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!

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.

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.

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.