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Friday Links: March 4, 2022

March 4, 2022 By Noe Todorovich Leave a Comment

Gabbo by Mike Maguire

In case you missed it, we announced the winners of our 16th annual photo contest last week. Congratulations again to all the winners and thank you to everyone who submitted to the contest! Stay tuned for updates about the show in the coming weeks. Whether you just discovered us recently or have been with us from the very beginning, we are so glad you’re part of this amazing community.

  • Register for the Hirshhorn’s online artist talk with Rada Akbar and Laurie Anderson on March 8 at 5:00 p.m. They’ll be discussing their upcoming collaboration, issues of women and power, perception and photography in Akbar’s ongoing project “Abarazanan,” and Anderson’s “Fully Automated Nikon” currently on view.
  • The February issue of Washington Gardener Magazine includes the winning images of their annual photography contest, including some Exposed alums.
  • After a spiritual journey,  Santiago Sierra Soler collaborated with an ancient Yucatán community to make his first book that is an exploration of the practice of nahual.
  • Join the Smithsonian American Art Museum for the fourth annual Women Filmmakers Festival online throughout March. Featured artists include Shirin Neshat who works across photography, film, video, and performance.
  • The Sony World Photography Awards announced the finalists and shortlisted photographers in the professional category. View them all here.
  • An Australian photographer captured Comet NEOWISE, the Aurora Borealis, and the Milky Way all together.
  • Michele McNally, former director of photography and assistant managing editor at The New York Times, died last month. The paper won six Pulitzer Prizes for photography during her tenure.

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Friday Links: January 28, 2022

January 28, 2022 By exposeddc Leave a Comment

Arlington Memorial Bridge at Night by Kevin Burns

We’re coming up on the last few days to enter our annual photography contest! You have until Sunday night at 11:59 p.m. to submit your best images showcasing the D.C. metro area for a chance to be part of our 16th annual exhibition celebrating local photography. We can’t wait to see this city of ours through the lenses of the people who live, work, and love here!

  • The group exhibition “RE:” at Studio Gallery closes tomorrow. Say hello to featured artist Shedrick Pelt who will be at the gallery all day Saturday.
  • Stop by the National Gallery of Art to catch “The New Woman Behind the Camera” exhibit before it closes on Sunday to see images from more than 120 international photographers from the 1920s to the 1950s.
  • Apple’s macro photography Shot on iPhone Challenge for iPhone 13 Pro and Pro Max users runs through February 16.
  • A new photography-oriented adventure game is all about snapping photos in a magical, monochrome world.
  • Join STREETMEETDC at 10:00 a.m. tomorrow in Columbia Heights to shoot and then head to Wonderland Ballroom for brunch and a photo editing session.
  • The Baltimore Museum of Art acquired 54 works of art including a photograph by surrealist artist Kati Horna.
  • Tag your Instagram photos with #ArtatMetrobarDC if you’d like to participate in our monthly projection exhibitions at metrobar co-curated with Focus on the Story.

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Contest Reminder & Friday Links: January 21, 2022

January 21, 2022 By exposeddc Leave a Comment

Have you entered our annual photography contest yet? You have until Sunday, January 30 at 11:59 p.m. to get those entries in. Get all the details here and submit your photos soon!

Go to submission site

If you have any questions, be sure to check out the FAQ as well as these tips and notes about using Picter. You can also drop us a line.

Still have questions about the contest or not sure what you should submit? Join us for a virtual happy hour on Tuesday, January 25 at 6:00 p.m. Hang out with fellow photographers and the Exposed DC team as we count down to the closing of this year’s contest! We’ll also be chatting about some former winning images that we like and open it up to any questions you might have. (Please note that we won’t be commenting on individual submissions to this year’s contest!)

And now for just a few actual Friday Links…

  • “The New Woman Behind the Camera” exhibit at the National Gallery of Art closes on January 30.
  • An internal company memo suggests Canon will partially halt production at a major Chinese factory and is considering closing it altogether.
  • The Art of Building photography competition announced the 2021 winners.
  • In the photobook “Replica,” Rita Lino is the model, operator, photographer, subject, and image.

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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.

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Friday Links: December 31, 2021

December 31, 2021 By exposeddc Leave a Comment

Photo by Diane Krauthamer

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.

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