30 to be eligible for the prizes: a $100 gift certificate for Capital Photography Center and a SpyderX Pro monitor calibrator. Can’t wait to see you and your images!

  • We’ll be announcing the Best in Show winners of this year’s show next week. Get to know our awesome judges and then check back to see which images took home their votes!
  • The 2022 Pulitzer Prize winners and finalists have been announced. Special shout out to our Best in Show judges Michael McCoy and Kenny Holston who were part of the New York Times team that won the National Reporting category.
  • Join Leica for a conversation with Cheriss May (another one of our guest judges!) next Thursday at 4 p.m., free, online.
  • The first ever global music photography competition, Abbey Road Studios Music Photography Awards, announced this year’s winners with the Zeitgeist category going to none other than Chris Suspect. An Exposed alum, you’ll likely recognize his name and work, and you can see two of his images in our show this year too.
  • Join Critical Exposure for “Shutter Speed: How We’re Living Now” on Thursday, June 2 to see and hear the unique perspective of D.C. youth on how they’re living inside of new norms and grappling to make sense of what has been, what is, and what will be.
  • The Event Horizon Telescope produced images of two black holes now, with scientists dreaming of movies next.
  • The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities issued a request for applications from qualified artists and District nonprofit art galleries or organizations for its Fiscal Year 2023 Art Bank Program with a deadline of June 24. There’s also a curatorial grant program with a deadline of July 8.
  • Join Focus on the Story for the Visual Storytelling Summit on June 4 at the Eaton Hotel for a day full of celebrating emerging voices. All events are free but require registration.

Friday Links: May 6, 2022

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Fencing up at the Supreme Court by Victoria Pickering

Save the date for the opening of our 16th annual Exposed DC Photography Show at Lost Origins Outside on Sunday, May 29! We can’t wait to see everyone and celebrate another year of great local photography with you all. Stay tuned for more details in the coming weeks, including the announcement of our Best in Show awards selected by this year’s special judges, distinguished photographers and photojournalists based in Washington, D.C.

  • Speaking of the Best in Show judges, head to Leica Store DC tonight for the opening reception of Cheriss May’s “Soul Connection” project, 7:00-9:00 p.m., free.
  • Registration is now open for Chris Suspect’s Day of the Dead workshop in Oaxaca, Mexico with early bird pricing available through July 15.
  • Join Photoworks for their annual Fundraiser Gala on May 19. Tickets are $150 (regular) / $50 (under age 30) and include admission for two people and one image from the print raffle. You may recognize some images from Exposed DC folks and regularly featured photographers.
  • The 1882 Foundation, Asian American Journalists Association, and DC Public Library are hosting a pre-premiere screening of Curtis Chin’s short documentary “Dear Corky,” on the “undisputed, unofficial Asian American photographic laureate” Corky Lee, May 10 at 6:30 p.m.
  • A federal judge granted summary judgment to Pinterest in a lawsuit by a photographer claiming the company infringed over 50 of his copyrighted works by displaying them too close to other advertisements.
  • 39 photographers were announced as winners, jurors’ picks, and finalists of the LensCulture Portrait Awards 2022.
  • Photographer Igor Posner describes his new book “Cargó” as “an exploration of the psyche of migration.”

Friday Links: April 22, 2022

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Runner by Mike Maquire
  • Lost Origins celebrates its fifth anniversary this Sunday from 3-7 p.m. with a new alley exhibit featuring the work of two-time Pulitzer winner Lucian Perkins, book signing & print sales for the second edition release of Hard Art DC 1979, bands (of course!), and print making with the DC Punk Archive.
  • Join Photoworks on May 19 for their annual Fundraiser Gala featuring their classic Photo Raffle and Silent Auction. Tickets are $150 (regular price) or $50 (under age 30), admitting two people and including one image from the raffle.
  • Head to Old Town Alexandria tomorrow from 3-6 p.m. for PortraitMeetDC’s event at the waterfront.
  • Letizia Battaglia, photographer of Sicilian underworld, died earlier this month at 87.
  • After two years of cancellations due to the pandemic, the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival has returned.
  • Register for Neil Kramer’s free artist talk on his funny, poignant photographic journey through the pandemic on June 4 at 4:00 p.m., capping off a full-day of speakers and panels on visual storytelling at the Focus on the Story International Photo Festival.
  • The COAL + ICE exhibition closes tomorrow; join them tonight for a special Earth Day event starting at 6:30 p.m., free but requires preregistration.
  • The Travel Photographer of the Year awards take us around the world with the top prize going to Fortunato Gatto for his image of Denali National Park in Alaska.
  • Pet photographer Cat Race uses clever tricks and intuition to capture unusual and stunning dog portraits.

Friday Links: April 15, 2022

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Ketanji Brown Jackson Mural by Mike Maguire

Friday Links: April 8, 2022

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Osprey in Flight by Britt Leckman

Thank you to everyone who stopped by the History Network at the DC History Conference last weekend to say hello and chat with us about 16 years of local photographers documenting life in and around D.C. Now we’re even more excited about this year’s annual photography show; stay tuned for an announcement on that very soon!