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Friday Links: May 15, 2015

May 15, 2015 By Heather Goss

Be sure to check out our huge gallery from last Friday’s incredible World War II flyover.
Wyoming has passed a very confusing law that appears to, in part, ban people from taking photographs and giving them to the government, even for science.
“Lily will use GPS and computer vision to follow you at up to 25mph and keep you in the center of the frame.” The selfie surveillance drone is available for pre-order.
98 different foods, perfectly cubed and laid out in a grid. And then someone made a key identifying each food item.
Photos of Frida Kahlo’s incredible locked-away wardrobe.
This month’s Leica Store DC Oskar Barnack Wall winning photograph is “Cafe de Flore” by Vince Lupo.
Getty Images and Instagram have partnered to offer $30,000 in grants for three photographers using Instagram “to document stories from underrepresented communities around the world.”
Andrew Savulich’s photos of 1980s New York are quirky and off-kilter, like the city itself before it became a sanitized tourist mecca.
Hungarian photographer Bela Doka’s series “Fan Club Putin” shows the Russian President’s biggest fans are college students who worship him like a pop star.
Hyung S. Kim captures striking portraits of haenyeo, women who gather seafood in Korea, submerging deep underwater without diving equipment or breathing apparatuses.
Bernhard Lang’s aerial shots highlight symmetry and sun over the beaches of the Adriatic Sea.
Photographer Sally Mann discusses her new memoir, “Hold Still”, and her concerns about writing it.
It’s Bike to Work day, so here are some adorable animals on bicycles. And remember, traffic laws are for you, too!
Zookeepers in western Australia pass the time by re-creating cute animal photos.

We’re so excited to see you at the Jefferson Memorial today to watch 50 World War II airplanes fly over the National Mall! USAF Colonel Scott Willey will be our special guest, answering all your questions about the aircraft. The first airplane is scheduled to arrive at 12:10pm, but we’ll be there from 11:00am so make sure to get there in plenty of time – just look for our tent! All the details are in our Facebook event.

And now, back down to Earth with this week’s links:

“Balancing being aware of the mood of all those present with trying to focus on capturing the moment is a challenge.” D.C.-based photographer Keith Lane documented his visit to Baltimore last weekend.
The organizers of last weekend’s Funk Parade are asking any photographers who took images of the Junkyard Band to message them. The band’s bassist and manager, Derek “House” Colquitt, died in a motorcycle accident the following day.
Former Exposed winner Erin Lassahn put together a portfolio of all the musicians she photographed during her years at Gibson Guitars in downtown D.C.
We’re sad to hear that artdc is closing its gallery in Hyattsville, which was home to many great art and photography exhibits, but definitely look forward to seeing what they do next.
Words Beats Life is hosting the second annual Paint Jam on Saturday with 75+ artists — sure to be a fantastic photo op.
A photograph from Baltimore of a National Guardsman and his automatic rifle sitting with a little girl went viral because apparently everyone in this country has lost their minds and proclaimed it “heartwarming.” The photographer, Amanda Moore, disagrees.
Roberto Schmidt, the the chief photographer for South Asia for Agence France-Presse, describe what it’s like to go through an earthquake and avalanche on Mount Everest.
“Film chemistry, photo lab procedures, video screen colour balancing practices, and digital cameras in general were originally developed with a global assumption of ‘Whiteness.’” How photography was optimized for white skin.
Take a gander at some portraits of current celebs captured on old school tintype.
“I know this sounds crazy, but I can actually talk to the chickens. I can get them to calm down and look where I want them to look.” Photographer Jean Pagliuso photographs birds — chickens, owls, raptors — to honor her late father, who raised show chickens.
Moving Art interviews photographer Michael Shainblum about his time lapses of the Milky Way and gorgeous landscapes.
National Geographic gathered their pros to make a new book of advice and inspiration; pre-order now to get yours at the end of May.
PDN’s contest for outdoor photography ends May 13.
Why, yes! You can get your wedding portraits shot underwater.
Photos of an ongoing archeological excavation reveal that the Easter Island Heads have bodies.
A new exhibit exploring Chuck Close’s photographic work is opening next week at the Parrish, and sounds incredible.
Flickr just redesigned the way you can organize and upload your photos. (Why don’t you give it a whirl and then add some photos to our pool?)
The Dry Dog Wet Dog photo series is everything you hope it will be.

