We’d like to take this time to wish everyone “Happy Thanksgiving!” a little early as we’ll be taking next week off for the holiday. We are grateful to each member of our amazing community of local photographers and supporters. Thank you for sharing your incredible work with us and each other, continually inspiring and supporting one another. 

• The holidays approaching also means it’s nearly time for our annual photography contest! We’re hard at work preparing for an early December launch and can hardly wait to see all your great images capturing the recent times of our city. More info coming your way very soon!
• Join PortraitMeetDC for their last meet of 2021 this Sunday at the grounds of Montpelier Mansion, 2:00 p.m. 
• A new documentary tells the story of photographer Eadweard Muybridge, who revolutionized photography with his sequential images of a horse galloping. 
• The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards announced the winners of this year’s competition.
• Renowned photojournalist Tom Stoddart, who died at the age of 68, is remembered for his coverage of major international stories including conflict in Lebanon, apartheid’s end in South Africa, the fall of the Berlin Wall, the siege of Sarajevo, and wars in the Gulf.
• Adorama announced a strategic partnership with Pictar, a company focused on mobile photography solutions.
• Filmmaker and photographer Jan van IJken deep dives into the maneuvers and transformations of plankton using multiple microscopes. 

We love seeing the images that you’re tagging on Instagram for our new monthly projection show with Focus on the Story at Metrobar. Keep up the great work and be sure to tag #ArtAtMetrobarDC if you’d like to see your picture up on the big screen. 

• Join Photoworks for their monthly Coffee & Critique session this Sunday at 10:00 a.m., free. Must have images to attend.
• The American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP)  announced an exclusive collaboration with PetaPixel to bring the latest industry news and opinion to a new weekly show as part of the recently launched ASMP Academy.
• Cristina Mittermeier, a marine biologist and activist who pioneered the field of conservation photography, shares how photography and storytelling can turn apathy into climate action.
• Winners of the environmental photographer of the year competition, organized by environmental and water management charity CIWEM and WaterBear, have been announced. You can vote for the people’s choice award through December 1.
• Lafayette College in Pennsylvania has been gifted a collection of more than 1,600 civil rights movement-era photographs worth $10 million.
• Two cousins salvaged a film-development machine that is now part of their Take It Easy Film Lab that processes more than 200 rolls a day for clients garnered almost entirely from Instagram.
• Josef Koudelka donated more than 2,000 photographs to four institutions in the Czech Republic; early in his career, he was a secret dissident documenting life behind the Iron Curtain and smuggling his negatives out to be distributed by Magnum Photos.

• Critical Exposure is looking for program facilitators to join their team. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis with a priority application deadline of November 1.
• Mark your calendars for WPOW’s 13th Annual Juried Exhibition opening event at Lost Origins Outside in Mount Pleasant on November 6 from 4-7 p.m.
• The Siena International Photo Awards photo of the year features a Syrian father who lost his leg in a bombing and his son who was born without limbs.
• Photo Matters, a new virtual offering from Photoworks, will be hosted by Steve Greenberg this Sunday from 10 a.m. to noon, free.
• Flickr and LEGO are teaming up for a new photo contest; the deadline for entries is November 1.
• Dutch photographer Hannie Heere captured a baby barn owl running across the grass.
• Photograph cherry blossoms around the Tidal Basin with Washington Photo Safari to avoid the springtime crowds and capture vibrant colors on November 6, $79.
• Canon announced a new “Moments That Matter” photography competition that aims to provide a platform for people to harness the power of visual storytelling to spark positive Change.

• Winners of the 2021 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition have been announced. 
• Two wedding photography companies in Hawaii have been ordered to stop photographing couples in illegal, off-limit locations. 
• The actor who played picture-snapper Colin Creevey in Harry Potter is a real-life professional photographer.
• The FAA temporarily grounded news organizations’ drones being used to document the federal response to the arrival of Haitian migrants at the southern border.
• Unclaimed Afghan studio portraits bear witness to decades of history.
• Coffee & Critiques returns in-person at Photoworks this Sunday at 10:00 a.m. Seats are limited and reserved for participants with images to share. 
• Fine art photographer Roland Miller has been documenting America’s space program for more than 30 years; his latest book focuses on the waning years of NASA’s shuttle program.