Annual Contest Archives

Friday Links: January 14, 2022

January 14, 2022 By Ron Keith Leave a Comment

*Icicles over Peirce Mill* by Diane Krauthamer

Have you entered our annual photography contest yet? Don’t let the deadline for entries sneak up on you. Submit your best images showcasing the D.C. metro area by January 30 for a chance to be part of our 16th annual exhibition celebrating local photography!

Danish photographer Carsten Egevang has been documenting the landscape, animals, and people of Greenland for almost 30 years.
The 2022 Audubon Photography Awards is accepting entries through March 9.
Aldo Chacon’s personal project “Nike’s World” tells pop culture stories through staged scenes with sneakers.
Minolta launched a new hybrid digital, instant camera that prints credit card sized photos.
The Associated Press is launching a nonfungible token (NFT) marketplace with releases starting on January 31 for varying prices.
Creative Theory Agency, a culture focused marketing agency based in D.C., is hiring.
The SIGMA 60th anniversary contest for college students closes tomorrow at 11:59 p.m. Four film and four still photography entries will each be awarded a $7,500 scholarship prize.

Friday Links: December 31, 2021

December 31, 2021 By exposeddc Leave a Comment

Wishing you a happy new year as we enter the last hours of 2021 and look ahead to 2022! While it’s been another challenging and strange year, we are ever grateful for the amazing D.C. photography community that helps document it all. We look forward to seeing the work you’ve already created and the work yet to come.

Submit your favorite images of the D.C. metro area to our annual photo contest by 1/30/22. The entry fee is $10/image, and the deadline is 1/30/22.
See 2021 through the eyes of 12 women photographers in this story that is part of CNN’s ongoing series on gender inequality and produced in collaboration with Women Photograph.
A new group exhibition at Studio Gallery opens January 5. The exhibit aims to show viewers when participating artists stopped being afraid of growth and to develop a colorful story map of growth even beyond the artworks shown; it includes the debut of Shedrick Pelt’s “Trivial Pursuits” photo series.
The Guardian rounds up the best photographs of 2021 and the stories behind them.
Swiss-French photographer Sabine Weiss, regarded as the last of the French humanist photography school of post-World War II, has died at the age of 97.
TechRadar explores the 12 biggest camera and photography trends of 2022.
Liu Heung Shing, the AP Moscow photo chief at the time, was the only foreign photographer who captured Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev’s resignation on Dec. 25, 1991 that marked the end of the USSR.

Friday Links: December 17, 2021

December 17, 2021 By Ron Keith Leave a Comment

We had a great time connecting with longtime photography friends and meeting new ones at our happy hour last weekend; thanks for joining us! Our annual photography contest is open through January 30, so you can submit images anytime between now and then. We also invite you to tag your images on Instagram with #exposeddc and #ArtatMetrobarDC for a chance to be part of our regular features too. We love seeing the photos you create; keep ’em coming!

Canon’s new image sensor can see in almost total darkness, building on existing technology that allows the camera to capture high amounts of detail with significantly less brightness required.
Winners of The Architectural Photography Awards 2021 have been announced.
The New York Times tells the story of the year in pictures.
Photographer Dee Dwyer shares her experience getting to know more about the bike life culture of Washington, D.C.
Hundred Heroines charity added 25 photographers to its ever-growing list of women influential to the field of photography.
Twitter bans sharing photos of people without their express consent.
Cool job alert: Tom O’Brien is looking for a Jr Photo Engineer. The position is based at National Geographic’s headquarters.

Friday Links: December 3, 2021

December 3, 2021 By Ron Keith Leave a Comment

*Dobbs v. Jackson* by Victoria Pickering

It’s nearly that time of year again… The holiday season is officially upon us, which means our 16th annual photography contest is just around the corner! Join us at metrobar DC on Friday, December 10 at 6:00 p.m. for a happy hour as we kickoff this year’s contest. We’ll also be enjoying the first monthly #ArtatMetrobarDC photography slideshow we co-curated with Focus on the Story.

Speaking of metrobar DC, head there this Sunday for a holiday art fair and book sale, including the 3 p.m. opening of “Look Hear Gallery,” an exhibit curated by Shedrick Pelt that celebrates the beauty and intimacies of Black culture in Chocolate City through the lens of Black photographers.
Join Exposed alum John Buckley for a book signing of “Pictures of U,” his new limited-edition photobook at the Leica Store DC on December 9 at 6:00 p.m., free.
Paying homage to historic photographs of groups of musicians and producers, Dee Dwyer assembled more than 100 go-go musicians in Chuck Brown Memorial Park for a photo dubbed, “A Great Day in Go-Go.”
Flickr’s Your Best Shot 2021 competition is accepting entries through January 4 in six different categories.
The closing reception for the DC Art Now 2021 exhibition of Art Bank finalist works will be held on December 9 from 5:00-7:00 p.m., free.
View a selection of photographs by Yuri Long and Jon Malis at Photoworks online or in person at the gallery on Saturdays and Sundays from 1:00-4:00 p.m. There will also be an artist talk on December 8 at 7:00 p.m. on Zoom and a gallery reception on December 10 at 5:00 p.m.
One hundred photographers contributed wildlife photos to the Vital Impacts Initiative to raise funds and awareness for grassroots conservation organizations.

Friday Links: February 5, 2021

February 5, 2021 By Noe Todorovich Leave a Comment

Earlier this week we announced the winners of our 15th annual photography contest! The D.C. photography community continues to impress and inspire us year after year. Thank you so much to everyone for sharing their work with us and congratulations once again to this year’s winners! Stay tuned for updates on this year’s show.

This month, the DC History Center will feature local street photographers who document our local history and environments. As part of this program, Exposed DC will be doing an Instagram takeover on Feb. 18, so be sure to follow along! There will also be an interactive photography workshop on Feb. 20 with photographers Roy Sewall and Joel Hoffman, registration required, $20-30.
In case you missed it, Photoworks’ artist talk about the “Hindsight is 2020: Street Photography in a Tumultuous Year” exhibit is available for viewing online.
A long-forgotten attic in a building in Geneva, NY hid a photography studio and a famous portrait of Susan B. Anthony.
The virtual exhibition “A Mexican Portrait,” featuring the photographs of Martha Gabriela Driessen, closes on Feb. 13.
Journalists, photographers, curators, and others pay tribute to Corky Lee who died last week at age 73.
Winning images from the Travel Photographer of the Year 2020 competition present a view of life during a time in which travel has been difficult or impossible.
Giannis Antetokounmpo helped the Bucks build a 40-point lead over the Pacers and proceeded to grab a camera and photograph the rest of the game while he sat out the entire fourth quarter.