This week we announced that Noe Todorovich is taking over as the new Executive Director of Exposed DC, so we hope to see you at our monthly happy hour to celebrate and start gearing up for another great year of local photography. We’ll see you at Right Proper Brewing, Tuesday, August 29 at 6 p.m. On to Friday Links!

• It’s been a difficult week for everyone in Charlottesville, and many of us could only watch it all go down through the eyes of photographers on the scene. The Women Photographers of Washington asked Evelyn Hockstein to take over its Instagram account for the week to document the events. Sanjay Suchak, the University of Virginia’s photographer, posted his work here and here, and the school published his inspiring images of people from the community taking back the lawn with a peaceful vigil Wednesday night.
• If you don’t know there’s a total solar eclipse crossing the U.S. on Monday, you probably aren’t on the planet. NASA has a guide for smartphone photography and Space.com goes through the history of eclipse photography.
• Once you have that perfect eclipse photo, enter it into Focus on the Story’s photo contest. Winners get cash and published in the group’s second photography book, and Exposed DC’s own Heather Goss is on the jury panel. Deadline is September 4.
• This is what happens when you take a 104-year-old Graflex and take it to a Formula 1 race.
• fovi8 is a new magazine made by photographers, for photographers. Submit your photos by August 31 for consideration in their inaugural issue.
• Enjoy this photographic trip through Denali in Alaska by Kris Cheng.
• In Agence France-Presse, photographer Timothy A. Clary explains in words and pictures his passion for documenting dancers.
• A top-secret U.S. Army base in the Utah desert gets a visit from Getty photographer George Frey for the Atlantic.
• Louisiana State University takes its mascot situation seriously, apparently, housing an entire tiger habitat for Mike(s). The latest tiger, 11-month-old Mike VII, arrived on campus this week, where handlers will see if he adjusts well.

 

• This evening from 6 to 7:30 p.m., join the D.C. chapter of Moms Demand Action at The Potter’s House in Adams Morgan for the opening of an exhibit by Joe Quint. Joe uses photography to raise awareness about the effects of gun violence. (Perhaps you answered his solicitation for assistants that we posted a few weeks ago for this project.)
• 11:59pm tonight is the deadline for WATCH ME, a Juried Youth Photography Exhibition at Photoworks Gallery at Glen Echo Park. Photographers must be 18 or younger.
• Tomorrow, head to Leica Store DC at 11 a.m. for a photo walk led by Holly Garner (IGDC founder and Exposed alum) and Kyle Myles (who was featured in our 12 Photographers exhibit at Crystal City last winter). You could even win an ONA camera bag.
• With 170,000+ followers on Instagram, so popular he’s kept on retainer by several restaurants, this 22-year-old has become D.C.’s most influential food photographer.
• Remember the monkey selfie controversy? That case was heard by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday; Motherboard explains the battle for the copyright.
• And remember the viral photo of a Canadian dad calmly mowing his lawn while a tornado rages behind him? Now he’s locally famous.
• It’s a little hard to visit, but there’s now a permanent photo exhibition in low Earth orbit.
• This photo gallery from a warehouse in Colorado shows a “mausoleum for endangered species.”
• TSA photo ruffles Instagram users’ feathers. Also, not sure how we missed the prequel.

 

• Save the date: July 11th, 6 p.m. for our next Exposed DC Happy Hour, at a location yet to be determined. Stay tuned!
• We’ve added 19 new photos to our “Art in the Everyday” show in the Crystal City Underground Fotowalk. The exhibit now features a grand total of 148 images by 88 local photographers!
• Photoworks Gallery at Glen Echo Park announced a Call for Entries for their 2017 Juried Youth Photography Exhibition. The contest is open to photographers aged 18 and under, and the deadline is July 14, 11:59 p.m.
• When the White House once again barred cameras from a recent press briefing, CNN sent their Supreme Court sketch artist instead.
• Born in 1799, Victorian botanist Anna Atkins brought nature to life with her striking, modern-looking cyanotypes of seaweed and algae.
• Winners of the 10th annual iPhone Photography Awards were announced this week.
• “Eugene Richards Is the Photographer America Needs Now“—Mother Jones looks at a new retrospective of the work of the great American photojournalist.
• People whose pets appear in advertising campaigns or other media don’t tend to make a lot of money, but they do get bragging rights.
• And finally the Call for Entries you’ve all been waiting for—the third annual Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards. Deadline September 30.

 

• Marie Emerson’s exhibit “After Hours” opens Thursday, June 29, 7 to 10 p.m. at the Femme Fatale H Street NE Pop-Up Store. Emerson’s show is composed of portraits of ten local women representing six different ethnicities, saluting the lives we lead after our 9-to-5 jobs conclude.
• Photo ops around D.C.: The expert level pole jumpers at the DC Vault competition probably put on a good show. Go on a photowalk Sunday with the D.C. historical society. And a New! Ben’s! Mural! is probably all over your Instagram feeds already, so go join the fun.
• Join APA | DC, for a happy hour at Comet Ping Pong next Thursday, June 29, 6 to 9 p.m.
• The exhibition “35 Days” opens at Hemphill Fine Arts with works in a variety of media, including William Christenberry’s photography. Reception Saturday, 2 to 5 p.m.
• Sign your preteen daughter up for a Space of Her Own, which matches girls with mentors in the visual arts.
• A photo gallery shows how this hot Icelandic chef is reshaping his native cuisine.
• On Wednesday night, some of us were alarmed with USGS sent out an text alert that a 6.8 earthquake hit off the coast of Santa Barbara, California. Turns out, it was a false prompt from archived data of an earthquake that happened in 1925. The L.A. Times took the opportunity to repost incredible photos from the destruction.
• Laylah Amatullah Barrayn wants to reveal the world according to black woman photographers.
• Thursday morning, after the U.S. Senate unveiled their version of the health care bill that would make brutal cuts to Medicaid while enacting tax cuts for the wealthy, disabled members of ADAPT staged a non-violent protest outside Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s office. The Huffington Post has a photo gallery of Capitol police bodily removing the protestors, some of whom were in wheelchairs or wearing respirators–images we’ll likely be seeing again soon in midterm election ads, and maybe even history books.
• A video captured two female elephants jumping into action when a baby elephant fell into a pond at a South Korean park. It ends happily and impressively, and the Post talks to an elephant expert about how females in the wild have to be lifeguards for their young, with pictures.

 

• Whether or not you’re willing to pay to get in to Awesome Con, there are bound to be photo ops galore near the Convention Center this weekend.
• Mark your calendars for APA|DC’s next Happy Hour on Tuesday, June 27, 6-9 p.m. at Comet Ping Pong. The event is open to everyone.
• Plan further ahead for a significant solar eclipse across the U.S. on Monday, August 21. You could witness a total eclipse if you’re along its path from Oregon to South Carolina. Don’t worry bright eyes, we’ll remind you closer to time.
• As more women pick up cameras, they’re changing female representation around the world.
• Marie Cosindas, an early pioneer of color photography known for her painterly style, has died aged 93.
• French photographer Mathias Depardon, who was arrested in Turkey on May 8 while on assignment for National Geographic, was released last Friday without ever being charged.
• Ed Alcock made a series of intense portraits of folks in northwest France whose lives revolve around animals.
• Dog follows street view photographer in Korea, photobombs every photo.
• Criminals: just go ahead and quit right now — meet the six newest members of Taiwan’s police force.