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Registration for our first free 2015 photography class with Knowledge Commons DC opens today! Learn tips to take envy-inducing photos of your food with Exposed pal Samer Farha with tasty dishes from Birch & Barley on November 14 (ETA: Class is full! Sign up for the wait list here). Sign up soon because the class will fill up fast! Tomorrow registration opens for our street photography class with Exposed winner Mukul Ranjan, and open for sign ups later this week, we’ve brought back Chris Williams for his super fun class photographing airplanes at Gravelly Point, and talented wedding and art photographer Sarah Hodzic will teach you the art of the Holga (camera and film provided).

Our monthly happy hour is next Tuesday, November 10, at Lena’s, a brand new restaurant and bar across the street from the Braddock Road metro.
Go to a free film developing workshop this Saturday at Artomatic taught by Exposed DC pal Angela Kleis.
The deadline for the Air & Space Magazine photo contest is November 15. The National Geographic deadline is November 16.
The 2015 annual Women Photojournalists of Washington juried photography exhibition debuts at FotoWeekDC today. The show features 26 images on women’s issues from WPOW members, chosen from more than 150 entries, and will travel to universities and galleries across the United States.
Fascinating photos of North Korea’s illicit economy from Reuter’s photographer Damir Sagolj.
“These fearless female visionaries spotlighted identity politics, the body and sexuality.” Dazed profiles 10 woman photographers whose work you should be following.
A Bronx photographer’s images got the charges against him dropped, and the arresting officer prosecuted instead.
Sardonic pictures of fashionistas by Miles Ladin focus on the intersection of celebrity and culture.
It wasn’t a stunt for the opening of the new James Bond movie: Two dudes in jetpacks fly in formation with an Emirates A380 over Dubai.
Skywatchers in Michigan were treated to an incredible aurora earlier this week.
“Manhattan” is the unofficial name for two once-prestigious high-rises in Oderbruch, near Berlin. Stephanie Steinkopf’s images, taken over four years, show the poverty and camaraderie that exists just outside Germany’s capital.
While visiting a port in Amsterdam, Raymond Waltjen stopped to admire a large ship that passed by close to where he was standing. This inspired his series “Destination” which captures the quiet beauty of solitary freight ships.
A reissue of Philippe Halsman’s “Jump Book” displays his famed method for getting his subjects to let down their defenses and offer a glimpse of their personalities.
Victoria Crayhon documents her use of old marquees to display clever, poetic messages.
How sheepdogs are helping to save penguins from foxes in Australia.

Composite image by James U., courtesy Heather Miracle — Composite image by Jason U., courtesy Heather Miracle

This awesome photo was sent to us by Heather Miracle, who helped her cousin, Jason U., an 11th grader at Fairfax Baptist Temple Academy, make the image for a school contest. Using a Canon EOS 60D on a tripod, they sat at Gravelly Point – on a day with a gale force wind warning – and took 663 images over three hours. Using Photoshop, he made the final image as a composite with 100 layers. Great job, Jason, it’s gotta be a shoo-in for that contest! Remember you can submit photos to us through our Flickr group or by dropping us a link via our contact form. (Hat tip to Exposed pal Leo for directing Heather to us.)

Don’t forget there’s still a few opportunities to visit the Exposed DC Photography Show at Capital Fringe, including tonight from 6 to 8 p.m. You can also see it Saturday, March 28, 6 to 8 p.m., and join us for our closing reception on Saturday, April 11, 4 to 8 p.m. Fringe has a bar so stop by to grab a beer and see the show without the crowds before you head to dinner on H Street. If you’d like to buy any of the photos in the show, you can do so easily at our online marketplace. You can also get the 2015 exhibition magazine for $10, which comes with a free digital copy.

And now, your Friday Links:

A huge G4 class (the scale goes to 5) solar storm delivered spectacular aurora photo opportunities into unexpected latitudes of both hemispheres.
The New York Times launched a new Instagram feed, @nytimes: “Rather than breaking news on the platform, we will focus on our strongest images and offer some insights into how they were made. We’re going to be looking at both the work of our own photographers — on assignment and off — and that of the wider Instagram community.”
David Williams’ series “Bowling: The Midwest” celebrates the few remaining bowling alleys still standing in Middle America, and the dedicated owners who want to keep them going.
India Today posted an image showing parents scaling multistory buildings to help their kids cheat on exams.
Ilana Panich-Linsman was forced to question her ideas about youth and beauty as she followed one contestant in the world of children’s beauty pageants.
Michele Crowe captures the diversity of 21st century families in her ambitious series “The Universal Family”.
The European Space Agency collaborated with photographer Edgar Martins for these unique images of space equipment.
Scientists recently got another peek of the ridiculously cute Ili pika in China after they first discovered it 20 years earlier.

Friday Links: November 6, 2015

Friday Links: March 20, 2015