• Sony’s latest firmware uses artificial intelligence to provide autofocus on subject’s eyes, even when the subject is an animal.
• Elton John and David Furnish will have a photography gallery named after them at the V&A after making a significant donation to the new photography center.
• Professionals in the field of biomedical photography share their experience ranging from documenting bacteria and viruses to photomicrography and beyond.
• This year’s Washington Post Squirrel Week Photography contest winners include (at least) three Exposed alums — Andrew Pasko-Reader, Angela Napili and Victoria Pickering.
• Noelle K. Tan: Part II Volume 2, featuring black and white photographs produced in the darkroom, is on exhibit at Civilian Art Projects from 1-5 p.m. tomorrow.  
• Photoworks latest exhibit features three photographic series that explore the connection between subjects and objects/environments surrounding them. The exhibit is on view starting today, and an opening reception and gallery talk will be held next Saturday, April 27 at 5 p.m.
• PHMuseum has announced the winners of their 2019 photography grant, with the top prize going to Nikita Teryoshin for his series Nothing Personal, which takes a look at the commercial business behind global defense. 

• Flickr has partnered with Pixsy to start alerting photographers if their images have been stolen. 
• David McMillan’s new book takes viewers to the ghost city of Chernobyl.
• Leica Store DC will be hosting a street photography workshop with Gus Powell on May 17-19. Attendance is limited to 12 students, and registration costs $799.
• A Barcelona-based photographer captures birds’ flights in a single frame that shows the paths they take and the patterns their wings create.
• Rob Tringali talks with PDN about sports photography and how things have changed in the industry since he first began his career.
• Researchers have captured images of a black hole for the first time ever.
• Steven Sebring is on a mission to capture the subjects of his photography in 360 degrees with a proprietary camera system he built in an old vaudeville theater.
• Exposed alum Kaitlin Jencso’s new exhibition “Looking Glass” opened at Hamiltonian Gallery last weekend. BYT’s Svetlana Legetic talked with Kaitlin about the show.

Our new exhibit in the Crystal City Fotowalk will be going up this weekend! The exhibit will feature 62 photographers whose images explore how color is seen and captured through photography. Join us next Friday, April 5 from 5-7 p.m. for an opening reception in conjunction with Gallery Underground as part of Crystal City’s First Fridays!

• Don’t forget about Birch’s solo show at Rosslyn CAFE tonight, 6-8 p.m. Distinct Seasons is a series of photographs that celebrates the four distinct seasons we experience each year as Washingtonians.
• StreetMeetDC is celebrating 4 years at tomorrow’s meet up at 10th and U Street NW, 2 p.m.
• Today at 10 a.m., an early photography symposium, “Pictures with Purpose,” will feature photography and visual culture scholars discussing the meaning and significance of early works by and about African American image makers.
• Mel D. Cole has spent the last two decades photographing iconic and intimate moments in hip-hop.
• Digital Trends shares a little about these 14 women who influenced the art of photography in honor of Women’s History Month.
• Lisa Elmaleh has been photographing musicians all around Appalachia using the wet-plate tintype process developed in the mid 1850s.
• Check out Capital Photography Center’s upcoming classes to sign up for a cherry blossom photo shoot, learn about how to better use Photoshop or Lightroom, and more.

• The Clark Hulings Fund For Visual Artists is holding an art-business conference this weekend at Artists & Makers Studios, $395.
• ILFORD Photo created a mini documentary about a photographer who builds cameras out of everything from fruit to logs to caravans.
• Exposed alum Birch Thomas will have a solo show at Rosslyn CAFÉ next Friday, March 29th from 6-8 p.m. at Bennett Park.
• The NYC Hudson Yards golden pine cone has backed down from its hilariously extreme photo rights policy.
• D.C. photographer Farrah Skeiky talks to PDN about photography, social media approach, Instagram’s algorithm, and more.
• Tiny Atlas Quarterly, the team behind #mytinyatlas on Instagram, will be releasing their first photo book of images from around the world.
• Dogfish Head is launching a new gose called SuperEIGHT, which can be used to develop film. 
• A new exhibit at the National Building Museum features Bill Bamberger’s large-format photographs of basketball venues around the world.

• Our call for entries for the next Crystal City Fotowalk closes this Sunday at midnight. Submit your photos that explore how color is seen, captured, and used in photography for a chance to be part of the exhibition which will open this spring. 
• The Community Collective Pop-up Series Volume 4 will be held this Sunday at Creative Hands Studio, 3-6 p.m. Twenty photographers, including several Exposed alum, will be sharing their images on the theme of light.
• The DC Street Photography Collective is having a meet up tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. at Ben’s Chili Bowl. Everyone interested in street photography is welcome.
• Netflix invited eight photographers to the set of The OA: Part II during production to create a series of promotional images with guidance from the showrunners.
• The New York Times shares its take on the best photos from the 76th Pictures of the Year International.
• Visions and Reflections, an exhibit featuring the work of Roberto Fernández Ibáñez, opens at Photoworks at Glen Echo Park today. A reception and gallery talk will be held tomorrow, 5-7 p.m.
• Two underwater photographers teamed up on a campaign to illustrate the effects of trawling, a method of fishing that involves pulling a net through the water behind boats.
• Photographers share their thoughts on Instagram and potential alternative platforms for sharing images.