• Get local history digitized by contributing some dough to this crowdfunding effort by the Historical Society of Washington, D.C. to buy new servers and develop better user accessibility to its vast collection of photographs.
• Don’t miss the early bird deadline of April 15 (and save $15 in the process!) when you submit your photographs to the Historical Society’s For the Record juried exhibition and fundraiser. If that’s too soon, the final entry deadline is May 15.
• Long read: “America’s black metropolises were documented by visionary black photographers who forged successful businesses and important roles as local community historians.” Addison Scurlock and his sons photographed black Washington for much of the 20th century.
• Images from the Library of Congress show that the tradition of photographing the cherry blossoms is as old as the trees themselves.
• Women Photograph has launched its inaugural round of grants to support documentary projects. Apply by May 20.
• Two photographers were announced as 2017 Pulitzer Prize winners this week. In the Breaking News Photography category, Daniel Berehulak (freelance) won for his images of the government’s callous assault on drug dealers and users in the Philippines. In Feature Photography, the award went to E. Jason Wambsgans of the Chicago Tribune for his portrayal of a 10-year-old survivor of a Chicago shooting.
• In her new exhibit “EUSA,” Toronto photographer Naomi Harris documents America-themed places in Europe and Europe-themed places in America.
• PDN features a gallery of work from “Delhi: Communities of Belonging” from photographers Sunil Gupta and Charan Singh that show the lives of LGBTQ residents.
• California’s drought is over (for now, at least) and the countryside is blooming so brightly you can see it from space. The L.A. Times has a great gallery of those wildflowers in all their glory.
• Need some adorable? Here’s a red panda getting freaked out by a stationary rock.

Tonight, join us in Crystal City for a reception to celebrate our new exhibit with 120 photographs lining the underground Fotowalk (map at link). They’re huge and beautiful and feature the work of 78 local photographers. Meet us at the Gallery Underground (at the opposite end of the Fotowalk from the Metro) from 6-8 p.m. for an open bar and quality time with talented artists. This event is part of First Fridays in Crystal City, so wander around the underground for additional openings, wine tastings, crafts, and more.

• If you wondered why In Frame has been on hiatus, it’s because our curator Caroline Space has been working hard on her latest photography project, Forest of Lorien (see a video preview here), which she’ll be presenting as her masters thesis at the Corcoran School of Art and Design next Wednesday, April 12, 6 to 9 p.m., along with several other undergrad and graduate students. The event is open to the public but you must RSVP. Here at Exposed DC we want to give our hearty congratulations to our exceptionally talented team member!
• The second installment of the Community Collective Photography Showcase opens at Capital Fringe this Saturday, 7 to 10 p.m., featuring local photography juried by members of D.C. photo groups, including Exposed’s own James Calder.
• “Mirror to the World” opens at Glen Echo Photoworks today, juried by Frank Von Riper and featuring 11 local photographers, including the Washington City Paper’s Darrow Montgomery and Exposed alum Cristine Pearl.
• At Artists Proof, a gallery in Georgetown, see the new exhibit “Home of Art,” featuring work by Spanish photographer Pedro Correa.
• The School of Visual Arts has made 99 photography lectures available for free on YouTube.
• You can now pay your respects to astronaut and Senator John Glenn, who was interred at Arlington Cemetery yesterday.
• PDN features the work of Tom M Johnson, who was on assignment to photograph parking lots and came away this clever series, “Booths.”
• A flock of Chilean flamingos fly over the Andes in this stunner from wildlife photographer Ben Hall.
• The Atlantic marks the 100 year anniversary of the United States entering World War I with this photo gallery.
• So much squee this week: The National Zoo went into cute overload with a dozen cheetah cubs born to two litters at its Front Royal habitat, and the Memphis Zoo welcomed a brand new slimy cat, er, baby hippo to its stable (scroll to the bottom for a gallery).

 

Be sure to visit our newest exhibit in Crystal City — stroll through Fotowalk Underground and take in the work of 78 local photographers who find “Art in the Everyday” by making abstract and graphically-arresting images that cause us to take a second look at our surroundings. And mark your calendars for an artists reception April 7, 6pm-8pm.

• Got plans Saturday? No, we mean all day Saturday. The 24HourProject “gathers street and documentary photographers from around the globe to share in real time as they document the human condition of their city.” Starting at midnight (Friday night/Saturday morning) take and post a picture every hour on the hour for 24 hours. Check this very informative post by Nana Gyesie, the project’s ambassador for Washington D.C.
• IGDC took over the NGA’s Instagram account last Friday. Don’t worry, they gave it back a few days later.
• Popville has posted images of a new photo lab coming soon to a long-vacant building on H Street NE next to the Atlas Theatre. The website listed in the window suggests this will be a new location of Woodbridge, Virginia based Photo-60.
• Local 19-year old Myles Loftin’s joyful photo series “HOODED” challenges media stereotypes about black male teens.
• The Smithsonian has announced the winners of its 14th annual photo contest, selecting nine entries from more than 48,000 submissions by photographers in 146 countries and territories. (And we thought judging our contest was tough!)
• High rainfall over the winter spawned a wildflower “super bloom” in California’s Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, the most prolific since at least 1999 according to park officials.
• The Sony World Photography Awards has announced the winners of its Open categories and National categories for 2017. The Atlantic has posted an extensive gallery of winners and runners-up.
• “Catherine Leroy was widely considered the most daring photographer in Vietnam. She almost certainly spent the most time in combat — in part because she had no money, having traveled from her native France to Vietnam as a freelancer in 1966 with no contracts and a short list of published work. Living with soldiers meant that she could eat rations and sleep in the countryside.”
• Birdwatchers in Western Australia are “elated” after snapping a photo of a night parrot for the first time in a century.
• Meanwhile in northern Queensland, possible sightings of a Tasmanian tiger have prompted scientists to undertake a search for the species thought to have died out more than 80 years ago.

