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Friday Links: January 2, 2015

January 2, 2015 By Heather Goss

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It’s a new year, so we got a new website design! How do you like our new digs?? Poke around and tell us what you love, or what could still be tweaked, or if anything is still buggy in the comments or by email.

Photographers, this is the LAST WEEKEND to submit your D.C.-area images to the 9th annual Exposed DC photography contest! About 40 images that tell the story of the DMV we know and love will go on display at the Capital Fringe headquarters next March in our blow-out exhibition. The deadline for entries is next Wednesday, January 7 at midnight. We’ll announce the winners the following Tuesday, January 13, and have a celebration for everyone at our monthly happy hour at Meridian Pint that evening. Alright, let’s get to the links.

Look at these crazy, crazy trees. Almost as crazy as the platinum/palladium process Beth Moon uses to photograph them.
White House photographer Pete Souza talks about the stories behind the shots.
The Capital Weather Gang collected D.C.’s best weather shots from 2014 — (we count six former Exposed winners!).
Meanwhile, the Washington Post‘s In Sight photo blog features a selection of snowy winter scenes from Washington’s past.
Politico does what it does best, and collected the 10 Best Washington Photos from 2014.
Last week we had the top 10 photos from the Department of Interior’s incredible Instagram account; Huffington Post did a step better and dug up its top 10 animal photos.
How do all these Best Of lists get made? The New York Times‘ Lens blog writes about how they choose 100 photos for their 2014 Year in Pictures.
The annual Sony World Photography competition is still accepting entries, but see what you’re up against with these 15 contenders.
Photographer Jill Waterman has been documenting New Year’s Eve celebrations in a different city every year since 1983, bouncing from Bethlehem to Prague, Shanghai to Montreal, Miami to San Francisco.
Photojournalist Lucas Jackson, embedded with American soldiers in Afghanistan, shares intimate and up-close photographs documenting the daily life, training, and camaraderie of troops counting down their final days in the region.
David Kasnic documents the people and practices that make up the controversial, annual Sweetwater Rattlesnake Roundup in Texas.
Maxine Helfman’s “Historical Correction” photo series places black subjects in historical Flemish-style portraits.
The Washington Post has a slideshow of tigers held in captivity in the Heilongjiang Siberian Tiger Park in Harbin, in China’s Heilongjiang province. Chinese demand for tiger rugs and wine made from tiger bones is putting the wild cats in peril.

Friday Links

February 28, 2014 By Meaghan Gay

As February comes to a close we wrap up the week with animals taking over an abandoned home, more photojournalists being laid off, scientists going sci-fi, and someone using a tiger as their drinking buddy. Enjoy!

Finnish photographer Kai Fagerström photographed animals taking over an abandoned house, and the results are beautiful.
Interview with David Burnett about photographing his 10th Olympics.
The apocalypsticle? Some interesting commentary on Politico about the obsession with disaster photos that don’t come with more of the story.
More bad news for photojournalists, the Orlando Sentinel is eliminating their photography staff.
Andrew Whtye documented the extensive travels of a very small person with a specialty, adapted tiny camera.
Robert Shults, an Austin based photographer, portrayed scientists in the lab in the format of a sci-fi B-movie.
The Wall Street Journal asks if the change happening at the Corcoran is a symbol of bad non-profit governance happening at many institutions.
Fighting fair use violations can be difficult, which is why several photography associations are banding together to fight for photographer’s rights in court.
Speaking of photographer’s rights, PDN posted a video for photographers on the first amendment and how to deal with police intimidation.
New website The Image delves deeper into the story behind photos.
The long-awaited Garry Winogrand exhibit opens this weekend at the National Gallery.
A New Jersey moving company changed out the stock photos on their website with “real” photos and has seen a dramatic increase in revenue. Remember this study next time a client wants to buy a $2 photo off Shutterstock.
It’s pothole season, but photographers Davide Luciano and Claudia Ficca have re-imagined the possibilities of the bumps in the road.
So, a baby tiger walks into a bar…No, really.

Gaston Lacombe’s Captive

September 26, 2013 By Meaghan Gay

Not all zoos are created equal. Admiring beautiful creatures from the animal kingdom can come at a painful cost to many animals in captivity. D.C. based photographer Gaston Lacombe has traveled to 21 zoos on five continents to put together a body of work detailing the sad, horrible conditions for many animals that are Captive.

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Christie Zepeda’s Horse Therapy Series

July 16, 2013 By Meaghan Gay

Humans have been using horses for work, sport, war and fun for thousands of years. Many people know that horses have been helping people recover from physical injuries through therapeutic horseback riding. What many people don’t know is that horses are assisting in emotional therapy, by helping humans heal their minds.

Last year local photographer Christie Zepeda worked with Great Strides, a local riding center that facilitates emotional healing with horses. Her project focused on the human-horse connection, and how horses are active participants in the healing process. The first image above shows one way a horse will react, or “release” as Zepeda calls it, to demonstrate understanding with their human partner. Zepeda created a series of still images and a multimedia piece for the organization.

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