Tickets are on sale now for the opening reception of our 13th annual Exposed DC Photography Show! Join us at Touchstone Gallery to admire all 43 winning images with fellow photographers and art lovers while sipping on all the beer and wine you can drink. Get your tickets now, and we’ll see you on February 13th!

• The Washington Post is hiring a travel photo editor.
• Today is the last day to get early bird pricing on tickets for the 2019 WPOW Seminar and Portfolio Review.
• Focus on the Story is accepting proposals to present at the 2019 festival. If you have an exceptional photography project or an idea for a talk that will inspire and engage fellow photographers, submit it for the chance to join the stellar lineup and get complimentary registration to the festival, three nights of hotel accommodations, and a travel voucher of up to $500.
• Join Exposed alum Amanda Archibald tomorrow for a Fancy Camera Basics workshop to learn about composing the frame beautifully, choosing the appropriate settings for your camera, understanding how exposures are made, and much more, 10 a.m., $75.
• PDN magazine’s annual photography contest closes this Monday.
• Winners of the British Photography Awards were announced earlier this week.
• Join the AU School of Public Affairs’ Justice Programs Office on February 6 for an event centered around Richard Ross’ new photography exhibit focused on youth in the juvenile justice system, 5:30-8:15 p.m.
• Javier Riera infuses landscapes with geometric shapes through light installations that he then photographs. The results are surreal and beautiful.

Earlier this week, we announced the winning images from our 2019 photo contest. Thanks again to everyone who entered the contest and congratulations to the winners! Mark your calendars for the opening reception on Wednesday, February 13 when you can see all of the photos on display at Touchstone Gallery. In the meantime, we’ve got some links for you.

• RSVP to join Leica Product Specialist, John Kreidler on Saturday from 1-4 p.m. for a portrait session of you with your “Object of Desire.”
• On Saturday night, after the Women’s March, the Social Photo Show – Images of Protest & Dissent will feature the work of 18 amateur photographers as a one-night pop-up gallery in D.C., 7-10 p.m., $19. 
• The Capitol Hill Art League and Hill Center Galleries are co-sponsoring a show focusing on the beauty of all trees and are accepting entries through February 1.
• Place and displacement intertwine the series House to House and Suburbs by Pat Howard and Andy Currie in the latest exhibit at Photoworks, opening next week with a reception and gallery talk on Saturday, Jan. 26, 5-7 p.m.
• Framebridge is opening a new location on 14th Street. 
• A Philadelphia-based photographer created a time-lapse video using video and photos taken by astronauts onboard the International Space Station.
• The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston is exploring Ansel Adams in a new light with an exhibit of over 100 of his photographs as well as images by 23 contemporary photographers whose work helps show how things have continued to change and reinterprets well-known scenes.

Thank you to everyone who entered our 2019 photography contest for sharing your work with us! Check back on Tuesday the 15th when we announce the winning images that will be showcased in our 13th annual Exposed DC Photography Show at Touchstone Gallery, and join us for happy hour that evening at 801 Restaurant & Bar. 

• Head to Photoworks at Glen Echo Park for the first Coffee & Critique of 2019 on Sunday, 10 a.m. to noon, free.
• THIS SIDE OF SILVER: an art pop-up show at Aperture, a new apartment community in Reston, will feature local photographers among other artists, tomorrow from 2-5 p.m.
• Have great photos of gardens in or around D.C.? The 13th Annual Washington Gardener Magazine Photo Contest is accepting entries through January 22.
• The newly-opened Lumen Museum sits amidst the Dolomites, designed to showcase mountain photography amidst mountains themselves.
• The Flickering Treasures exhibit on view at the National Building Museum showcases the history of the movie-going experience in Baltimore over the years.
• British naturalist Anna Atkins was the first to use photography for scientific illustration in her magnum opus, British Algae. Some of her research and work is featured in an exhibition at the New York Public Library.
• A rare book dealer has spent the last 30 years acquiring pictures of China at the dawn of photography, from albumen prints to wet plates.
• WIRED seeks to find out how photography affects us in their latest episode of Tech Effects, covering selfie distortion, emotional memories, and more.

Have you entered our annual photography contest yet? You have until Wednesday, January 9 at midnight to get your entries submitted! Save the date for our next happy hour on January 15 at 801 Restaurant & Bar, where we will be kicking off another year of celebrating local photography and toasting to the winners of the contest.

• Vox pays tribute to women and non-binary photographers in their 2018 year in review. The gallery includes Exposed alum Kaitlin Jencso’s image of a Christine Blasey Ford supporter outside the Kavanaugh hearings.
• Registration for the Focus on the Story festival is now open! Take advantage of the flash sale that ends today to get a great discount.
• Join the founder of Washington, DC History & Culture tomorrow at the Newseum for a group visit focused on photography and photojournalism. Please note that attendees will need to purchase their own tickets for admission to the Newseum.
• The Independent shares how photographers captured 2018’s most compelling moments in a two-part series (part two here). 
• Pete Mauney began taking time-lapse photographs of planes coming and going at night after photographing fireflies reminded him of his childhood observations of airplanes circling Manhattan. 
• Photographer Li Zhensheng worked at a local newspaper in northeastern China in the 1960s, taking over 30,000 images that document a turbulent time in modern Chinese history that the ruling Communist Party tries to hide and that he is trying to share with his fellow Chinese.
• Photo District News shares the technology and trends they are excited about for 2019.
• RSVP now for the Visual Art Town Hall Meeting happening on January 26 to learn about Logan Fringe Arts Space renovation and the programs that will be offered.

Have some time off for the holidays? Enter our 13th annual photo contest to show us what captures your eye while living and working in the D.C. area. We hope you all enjoy the holiday season and our last Friday Links of the year… See you in 2019!

• The New Yorker shares some of its favorite images of the year.
• The Guardian has its top 10 photography shows of 2018.
• PBS News Hour takes a look at photographers Wendy Watriss and Fred Baldwin’s documentation of rural America over the years.
• The Community Collective’s next pop-up series featuring 16 photographers will be Sunday, December 30 at Creative Hands Studio at 52 O St., 3-6 p.m.
• Steve McCurry joined Kate Snow for a 15-minute segment on NBC Nightly News to talk about his career and how he got into photography.
• Focus on the Story has announced the initial lineup for the 2019 festival. Stay tuned for updates and registration to open soon.
• Verónica Sanchis Bencomo talks with The New York Times about creating Foto Féminas, an online community for Latin American women photographers.
• If you’re looking for some holiday photography ideas, an Olympus designer and photographer shared his tutorial for creating Christmas tree shaped bokeh.