• Getty photographer John Moore documents the U.S. eviction crisis as families struggle during the pandemic.
• Join Mid-Atlantic Photo Visions for their 2020 awards ceremony and virtual sessions with Rick Sammon and Kristi Odom tomorrow starting at 1:00 p.m.
• Rick Friedman has covered every presidential candidate from President Jimmy Carter to Donald Trump. Eric Thayer is a visual journalist with years of experience covering national news, politics, and natural disasters. Both share the stories behind their favorite political images and give you a chance to see behind the curtain in discussions on the PHOTOPLUS+ platform.
• Researchers have used artificial intelligence to analyze historical photos from World War II, and it can distinguish people and objects in a variety of scenes and even recognize the identity of the photographers in many cases.
• Youth Photography Awards documents the experiences of lockdown during the pandemic.
• Critical Exposure announced Nicole Newman will be joining the team as their next Executive Director. Newman is a writer, advocate, and nonprofit professional and fourth-generation Washingtonian.
• B&H Photo Video and Pro-Audio & Lindblad Expeditions are partnering on a special online edition of the Outdoor Photography Travel Imaging Conference, OPTIC All Stars, November 22-23.
• The “rise up.” exhibition at Dupont Underground (DU) has been extended through November. You can reserve tickets or sign up to volunteer on DU’s calendar.

We are excited to announce that Yonas Hassen and Sriram Gopal have joined the Ten Miles Square board. Both are longtime members of our community, and we look forward to the insight and guidance they will contribute in their new roles. You may recognize their names and faces, as Yonas is a previous Exposed winner and Sriram has been volunteering with us for over a decade, assisting at almost every opening night. Please join us in welcoming them aboard!

• Exposed DC is proud to be a partner, along with fellow local photography and creative organizations, on The Phillips Collection’s newly launched project “Community in Focus,” which aims to capture a photographic snapshot of an unprecedented year. People of all skill levels are invited to submit an image that captures a piece of their experience in 2020. We look forward to seeing the submissions over the coming weeks and to the exhibition slated for early next year.
• Mid-Atlantic Photo Visions, a non-profit annual photography expo organized by eight Northern Virginia and Maryland clubs, will host its 2020 awards ceremony online on November 7, along with two free presentations by Rick Sammons and Kristi Odom. You can view selected images in each of the categories on their website here.
• On the Leica Camera Blog, Exposed alum Chris Suspect discusses his “Old Customs” series of photos made on the beach of the Romanian coastal town of Vama Veche.
• Long before post offices became political flash points, Mary Welcome was photographing them for her project “God Bless the USPS.”
• Catherine Panebianco reimagines family moments using her dad’s old slides, holding them up in a similar position to where they were originally taken.
• The winners of the inaugural Luminar bug photography awards have been announced with submissions from more than 800 photographers around the world.
• Join Leica and Francisco Marin on October 29 at 4:00 p.m. for a conversation on photographing festivities of Dia de Muertos in Oaxaca, Mexico.

• British documentary photographer Chris Killip has died at the age of 74. Friend and fellow photographer Martin Parr describes Killip as one of the key players in postwar British photography.
• Apple announced the iPhone 12 Pro with a bigger image sensor, faster main camera lens, improved image stabilization, and other improvements aimed at photo enthusiasts.
• Martin Schoeller’s new exhibition “Death Row Exonerees” captures the faces and stories of Americans accused of crimes they didn’t commit.
• Winners of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition were announced this week with the top prize going to Sergey Gorshkov for his image of an Amur tigress hugging a tree that took more than 11 months to capture.
• The annual New York City Women Street Photographers exhibition call is open for entries through November 4, with women from around the world invited to submit one free photo along with an option to enter additional photos for $15/each.
• Photographer James Whitlow Delano re-envisions his work for today’s unsettling times, creating a deep exploration of an alternate universe. 
• The creators of the documentary “Last Stop Coney Island: The Life and Photography of Harold Feinstein” share about the late photographer’s life and work as they aim to raise money to make the film available on DVD.
• Join Aperture and the Strand Bookstore on October 22 at 7 p.m. for a conversation between photographers Melissa O’Shaughnessy and Gus Powell, as they discuss O’Shaughnessy’s new book.
• The documentary “The Way I See It” recalls the Obama years with warm nostalgia through the lens of former White House photographer and unlikely Instagram star Pete Souza (premieres tonight on MSNBC at 10 p.m. EST).
• Nobechi Creative is offering an online intensive workshop by Ibarionex Perello. Sessions will run from October 27 through November 21, and the full cost is $895 or $775 for students.

• Canon U.S.A. and the American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) are partnering to produce a series of business webinars available to ASMP members free of charge and to non-members for a small fee.
• The DC History Center is open to visitors again with free, timed passes for entry to the Hall of History and THE BIG PICTURE, an exhibit featuring 74 panoramic photographs spanning D.C.’s 20th century.
• Gianmarco Maraviglia documents one of the most dangerous marine pollutants in his photography project, “Mermaid Tears.”
• This roundup of some of the images released by NASA over the decades provides a beautiful escape.
• These are the cameras used by 10 of the world’s most famous photographers.
• George Byrne’s new monograph, Post Truth, features vibrant, candy-colored scenes of Los Angeles.
• The National Portrait Gallery exhibition “Her Story: A Century of Women Writers” celebrates some of the country’s most influential authors.
• The “rise up.” exhibition at Dupont Underground will be open Fridays from 3 to 7 p.m. and Saturdays and Sundays from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. through November 1. The virtual exhibition is also available online through January 12. 
• Magnum Photographer Christopher Anderson began creating images of his young children as a way of stopping time and creating personal stories.
• The Uncommon District remembers their co-editor and local photographer Karen Ramsey who passed away on Monday. She will be greatly missed by the D.C. photography community and beyond.

We are excited to announce the opening of the “rise up.” photography exhibit that highlights D.C. photographers and their images created during the social justice uprising of 2020. The exhibit opens today at Dupont Underground and will run through October with gallery hours Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. There will be a virtual gallery available as well. Exposed DC is proud to partner with Dupont Underground and Shedrick Pelt on this important exhibition.

• Urban Nation is live-streaming the opening of the extensive retrospective “Martha Cooper: Taking Pictures” today at 2 p.m. Viewers will take a tour of the museum and meet Martha Cooper and the curators of the show.
• Brooklyn photographer Josh Katz has been documenting quarantined New Yorkers finding escapes on their rooftops, balconies, and stairways.
• Acclaimed documentary photographers, Ruddy Roye and Devin Allen share their unique perspectives and backstory on capturing the shot as part of the Leica Conversations at Photoville on Sunday at 4 p.m.
• An exhibit in Cleveland explores photography in the era of the contact sheet, showing the uncropped and unselected versions of famed photographs.
• Gray Malin’s new photography collection features dogs lounging around the Beverly Hills Hotel.
• Google’s Pixel 5 smartphone loses the telephoto lens, adds an ultrawide lens, and updates their HDR+.
• Karl Taylor shares 4 tips for more creative still life photography in a video shared on Fstoppers.
• Reuben Radding is offering a street photography workshop that will meet on Zoom every Tuesday for six weeks starting on October 13. The class is limited to six participants, and the full cost is $800 with a 50% deposit required to book your spot.
• Threekit, makers of interactive product imaging software for online brands and retailers, announced the creation of its seven millionth product image and are on track for more than ten million in 2020.