• David Hobby at Strobist reminds us that photography can be used to send powerful messages, like this ad by Mom’s Demand Action.
• Artists: Apply for grants as the new year starts for the D.C. Commission on Arts and Humanities. (Psst: They give a ton of these away, so don’t be afraid to apply!) Been around awhile? Consider volunteering for the panel that picks grantees.
• Getty photographer David Becker was on assignment covering the Route 91 Harvest country music festival in Las Vegas. He gives the LA Times his account of the massacre in words and photos.
• Sign up for the annual portfolio review held by APA | DC with reviewers from Smithsonian, National Geographic, and more. October 18, $125 for non-members.
• The new Canal Park Glow Cube started, um, glowing yesterday with a new exhibit called Art and the Environment. It’s starting with a 3D animated short, but come October 21 it will feature digital microscopic photography by Jesse Dill.
• Speaking of microscopic photography, Nikon’s Small World celebrates the incredible beauty and complexity of life as seen through the light microscope.
• The ART SMART team is bringing interactive art experiences to DC and kicking things off with an Insta-Art Hunt through the National Gallery of Art on October 14 at 10:30 a.m. Contact anna@artsmart.com and mention Exposed DC to reserve a spot.
• Get ready for all those holiday family portrait sessions with the DSLR + Portrait Workshop this Saturday at the Lemon Collective, taught by Exposed alum Amanda Archibald. 10 a.m., $50.
• Seán Doran produces some of the most breathtaking enhanced images from spacecraft touring the solar system (his videos of Jupiter are what dreams should look like). This week he released a set of the red planet from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
• If you’re looking for a getaway and change of scenery, this gallery of some of the world’s natural wonders might be the perfect inspiration.

• The annual FotoweekDC competition ends tonight. Get your images in Fine Art, Photojournalism, and a catch-all category submitted before midnight for a chance to be in the November exhibit.
• The City Paper’s Louis Jacobson reviews the new show at Leica Store DC by Sara B. May on the aftermath of the Ebola crisis. “May’s work reminds us how worthwhile such a pursuit can be.“
• Head to Glen Echo Photoworks on Sunday to see their exhibit “Foodies” and attend the next installment of their lecture series on food photography, which will include some (presumably very pretty) snacks from local chefs. $30, 4 p.m.
• The Community Collective is hosting a happy hour next Thursday, October 5 at Sospeso.
• Robert Delpire, known for publishing and designing influential photobooks of the 20th century, passed away this week. Magnum shares some of his great accomplishments in memoriam.
• Get a sneak peek of some entries in the Sony World Photography Awards 2018 competition.
• Catherine Leroy’s photos and letters share her experience as a photojournalist covering the Vietnam War.
• October is almost here. Get in the mood with Misty Keasler’s new photobook on haunted houses.
• Let’s all click our heels and wish together that we’re riding horses through the Icelandic countryside.

Join us for our next monthly happy hour, Wednesday, September 27 at Jack Rose Dining Saloon.

• Tonight, head to the opening reception at Leica Store DC for “After the Crisis,” featuring the work of photojournalist Sara May documenting people of Sierra Leone rebuilding after Ebola swept through their communities. 7 to 9 p.m.
• Learn the skills of portrait photography with Exposed DC alum Amanda Archibald during a Portrait Photography workshop with a live model in Adams Morgan this Saturday, 10 a.m., $25.
• The exhibit DC LIQUOR features 66 photographs of liquor stores taken by Flore de Préneuf between June 2015 and July 2017 in Washington DC. Opening reception: Saturday, 6 to 9 p.m.
• Tomorrow at 2:30 p.m., Washington Photo Safari will be hosting a benefit photo safari to raise money for victims of Hurricane Harvey.
• Mic talks to director of photography Ava Berkofsky of HBO’s hit series Insecure about how she mastered the cinematic lighting of black faces, including some discussion of Kodak’s old Shirley cards that used white women as “standard.”
• If someone in the Nikon marketing department needs help being introduced to female photographers, give us–or literally anyone else on the planet–a call so we can usher you into 2017.
• Check out the winners of the 2017 APA awards in advertising, editorial, photojournalism and more.
• Serene squirrels and hitchhiking seahorses–In Focus has the finalists of the 2017 Wildlife Photographer of the Year contest.

• NPR writes about how zoos prepare for hurricanes, and the accompanying image by Max Trujillo from 1998 of flamingos camped out in the men’s room honestly belongs in a modern art museum.
• Reuters launches grant program to develop the next generation of photojournalists and will offer up to eight $5,000 USD grants.
• A photojournalist in Ohio was injured when he was shot by a police officer who allegedly mistook a tripod for a weapon.
• Sign up for one of the many upcoming classes or special events from the Capital Photography Center.
• A formerly homeless photographer discusses the ethical challenges when taking images of homeless people.
• The Lens Rentals blog has a gallery of all the equipment that came back damaged from people shooting the solar eclipse without proper protection.
• Stolen images, a fabricated identity, and catfishing to boot: Eduardo Martins exposed as fraud who has been posing as a war photographer for years.
• An animal shelter shares the difference good photography can make in getting animals adopted. Now where do we get that gold glitter backdrop?
• The “WATCH ME” juried youth photography exhibit at Photoworks closes September 10.