In case you missed the exciting news, our 13th annual photography contest is officially open for entries! What better time than now to reminisce about the last year while perusing your photos to find the perfect ones to submit. Entries are accepted through January 9, 2019. Now back to your regularly scheduled Friday Links:

• Head to Big Bear Cafe on Tuesday for Stop Motion’s quarterly photography slideshow, 7-9 p.m. There will be a printed publication available for sale as well.
• Winners have been announced for the Royal Society Publishing Photography Competition, which celebrates the power of photography to capture science.
• Ragnar Axelsson is photographing the disappearing glaciers of Iceland, an experience that he says can be “like being on a different planet.”
• Photoworks hosts the first solo exhibition of work from Frank Van Riper’s book, Recovered Memory: New York & Paris 1960-1980. A reception, gallery talk, and book signing will be held tonight from 6-8 p.m.
• The British Journal of Photography explores how photography is used to shed light on health-related matters.
• Peter Jackson’s new World War I documentary adds color and realism to original footage shot in black and white on hand-cranked cameras.
• Join Robert K. Headley and Exposed alum Pat Padua for their “Historic Movie Theaters of Washington, DC” book signing event at AFI Silver Theatre this Saturday, 4:30-7:30 p.m.
• Annie Leibovitz answers the 10 questions she is asked most frequently.

Photo by Michael Zelina

• Join us for our monthly happy hour at Meridian Pint on Tuesday, November 13 from 6-8 p.m.
• Flickr announced a new limit of 1,000 photos for free accounts earlier this month, to be implemented beginning in early 2019. The community reached out concerned about Creative Commons photos, which will now we spared from the purge.
• British Journal of Photography interviewed members of the film photography collective AllFormat to find out more about the group and what’s driving analogue photography nowadays.
• Earlier this week Leica announced the Leica Q-P, a new full-frame compact camera.
• Vivian Maier’s color photography of street life in Chicago and New York is featured in an exhibition and a new book. Get a glimpse in this gallery on The Guardian.
• Head to the Leica Store DC tonight for the opening reception of their latest exhibit, SEA by EJ Camp, 7-9 p.m.
• If you’re debating between the iPhone XR and XS for photography reasons, CNET put the two models to the test.

Photo by Jordan Barab

Halloween has passed, and the leaves have started to change. Join us for a proper fall happy hour on Tuesday, November 13 at Meridian Pint.

• Join Austin Graff and Angela Pan tomorrow for a photowalk of Anacostia, 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., free.
• This Sunday, Gordon Parks The New Tide, Early Work 1940–1950 opens at the National Gallery of Art. The exhibit is the first to focus on this formative decade of Parks’ career.
• There are various options for visiting Cuba nowadays. Learn about the tour that introduces you to the photographers who documented Castro’s rebellion as well as some contemporary photographers.
• Pre-register now to attend Chris Buck’s artist talk happening on November 28 at the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
• Documentary photographer Daniella Zalcman and Matika Wilbur of the Swinomish and Tulalip peoples of coastal Washington will explore different perspectives on modern Native communities through powerful photography, on November 27 at National Geographic.
• Join Exposed alum Amanda Archibald this Sunday for an intro to product styling workshop at Steadfast Supply, 1:00-3:00 p.m., $35.
• Yohei Shimada roams the streets of Japan during Halloween as Cameraaman, a human-sized, fully-functioning DSLR camera capturing other costume-wearers.