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Friday Links: June 15, 2018

June 15, 2018 By Noe Todorovich

DCist is back! Along with our favorite required reading: the monthly Arts Agenda by Exposed alum Pat Padua.
Mark your calendars for Tuesday, June 26 from 2-3 p.m. to chat at 202Creates Co-Working Day about the business side of photography. More info to come.
Starting today, see the evolution of Daguerrerotypes: Five Decades of Collecting at the National Portrait Gallery.
Westminster Abbey’s attic has been closed to the public for 700 years—until this week. Architecture Digest gives us a peek at the hundreds of British relics it holds and the spectacular views of London.
Our Crystal City Fotowalk sets the stage for the Washington Photo Safari all about composition on Sunday, June 24, 2:30-5:00 p.m., $79.
Anthony Hilliard talks with Noisey about how he came to be Future’s lead photographer and stories behind some of his images.
TEAL Magazine, a publication that focuses on film photography, music, art and culture, is having a launch party for their inaugural issue on July 7. RSVP here.
Twelve photographers have been shortlisted for the Leica Oskar Barnack Award. The winner will be announced in October.
Thomas Peschak juxtaposes the past with the present in Peru’s Guano Islands to see how seabird habitats have changed over the years.
National Geographic is hosting a Your Shot Meet Up on Saturday, June 23 at their headquarters. Space is limited and free for members, but RSVP is required.

Friday Links: June 8, 2017

June 8, 2018 By Heather Goss

The Focus on the Story International Photo Festival kicked off last night and there’s tons to take in this weekend. See the full schedule of workshops, photo walks, talks and book signings by big names like Martin Parr, an exhibit featuring Exposed alum Chris Suspect, and more. Tonight, find your fellow photography lovers at the opening party at Gallery O on H. Register here.
Head to Steadfast Supply in Navy Yard on Sunday for a camera workshop with D.C. photographer, educator, and Exposed alum, Amanda Archibald, 1 to 3 p.m. $75.
Enter the 2018 APA Awards in a slew of categories. Open to all, members get a discount.
Submit your work to be featured in the first issue of The Khollected, a D.C.-based art and design magazine.
The two biggest auction houses, Christie’s and Sotheby’s, are diversifying the photography they use for art, which means we’ll likely see fewer young women being used as props to sell things.
With primary season well under way, New York Times photographers were out this week taking portraits and talking to voters.
A photographer who toured with Prince talked to Getty Images about the late singer’s favorite photos of himself.
A year after Ryan Kelly took his Pulitzer-Prize-winning photo of Marcus Martin after being hit by a car during the Charlottesville rally, the two came together for a much better reason: Kelly photographed Martin’s wedding to Marissa Blair, who was also present that day, just out of frame.

Our 12th annual Exposed DC exhibit is a wrap! A huge thanks to everyone who came out, and to all the photographers who shared their love of the D.C. area with us through images. If you saw a photograph you liked, you can buy a fine art print of it online here. Feel free to email us for more information. Sign up for our newsletter here. Share your photography with us all year on Flickr or by using the hashtag #exposeddc on Instagram. Keep your eyes peeled soon for our June happy hour!

The Washington Gardener Photo Show opens Sunday, June 3 at Meadowlark Botanical Gardens with a reception, 2-3:30 p.m, free to attend. The 17 winning photos will be on display through July 31.
Mark Seliger talks with NPR about his desire to “get something that no one else has gotten” when photographing well-known figures.
Black D.C. natives respond to Washingtonian’s “I’m Not A Tourist” campaign with counter photo shoot.
United/Divided 2 opens at Glen Echo Photoworks on June 3, 6 to 8 p.m.
Instagram is rolling out a mute feature. We won’t tell if you won’t.
L.A. Times photographers head to RuPaul’s DragCon and it’s just as vivid as you imagine.
Foxes are people! Well, no, but they’re pretty expressive when Ossi Saarinen finds them.
Women and minority photographers are using digital spaces to their advantage.
When you set up your remote camera too close too the rocket flames the results are…as expected.

Friday Links: May 18, 2018

May 18, 2018 By Noe Todorovich

Thank you so much to everyone who joined us at our opening of the 12th annual Exposed DC Photography Show at Dupont Underground and to everyone who came by to visit the exhibit afterwards! Did you catch our opening night wrap-up with great photos by Mariah Miranda? *UPDATE* The exhibit will be open 12-5 p.m. this weekend. You can also peruse our online store if you’d like to purchase any of the photos in the show. Now who’s ready for some links?

Join Kirth Bobb, one of the 35 photographers in this year’s show, tomorrow morning for a Petworth PhotoWalk focused on taking family photography to the next level, 9-11 a.m.
A picture of graffiti at Zion National Park got so much attention on social media that the self-confessed vandal turned himself in to park rangers.
Eric Etheridge provides visual and oral histories of Mississippi’s Freedom Riders, including portraits taken around 50 years after their mug shots.
The winners of the Focus on the Story Awards have been announced and will be exhibited during the upcoming festival, June 7-10. You can still register for the festival as well as special events, but spots are filling up fast so don’t wait too long!
GQ turned the botched Photoshop job into comedy with its latest magazine cover.
More Than Just Parks’ crew of three spent two weeks backpacking through Death Valley National Park taking 4 TB worth of photos and video to create a beautiful time-lapse video. The group aims to create them for every U.S. national park, and we are on board with it.
James Forde shares his experience as a photojournalist in Venezuela over the past two years.
Sign up for one of the many upcoming classes or special events from the Capital Photography Center.

Friday Links: May 4, 2018

May 4, 2018 By Noe Todorovich

Just one week until our 2018 Annual Photography Show opens… ONE WEEK! You have until Friday, May 11 at noon to buy your advanced tickets online for $15 or you can get them at the door for $20. We can’t wait to see everyone at Dupont Underground and celebrate another year of awesome D.C. photography!

“He went from driver to Agence France-Presse’s chief photographer in Kabul, Afghanistan. He supported a large family that included 3 blind brothers and 2 blind children. On Monday, he was killed while covering a rush-hour suicide bombing.”
The Atlantic shares a selection of Marai’s work.
John Reardon, longtime photographer for the Observer, passed away recently. The Guardian shares some of his memorable work.
In this interview with Focus on the Story, Kirth Bobb chats about street photography and shares some of his favorite D.C. street images, one of which is in our 2018 show!
Someone photographed an osprey but actually captured a mini food chain in the process.
Winslow Homer was more than just a painter…some 50 photographs of his along with a long-lost camera of his will be part of an exhibition in Maine.
Benny Chan has been named the 2018 recipient of the Julius Shulman Institute Excellence in Photography Award.