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Friday Links: October 20, 2017

October 20, 2017 By Noe Todorovich

The annual FotoWeekDC photography festival kicks off on November 10. They’ve got the whole schedule online, and you can get advanced tickets for the opening night party for $50. Would you like to volunteer for the festival? Let them know here.
A petition was submitted Monday, on what would have been Joe Rosenthal’s 106th birthday, to propose that the U.S. Navy name a warship after the photographer made famous by his iconic image of the Marines raising the flag on Iwo Jima.
Women Photograph, which runs a database of female photographers, did a breakdown of how many photos by women appear on the A1 page of newspapers. Also, if you’re a photo editor who has used their database to hire a photographer (and you should), they’d like you to fill out a survey before Monday.
The Natural History Museum in London has announced the winners of its annual Wildlife Photographer of the Year awards.
PDN has an interview with the photo editor of RollingStone.com about how he finds and hires photographers.
Dawoud Bey has been awarded a 2017 MacArthur Fellowship, otherwise known as a “genius grant.”
A new collaboration between Hoxton Mini Press and Penguin Books seeks, quite simply, Really Good Dog Photography.
Matt Hulse subverts North Korea’s strict photography regulations in his Sniper photo series, capturing people from above as they go about their daily lives. The series won the Felix Schoeller Gold Award.
The Atlantic has a gallery of animals living in the Russian Arctic.
This photographer takes images of hummingbirds to help scientists study them.

Friday Links: October 13, 2017

October 13, 2017 By Heather Goss

Remember how great the WWII warbirds flyover of the Mall was a couple years ago? Enjoy a mini-version TODAY (click on Potomac Flight) when a formation of T-6 Texans and a B-25 bomber will take off from Culpeper about 11:30 a.m. and fly along the Potomac River above the Pentagon and Arlington National Cemetery.
Head to the DC Skate/Photo Jam at the bowl behind Union Market this Saturday. DJ Baby Alcatraz jams during the skate session, 3 to 6 p.m., with a photo slideshow sponsored by Burn and Thrasher magazines at 7 p.m.
A 27,256 square-foot property (yeah, you read that right) has been transformed by 23 designers as part of D.C. Design House, the ultimate in home design inspiration and, more likely, straight-up envy. You can see it for yourself through Oct. 29 for $35. Proceeds go to Children’s National.
D.C.’s latest concert venue, Anthem, was christened this week by the Foo Fighters. Washingtonian wondered whether any photographers would be able to cover it given the band’s strict contract terms.
Lee Friedlander’s book “The American Monument” takes a look at how monuments hide in plain site and is being reissued with some coincidental timing.
The hold of cable news on Americans is disturbing, as photographer Michael Amato shows in his series “Fear Culture, USA.”
For those who use Lightroom and want to edit in fullscreen mode, there’s an app that turns your phone into an external control panel.
The Monarchs are migrating! Click the dots for sightings and upload your own images as they head south.
California is burning.
Storytellers wanted: Get a grant from National Geographic, or this residency with the New York Times.
Wild, a new exhibit at National Geographic, opens today with glorious animal photography by Michael Nichols. $15.

Friday Links: October 6, 2017

October 6, 2017 By Noe Todorovich

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.

Friday Links: September 29, 2017

September 29, 2017 By Heather Goss

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.

Friday Links: September 22, 2017

September 22, 2017 By Noe Todorovich

Just like that, autumn is officially here. Can you believe it? We can’t but are so ready for it regardless. On to Friday Links…

There will be some great photo ops (and great local art) at Art All Night, this Saturday in six neighborhoods around D.C.
A photo trip through Yellowstone? Oh yes, we’re here for that. Follow it up with this gallery of incredible aerial landscapes by Niaz Uddin.
Attend a lecture next Wednesday in the Dupont Underground by photojournalist Alex Snyder about how to post your photos on social media to get the jobs you want. Sponsored by APA|DC, $15-25.
PDN has a gallery of Herb Ritt’s arresting photographs from his 1999 assignment covering the San Francisco Ballet for Paris Vogue.
Human Landscapes, an exhibition of photography and video curated by Andrés Duprat, opens at the Art Museum of the Americas on September 28. The exhibition highlights diverse and idiosyncratic aspects of Argentina’s geography through the eyes of ten contemporary photographers. The opening reception is September 28.
See Urban Mapping, a photograph and video exhibit by Iranian artists examining what “public space” means, at Hillyer Art Space. The show runs through October 29 with a panel discussion on October 11.
Influential photographer Pete Turner, who experimented with photo manipulation long before Photoshop was around, died this week. “The first time I saw one of his photographs, it hit me as though I had been struck by lightning, and with almost as much voltage,” said Eric Meola.
Steve Irwin’s 13-year-old son is making a name for himself as a nature and wildlife photographer.
Need some fashion and/or photography inspiration? Find a bit of both in Louise Dahl-Wolfe’s stunning fashion photography portraits spanning several decades.
If you’re looking for a reliable spot to get impressive storm photographs like this, find a shipping lane. It turns out the smog from cargo ships triggers lightning in the atmosphere above.