Friday Links: May 1, 2015

May 1, 2015 By Heather Goss

There are lots of images from the protests and riots over the death of Freddie Gray in police custody in Baltimore, but you can start with, of course, the Baltimore Sun and the Baltimore City Paper.
A photographer for Reuters was detained and another for the Baltimore City Paper was thrown to the ground by police last Friday.
Time magazine used an amateur photographer’s Instagram image for its cover on the Baltimore protests.
This short video from Getty Images, shares how photographer, Carleton E. Watkins saved Yosemite Park.
These satellite photos of seaweed farms in South Korea are gorgeous.
Thank you photoshop and this guy from Australia who likes cats. Behold: Brides throwing cats.
It’s been a rough week for people around the world. The LA Times has images from Nepal, where an earthquake has killed more than 5,000 people.
It’s spring, get out of the house! The Funk Parade is a can’t miss for photographers (and anyone else), or bring your camera and the family to celebrations at Glen Echo Park or Heurich House or fire up the action with Mexican wrestlers at the DC Fairgrounds.
Forty years ago this week, Saigon fell to North Vietnamese forces, marking the end of the war.
Award winning photographer Marcus Bleasdale talks about how photography can affect change.
So you know the selfie stick? Well, the “Selfie Arm” takes the concept to a whole new level. A truly disturbing new level.
Wired has a photo gallery on the “shrinking community” living at Ummannaq, a remote village in Greenland.
Let’s zen out with these photos of color gradients in food by Brittany Wright.
Who needs a tiger link? You need a tiger link.

Friday Links: April 24, 2015

April 24, 2015 By James Calder

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This year’s Washington Post Squirrel Week Photo Contest was won by Exposed regular and animal photographer extraordinaire, Angela Napili. Bravo Angela!
Excellent photography non-profit Critical Exposure has launched a Kickstarter to create a mobile digital gallery that will showcase social justice photography created by D.C. youth.
Capital Weather Gang highlighted some striking photos of Monday’s huge lightning storm. Kevin Ambrose stacked 42 different lightning shots into one image that seems to portray the end of days for D.C., while Exposed alum Gary Silverstein used the lightning to frame the Iwo Jima memorial beautifully.
The Pulitzer Prizes were announced on Monday. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch photography staff won the Breaking News Photography award for their “powerful images of the despair and anger in Ferguson, MO”, while New York Times freelancer Daniel Berehulak took Feature Photography “for his gripping, courageous photographs of the Ebola epidemic in West Africa.”
With this week’s presentation of the World Press photo awards, the New York Times Lens blog presents a conversation with photographers, curators and photo editors on the struggle between photojournalistic ethics and evolving visual storytelling strategies.
The Hubble Space Telescope turned 25 this week. NASA celebrated by releasing a gorgeous image of a 3,000 star cluster. Over at Air & Space magazine, Exposed’s Heather Goss interviewed 10 scientists about the Hubble images they worked with and how each one helped usher in a new age of astronomy. The New York Times also jumped on the bandwagon.
The 27th annual National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest opened this month with some tremendous prizes up for grabs. Submit your best travel photos in any of four categories, and check back weekly to see galleries of the top entries.
Chile’s Calbuco volcano erupted Wednesday without warning. The first imagery to do the rounds was a time-lapse of the eruption. Then came a series of incredible individual photos followed most recently by striking shots of the ash fall.
Davide Monteleone’s “In the Russian East” is a tribute both to Richard Avedon’s “In the American West” and to the lure of the Trans-Siberian Railway.
In the remote village of Mawlynnong in northeast India, the Khasi tribe follows a rare tradition of women running the show.
Two friends sent each other selfies every day for a year, and only communicated through those photos (no calls or texts).
Artsy, ad-free social network Ello recently launched its own photography community – @ellophotography
A rare and gorgeous quadruple rainbow was spotted in Long Island.

Friday Links: April 17, 2015

April 17, 2015 By Heather Goss

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Don’t get out of the Jeep on safari, even if you might get a great photo.
LIFE Magazine’s photo essay of a working mother in the 1950s.
Alison Nastasi had published a compilation of photos of famous artists and their cats.
“Through the African American Lens,” culled from a Smithsonian collection, shows how photography — and black photographers — reshaped a people’s image.
NY family loses legal battle against photographer who secretly shot them through the windows of their apartment and then put them in an exhibit.
For three years, photographer Michael Soluri had exclusive access to the astronaut crew, labor force and tools of the shuttle mission that saved and extended the life of the Hubble Space Telescope.
These photos could be better, but the idea and subjects here are interesting: Where did John Wilkes Booth run after he shot Lincoln? Nate Larson shows in his series “Escape Routes” that the path Booth took is a mix of truck stops, suburbs, highways, and back roads.
The Atlantic’s CityLab writes about citizens’ rights to photograph and videotape the police, discussing some of the same cases covered in this National Press Club panel with local officials we reported on in 2013.
“When I photograph my subjects, I do not set out to construct a narrative, though each photograph ends up marking moments and landmarks from my life.” A photo essay by Texan photographer Armando Alvarez.
Local Craigslist ad seeks mustachioed individual to pose with turtles. I hope this is real, and that we get to see the resulting images.
Pete Souza tweets that this is last term in the White House.
It’s that time of year again — the Aaron Siskind Foundation is accepting applications for their Photographer’s Fellowship program. Grants up to $10,000 are up for grabs.
Imagine yourself decidedly out of town with these Icelandic mountain peaks in blue by Andy Lee.
Sony and the Sea Life Aquarium in New Zealand trained the world’s first Octographer because they’re good with animals and cameras but now how words work, I guess.