February is moving quickly, with just a few days left of the Olympics and one week until we announce the winners of our annual photography contest! Check back next week for the official announcement. Here are some links to hold you over in the meantime.

• Abbey Road Studios has launched the first ever photography competition and official awards to recognize the art of music imagery.
• Falls Church Arts Gallery’s “Near and Far” exhibition explores the “heights and depths and macro world of photography.”
• An aerial photograph of two boats fishing for anchovies in Vietnam won the Save Our Seas Foundation Marine Conservation category of the Underwater Photographer of the Year 2022 award.
• Graciela Iturbide reflects on her life in photography. You can view more of her work in the Guardian here.
• Photographers explore the connection between capitalism and the camera.
• See the winners from the 2021 Ocean Art underwater photography contest.
• The five members of the International Olympic Photo Pool all employ robotics to augment their wire offerings and provide bird’s-eye views of sports like hockey and, of course, the opening ceremony.
• The World Photography Organisation, which organizes the Sony World Photography Awards and PHOTOFAIRS Shanghai, announced a partnership with Photo London.

• Photoworks’ monthly “Coffee & Critique” session is this Sunday at 10:00 a.m. Register for the free session to reserve a spot.
• An image of willow branches reflected in a frozen lake took home the Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice Award with over 31,000 votes.
• PhMuseum rounds up photography awards and opportunities that are currently accepting submissions.
• Conor McDonnell reflects on how one gig changed the trajectory of his life, leading to his eclectic experience ranging from documenting artwork for Sir David Attenborough to photographing the wedding of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West.
• Learn the true story behind the iconic World War II photo of U.S. Marines raising the American flag atop Iwo Jiwa’s highest point on February 23, 1945.
• Two photographers are set to release a photo book that will detail the current plight facing local farmers and the environmental devastation caused by a plant epidemic in Puglia, Southern Italy.
• François Brunelle’s “I’m Not a Look-Alike” series has been bringing together two unrelated people who resemble each other since 1999.
• Reuben Radding’s six-week street photography workshop starts in March and will be conducted entirely on Zoom. Space is limited to six participants, and the total cost is $800 with a 50% deposit to book your spot.
• Preview some of the winning images from the Sony World Photography Awards 2022.

Thank you to everyone who submitted to our annual photography contest. We’re so grateful to each and every one of you for being part of the amazing D.C. photography community. We’ll be reviewing the submissions and announcing the winners later this month. In the meantime, remember you can always share your images with us and each other by submitting to our group on Flickr and tagging #exposeddc on Instagram.

• The National Museum of Women in the Arts is temporarily closed to the public for a major renovation, but their first off-site exhibition “Positive Fragmentation” can be viewed at the American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center through May 22. The exhibit includes over 150 works by 21 artists who use fragmentation to explore concepts such as gender, race, and the environment.
• An amateur photographer who found himself at the center of the Covid-19 pandemic shares how he documented the response in Newcastle starting in March 2020 when council managers were called for a briefing.
• Artist Cecil McDonald Jr. explores the power of representation in photography through a video lecture series.
• The 2022 FotoEvidence Workshop will be held virtually March 4-6 with a deadline to apply of February 10. The goal of the workshop is to provide photographers with the skill to undertake challenging assignments and to ensure photographers have a clear understanding of ethical guidelines and can be hired with confidence by NGOs.
• Photoworks is hosting a virtual artist talk with the makers of “2020 Unmasked” on February 9 at 7:00 p.m.
• Polar bears move into an abandoned Arctic weather station on Russia’s Wrangel Island, a nature reserve under Unesco protection.