In one week, we’ll be announcing the winners of our 18th annual photography contest along with some exciting news about our show! Check back next Friday, February 23 and join us that evening for happy hour at metrobar. Looking forward to toasting another year of great photography with you all!

• Applications for the Black Women Photographers x Nikon Grants are due tomorrow before midnight.
• Washington Post staff photographer Marvin Joseph shares the joy of making portraits.
• Registration is open for spring and summer classes at Glen Echo Photoworks on everything from the darkroom to cyanotypes and digital.
• You can also RSVP now for Photoworks’ event, “From Passion to Purpose” with renowned photojournalist Cheriss May on Friday, February 23 from 7-8:30 p.m., free.
• Join APA | DC tomorrow at The National Portrait Gallery Kogod Courtyard from noon to 2:00 p.m. for their February Coffee Break meetup, photo book edition.
• In a remarkable feat not just of photography but also scheduling, forty iconic women cover the March 2024 issue of British Vogue, Edward Enninful’s last as Editor-In-Chief.
• Paul McCartney’s own photos, shot 60 years ago, capture the Beatles’ first tour as they took Europe and America by storm.

• BigPicture is offering a special discount to women photographers who enter the annual Natural World Photography Competition.
• The winner of the Natural History Museum of London’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year award captured a captivating image of a polar bear sleeping on sea ice. 
• Journalist and stylist Marcellas Reynolds talks about his new photography book, “Supreme Sirens,” which details the impact of women’s careers and how their music is the soundtrack of our lives.
• Winners of this year’s International Garden Photographer of the Year competition include abstracts, close-ups, and, of course, some critters.
• Head to the Katzen Arts Center for a panel discussion about “New Perspective on the New Thing: A Photography Exhibition Documenting DC’s Revolutionary Community Arts Center, 1966-1972,” tomorrow at 2:00 p.m., free.
•  An experimental philosopher at the University of Arizona set up a camera to capture a single image of a desert landscape in Tucson over the span of 1,000 years.
• Join Glen Echo Photoworks for an opening reception for Marvin Tupper Jones’ exhibition Sunday at 2:00 p.m.
• Ari Jaaksi explores the concept of artistic breakthroughs using examples from history to inspire photographers.

Thanks to everyone who submitted to our annual photography contest! We always enjoy reliving the last year or so through the images you’ve captured in the D.C. metro area and are reminded of happenings that feel so long ago but come alive in your photography. We’ll be announcing the winners later this month and providing updates about the show slated for this summer. Stay tuned!

• Carol Morgan, a longtime D.C. resident and multi-media artist, published an online photo essay and commentary about the urban organic farm in her neighborhood, Columbia Heights Green.
• A new exhibit explores how cuteness has become such a dominant force, which prompted The Guardian to ask readers to submit their own pictures.
• Even rats are taking selfies these days.
• PetaPixel has a robust roundup of photography grants and scholarships available this year.
• Hal Buell, who led AP’s photo operations from darkroom era into the digital age, died at 92.
• Toronto-based architectural photographer Richard Johnson captured hundreds of ice fishing huts in Canada.
• Being a unit still photographer for television and film might sound glamorous (celebrities, movie sets!) but a lot goes into it.
• Check out Capital Photography Center’s event calendar to see upcoming classes that can help you develop skills like building a photography website, creative composition, studio lighting, and more.