Get your tickets now for our huge May 11 opening of the 12th annual Exposed DC Photography Show! You don’t want to miss the 40 winning photographs displayed and projected throughout the Dupont Underground.

• Head to the National Gallery of Art this afternoon and tomorrow for a program on history, photography, and race in the South.
• National Geographic’s special monthly happy hour on April 19 will focus on Unexpected Origins, 5:30-8 p.m., $20.
• Dayanita Singh, frustrated with the conventional gallery format, has taken to creating portable “pocket museums” instead for her latest exhibition.
• George Rodriguez talks about his experience with photography of two very different types in L.A.
• Elaborately made-up toy cars are the star of Carlos Hernandez’s recreated movie scenes.
• WTOP reviews the biography of Berenice Abbott out this week by Julia Van Haaften, founding curator of the New York Public Library’s photography collection.
• If you ❤ analog photography you will probably ❤ this mini-documentary tribute to it.
• It’s plastic as far as the eye can see in this series by conservation photographer Pete Oxford.
• “The key to storm chasing is to not end up being chased by the storm.”

 

• Diane Arbus: A box of ten photographs opens today at the Smithsonian American Art Museum with a slideshow and panel discussion, 4-7 p.m.
• AP photographer Pablo Martinez Monsivais revisited parts of D.C. that experienced rioting after Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination 50 years ago and found a city showing few traces remaining from those days of rage.
• The Zeiss Photography Award winner has been announced, along with nine shortlisted photographers.
• The CBRE Urban Photographer of the Year competition also announced its winners, who were asked this year to focus on examining cities from a perspective of connectivity.
• Aidan Williams is literally taking his photography to new heights as he documents slackliners around the world.
• Adobe has revamped Lightroom and Camera Raw’s treatment of raw files. Some photographers are calling the update major.
• Tim Franco uses an old wooden 4×5 camera to photograph defectors from North Korea in “Unperson,” his new portrait series.

• We still have more than a week before the cherry blossoms reach peak bloom. Get inspired with some new ideas for how to capture them with this Capital Photography Center field class on Sunday.
• Head to Johns Hopkins SAIS on Tuesday for a special event about the sights, sounds, and stories of pre-war Syria, including documentary photography by Jason Hamacher from his travels between 2005 and 2010.
• The National Endowment of the Arts recently reported that photography and photo services contribute $10.2 billion to the U.S. economy.
• 25 artists have been shortlisted for the Contemporary African Photography Prize.
• Estevan Oriol started documenting L.A. street culture over 25 years ago, photographing communities he was part of and sides of the city often misrepresented.
• Photographer Bex Day has embarked on a project to make stock photography more inclusive of transgender persons.
• This U-2 pilot captured the Northern Lights from a new high. The results are nothing short of incredible.
• Make of this one what you will: Government photographers may get a few more jobs now that the “Ego Act” has been signed into law, banning government officials from using taxpayer dollars to get their oil portraits done.
• See the winners of Smithsonian Magazine’s 2018 photo contest.
• Enjoy these moody animal portraits by George Wheelhouse.

• Get your best bird pics into the Audubon Society contest by April 2. One winner will be featured on their magazine cover.
• National Geographic photographer Ami Vitale captured several moving images of the last moments of the last living male Northern White Rhino.
• The Momenta Workshop is offering big tuition awards—$1,000 and $500—to photographers who’d like to attend their Project Series: Working with Nonprofits. Apply here.
• This man took a photo with every mailbox in Seattle. (Because goals?)
• Bettina Rheims, best known for fashion and celebrity photography, sets up makeshift studios in female prisons to delve into another realm for her latest project.
• Looks like Google will acquire Lytro, creators of light-field technology cameras.
• Susan Ressler’s images of cookie-cutter corporate office life in 1970s America will be published in a new book next month.
• A timelapse of the solar eclipse from the cockpit of a U-2 is among the winners of Air & Space / Smithsonian magazine’s annual photo contest.
• Learn about FotoEvidence’s mission and co-founder, Svetlana Bachevanova, in this Q&A. She’ll be one of several photographers offering portfolio reviews during the photo festival in June. Sign up here.

In case you missed it, we announced the winning images from our 2018 photography contest earlier this week. Join us in congratulating the winners, and mark your calendars for the opening reception on Friday, May 11 when you can see all of the photos on display at Dupont Underground. Now, on to some links!

• See Renee Regan’s travel photography at the Wharf’s Martha Spak Gallery. Reception is tonight, 6-8 p.m.
• Then, head to the Leica Store DC for an opening reception of the new Metro Collective exhibit, “My Tears Will Stain,” 7-9 p.m. tonight.
• Speaking of Leica, a camera allegedly owned by Amelia Earhart is up for sale on eBay for approximately $70,000.
• WOMEN FOCUS is sponsoring free portfolio reviews on April 7 at the Newseum for women photography students and professionals with 5 years or less experience. Participation is limited to 80 registrants, and as of Thursday, they were still accepting applications for the waiting list. Reviews will be led by women editors and photographers from organizations such as National Geographic, NPR, The Washington Post, and The New York Times.
• A wonderful moment in social media happened earlier this week, when someone tweeted a photo from a 1971 science conference and asked for help identifying the sole woman and person of color—and the only scientist not identified in the caption. Many people converged to help, including archivists at the Smithsonian, and, well, you’ll never guess what happened next…
• Photographs of The Beatles at their first concerts in the U.S. taken by a teenager are finding their way from his basement to an auction where they are expected to fetch over $300,000.
• The Focus on the Story International Photo Festival has issued a call for entries. Submit your images that tell compelling stories in two categories by April 17. Discounted early bird registration is also still available if you haven’t signed up yet.
• Photobombing, selfie sticks, and other photography firsts may have happened sooner than you thought.