• Fine art photographer and Exposed alum Van Pulley’s exhibit OFF BROADWAY: GRIT AND GRANDEUR is on view at Multiple Exposures Gallery through October 6.
• Save the date: Mid-Atlantic Photo Visions is sponsoring a live event at the Hylton Performing Arts Center, located on the Manassas campus of George Mason University, in early November. The event will feature speakers, hands-on workshops, a juried photo exhibit and vendor booths.
• The exhibition RUSH BAKER IV: Landscapes, opens on September 14 from 4-7 p.m. Baker’s abstractions interleave the visual ephemera of Civil War-era photography, maps, and print media with layers of pigment, resin, and plaster in a collision of translucent and solid materials.
• There are a few tickets left for the PortraitMeetDC & Union 206 meet, with eight models participating and three studios to use. A free one year membership to Union 206 will also be given away. Reserve your spot for the September 14 event, $10-20.
• Nine photographers are being honored in Canadian Geographic magazine’s Canadian Wildlife Photography of the Year competition for 2024.
• Reminder: the deadline to notify Multiple Exposures Gallery of intention to apply for gallery membership is coming up on September 8.
• In “COURTSIDE: 40 Years of NBA Photography,” Nathaniel S. Butler reflects on some of his most memorable NBA photos.

• Black Women Photographers is giving away a Nikon Z F body through an Instagram contest; enter by August 31.
• Explore a selection of shortlisted images in the Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2024, the world’s biggest space photography competition.
• Save the date for the opening of Exposed alum Prescott Moore Lassman’s solo show of photographs from his Subterranean series at the Politics and Prose Coffeehouse, September 7 from 5:00-7:00 p.m.
• Join StreetMeetDC at L’enfant Plaza tomorrow at 5 p.m. as they lean into the brutalist architecture for the day’s theme.
• Social Documentary Network has online classes starting up in fall: Photographers’ Tool Kit with Amber Bracken starting on October 3, $625 for eight sessions and Photographs, Politics, and Perception with Michelle Bogre starting on October 30, $400 for six sessions.
• PortraitMeetDC is pairing up with Union 206 for a studio-styled shoot, with eight models participating and three studios to use. A free one year membership to Union 206 will also be up for grabs. Reserve your spot for the September 14 event, $10-20.
• Tennis champion, entrepreneur, and arts advocate Venus Williams hosts a new podcast series that uncovers relationships between photography and the environment.

• Join Touchstone Gallery tomorrow from 3:00-7:00 p.m. for its 48th anniversary celebration. Tickets are $195 and include admission for two and the selection of one 12″ x 12″ original piece of art, created by one of the gallery’s 48 member artists.
• PortraitMeetDC will be at Maryland Avenue Linear Park Sunday for a summer picnic themed meet from 4:00-7:00 p.m. with DJ Fern.
• The northern lights reached as far south as Texas, Mississippi and Arizona during Perseid meteor shower.
• Register to view the Nepal-US Historic Photo Exhibition today from 3:00-6:00 p.m.
• Join APA | DC for a casual gathering at The National Portrait Gallery Kogod Courtyard tomorrow from noon to 2:00 p.m., free and open to the public.
• AP photographers pick their favorite photos from the Paris Olympics.
• Google’s new Pixel line has a lot of compelling new features, including numerous hardware and software improvements for mobile photographers.
• In a tribute to ever-changing rural America, Brendon Burton collects a decade of photographs in his book, Epitaph.
• Join Capital Photography Center for a Natural Light Portraiture class with instructor Geoff Livingston and model Holly Ahrens in Georgetown tomorrow at 8:00 a.m., $139.

Photo by Jordan Barab

• Multiple Exposures Gallery is holding a gallery membership information session tonight at 7 p.m. during Second Friday and evening hours at the Torpedo Factory Art Center.
• Robbie Lawrence shares his experience providing photography coverage at the Olympics, from fear of missing out to finding his own rhythm. 
• In recognition of Alexandria’s 275th birthday, the city launched a photo contest and is accepting up to five images per person with a deadline of November 1.
• Reserve a spot for Community Cyanotypes, an event conceptualized by a local artist and supported by a grant from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, on August 24 from noon to 4 p.m., free and open to the public.
• Lost Origins Gallery is partnering with the Fredericksburg and DC Street Photography Collectives to hold a street photography shoot-off on September 21.
• Catch the Fleeting Moments Street Photography II exhibit at Athenaeum Gallery through September 22. Visit on August 18 for the artist reception.
• Dodge Chrome is holding a Capture the Summer photo contest with a deadline of September 30. You can enter 3 photos in each category: travel/a place I love, weather phenomenon, and pops of color.