The opening of the 11th annual Exposed DC Photography Show is only 6 days away! Join us at brand new venue AJAX near Mt. Vernon Square to see 43 phenomenal images that celebrate Washington, D.C., with an open bar from Bluejacket Brewery and tunes from v:shal kanwar. Local upstart Framebridge printed and framed the photos in the exhibition.

• The deadline to submit to the Community Collective Photography Showcase is tonight at midnight. Our own James Calder is one of the judges, and the show will open at Capital Fringe on April 8.
• Over at Glen Echo, the Photoworks Gallery opens UNITED/DIVIDED today, with a reception next March 11, 5 to 7 p.m. Robert Miller, deputy director of photography at The Washington Post juried this show of 23 photographers addressing the current themes of unity/division in our nation and in our nation’s capital.
• In addition to seeing local fave Chris Suspect’s images in the 11th annual Exposed DC show opening next Thursday, you can also see a new music video he made for band Low Cut Connie based on his Instagram style of photography. Watch it censored or NSFW.
• Head to the District Architecture Center as Alan Karchmer presents architectural photographs and discusses the creative solutions he developed to address the complex aesthetic, logistical, and technical challenges of the assignments. March 7, 6:30 p.m., $35 for non-members.
• It’s been awhile since we had disastrous selfie news, but Yayoi Kusama’s mesmerizing Infinity Mirrors exhibition at the Hirshhorn did the trick. Only a few days after opening a guest smashed one of the pumpkins while trying to get a new Facebook profile pic. (We hear the couple in the Obliteration room, at the top of this post, exited without incident.)
• The L.A. Times has the photo by Al Seib that caught the shock of all the front-row actors at the Oscars at the realization that Warren Beatty had announced the wrong movie for the Best Picture award.
• Travel to Greenland to get the shot? Sure. Why not.
• Oh my, set those alarm clocks and get ready: The race to photograph cherry blossoms is coming a bit early this year, hitting peak bloom between March 14 and 17, thanks to the hottest February ever in D.C. We dare you to do better than the winning photo by Ginny Filer, which is featured on the cover of this year’s Exposed DC Photography Show magazine. Get the program showcasing all the winners for $10 at the opening reception next Thursday.
• Take some time and browse through the 30 new and emerging photographers PDN declares worth keeping your eyes on.
• Sahar Speaks is a group training young women to be journalists and photojournalists in Afghanistan.
• See the finalists from Smithsonian Magazine’s 14th annual photo contest, and go vote for your favorite.
• Photographer Joel Sartore has spent the last 11 years on a quest to photograph every animal species in captivity to create a “Photo Ark.” He’s photographed 6,500 species, including the arctic fox and the slow loris, and only has 6,000 to go!

Don’t forget to grab your advance tickets for our 2017 exhibit opening night, March 9, at cool new spot AJAX. $20 gets you first viewing of 43 gorgeous local photos framed and printed by the wonderful Framebridge, plus free wine, and craft beer by local brewmasters Bluejacket. Avoid paying extra on the day of the show by buying now (and no ticket fees!).

• 202filmcollective, a new “D.C.-based community dedicated to the art of film photography” announced their first ever meetup: Saturday March 11, 2 p.m. at Union Market.
• We all wiped away a tear as we bid Bao Bao bye bye this week. She left the National Zoo for China after three and a half years in D.C. Check out the extensive photo gallery halfway through this Washington Post article, covering everything from her departure via FedEx back to her first days as a pink blob of adorableness.
• Enjoy some local nature with these winners of Washington Gardener Magazine’s annual photo contest.
• A panel of artists, editors, and educators selected 12 African American photographers you should be following right now.
• Five-year-old Lola is recreating iconic portraits of famous black women to celebrate Black History Month.
• Bill Cunningham’s trademark bicycle, blue jacket and camera are now part of the permanent collection at the New York Historical Society.
• 17-year-old Brooklyn Beckham’s first photography book is set to be released next year. Sadly it is not called “Snap It Like Beckham” #missedopportunity
• Area raccoon hitches ride on garbage truck like a champ.
• Watch these Siberian tigers get some exercise by chasing–and catching–drones around in the snow.