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Friday Links: April 10, 2015

April 9, 2015 By James Calder

February 26 and April 9, 2015 by Jenn Wurzbacher

You hear that warning klaxon? It’s reminding you that tomorrow is your final chance to see the 2015 Exposed DC Photography Show! So run, don’t walk to Capital Fringe HQ at 1358 Florida Ave NE this Saturday, April 11, from 4 to 8 p.m. for our closing reception. There’s no charge to come in and spend some time with these 42 fabulous local photographs, alongside the Exposed team and many of the photographers themselves! Drinks will be available for purchase at the bar, so we hope you’ll stop by for a visit. The photos are for sale at the reception, or via our online marketplace through April 11. And while you’re at the reception you can nab a copy of our official exhibition program for $10, or order it online here.

And now here’s this week’s round-up of photography-related tidbits:

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you should know the cherry blossoms reach their peak bloom this Saturday through next Tuesday. The Cherry Blossom Festival Parade is Saturday, and there are a ton more events to partake in and photograph. If you’re not up for the crowds at the Tidal Basin, get the Cherry Picker app from the National Journal to find a tree near you, or head straight to my favorite spots Dumbarton Oaks or Kenwood.
Congrats to photography-centered gallery Vivid Solutions, and its partner gallery, Honfleur (which hosted one of our most fun photography exhibits with local fashion designers in 2009) for winning Washington City Paper’s Staff Pick for “Best One-Two Gallery Punch.“
The Fairfax County Parks Authority has finally agreed on a new photography permit policy which cuts fees, but which fails to address many other concerns voiced by photographers, according to Kat Forder.
Momenta Workshops is now on Instagram: @momentaworkshops
The Creative Media Institute offers a four-week seminar over the summer for photographers and videographers.
Barb Peacock spent 33 years capturing the subtle changes in her small New England town.
Madge Stager, who was a photo editor for the Associated Press for 40 years before she retired in 2009, died Monday at the age of 61.
“I have an anecdote for you,” said Elliott Erwitt. “I was hired to do a fashion shoot with a monkey. And the monkey was supposed to ape the same movements as the model. I discovered that my day rate was $250 a day. And the monkey’s day rate was $350 a day. This is a true story.”
Apple is killing off its iPhoto program and has begun replacing it with the new Photos app.
Photo blog It’s Just Light advises you on which waterproof cameras to get for your summer snorkeling trips.
“This is what happens when you leave a GoPro out on the sea ice.” Or: scenes from a nightmare penguin dentistry school.
A pretty incredible Astronomy Picture of the Day of the April 4 lunar eclipse over the Golden Gate Bridge.
A heartwarming story of a polar bear and his snowball. Play first, then sleep.

Friday Links

December 13, 2013 By Meaghan Gay

1600 Connecticut Avenue by Chris McDaniel

This week we have a follow up story to the D.C. photojournalist knocked to the ground at the Smithsonian, D.C. family portraits at Bread for the City, The Virginia State Police declaring photography suspicious, and much more.

Tomorrow is the anniversary of the massacre at Sandyhook Elementary School in Newtown, CT. Shannon Hicks shares the story behind her photo from that day with PDN.
“The White House-based press corps was prohibited from photographing Mr. Obama on his first day at work in January 2009. Instead, a set of carefully vetted images was released. Since then the press has been allowed to photograph him alone in the Oval Office only twice: in 2009 and in 2010, both times when he was speaking on the phone. Pictures of him at work with his staff in the Oval Office — activities to which previous administrations routinely granted access — have never been allowed.” New York Times Op-Ed on President Obama’s Orwellian image control policies.
We mentioned last week that photojournalist Kristoffer Tipplaar was brought to the ground by security guards at the Smithsonian. Petapixel got the full story, and it appears that the guards made more than one error.
TIME chose Muhammed Muheisen as their Best Wire Photographer of the Year.
Tips from Elliott Erwitt on how to make great photos.
Oh ThinkGeek you are killing us! Why would anyone want an oversized camera lens pillow? Isn’t the camera lens mug bad enough? Add that to the list of things that won’t make our gift guide.
Taking photographs can ruin your memory of an event. To avoid the “photo-taking impairment effect” we suggest hiring a professional to take your photos for you. Wedding photographers, use science as your reason to tell Uncle with the nice camera to get out of your way.
Here we go. The Virginia State Police have a new “crime fighting” app that allows users to report suspicious activity directly to the police. What type of activity? “Suspicious photography, vehicles or people in places that just look ‘out of place’.”
Lovely photos of Environmental Art on the My Modern Met blog. The eggs on the pavement are very cool.
The folks at the Smithsonian American Art Museum spoke to Muriel Hasbun about some of her work in the current exhibitions A Democracy of Images: Photographs from the Smithsonian American Art Museum and Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art.
We can be royals! Photographer Alison Jackson made images of the Royal Family at home for the Christmas Holiday. Her fantastical, made up photographs made Sandringham look like a very exciting place to spend the holiday.
The New York Times article on homelessness this week gathered a lot of attention. If you haven’t seen the accompanying photographs, they are worth spending some time on.
Bread for the City recently celebrated 5 years of helping D.C. families get a Holiday Portrait.
And finally, Kristin Harper created stunning images of a Bengal tiger diving for food in a pool of water.

Friday Links

October 4, 2013 By Meaghan Gay

There are so many great links this week, let’s just jump right in.

Halloween is around the corner, so these images of petrified animals are appropriate and terrifying.
The National Gallery may be closed, but the NPR story on Charles Marville’s photographs of 19th Century Paris is online.
Yosemite National Park celebrated its 123rd birthday this week also by closing because of the government shutdown. In Focus ran a nice collection of historic images from the park.
After the battle between investors has been settled, the affordable art site 20×200 is returning.
The controversy surrounding the winning image of the World Press Photo Awards last year has prompted the photojournalism competition to change their rules about post processing.
Google street view can get personal. A man found a picture of his grandmother hanging out on her front porch, reading the newspaper. His grandmother died not long after that photo was taken.
A new photography blog launched this week, called FUSEVISUAL.
Need to learn how to network with other photographers? Start by being a nice person.
Having your work go viral can be a great experience for some, but a frightening experience for others. Read three very different perspectives on this modern phenomenon.
An unnamed woman in a photo from post-war New York, and what she can teach us about perception, race and class in mid-century and modern American culture.
No matter how much we love them it is a really terrible idea to keep tigers in your house.
Photo software giant Adobe was hacked last month, but revealed it this week. 2.9 million customers had their data exposed.
Edward Burtynsky’s new work is a series called Water, and documents how we are creating our own demise. So it’s light.
On an actual light note, photographer Elliott Erwitt is releasing some of his color work from his back catalog in a book appropriately named Kolor.
Photographer Jordan Matter has followed up his popular Dancers Among Us series with images of Athletes Among Us. No word yet on how many groups may be living among us.
An image of the mass burial of Titanic victims has been (please forgive me) brought back from the dead.
Let’s pretend we are the Daily Show for a minute, because this photo of Ted Cruz from photographer Jason Reed deserves a Moment of Zen.