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Friday Links: September 8, 2023

September 8, 2023 By Matthew Holubecki

Photo by Victoria Pickering

Thank you to everyone who joined us last night for the opening reception and artist talk for the new MVT Photo Walk! Four local photographers spent 24 hours documenting #LifeInMVT in an exhibit that can be viewed 24/7 along K Street NW and in Prather’s Alley. We also want to thank HEMPHILL for hosting the event and Mount Vernon Triangle Community Improvement District for partnering with us to bring photography to the streets of MVT.

  • The exhibit “Dap is a Love Language” is closing tomorrow at Creative Grounds DC.
    • An image of a peregrine falcon protecting her young from a pelican won this year’s Bird Photographer of the Year award.
    • An impressive meteor surprised viewers as far south as Richmond and as far north as New York this past Sunday.
    • Adams Morgan Day and Mt Pleasant Library present “History on Belmont” this Sunday from 12-6 p.m. with photographs and other art celebrating the neighborhood.
    • The Washington Post’s photography department set out to portray the rich human and natural landscapes that make up the region in this summer roundup.
    • Winners of LensCulture’s street photography awards captured everything from city cats to church gatherings.
    • Ben Geier’s ongoing series, Abandoned Theaters, show remnants and relics of an earlier era.
    • Commercial photographer Blair Bunting is one of a handful of people to ever fly in a U-2 spy plane with incredible images documenting the experience.
    • Check out the various classes Capital Photography Center offers if you’re looking to grow your skillset or gain special access to sites outside of regular hours.

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    Friday Links: September 1, 2023

    September 1, 2023 By Matthew Holubecki

    Photo by Diane Krauthamer

    Join Exposed DC and Mount Vernon Triangle Community Improvement District on Thursday, September 7 for an opening reception and artist talk for the new “24 Hours of #LifeInMVT” exhibition featuring photographs by Farrah Skeiky, Mukul Ranjan, Steven Cummings, and Justin “Olot” Featherstone. We’ll be meeting at HEMPHILL at 6:00 p.m. to view their current exhibits and enjoy complimentary iced tea and lemonade before heading outside to tour the photo walk. More information about the exhibit is available online here.

    • Entries are now open for the Icon International Photography Awards, formerly known as the WPPI Awards of Excellence. Submit by October 20 at $30/entry with an option to pay extra for video critiques.
    • DMV-based 10-year-old Myles Minishotta bills himself as the world’s youngest professional photographer.
    • TechRadar shares their best camera picks for every budget.
    • KEY BRIDGE, a fine art photography exhibition by Eric Johnson, is on view at Multiple Exposures Gallery through September 10. Eric will be at the gallery today from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
    • Catch the “In Syzygy” exhibit at Photoworks by Artist in Residence Red Won before it closes this weekend to see a collection of platinum, silver, and cyan hand made prints.
    • In honor of the 50th anniversary of hip hop, Eric Johnson looks back at the making of some of his most iconic photographs.
    • A photographer’s viral time lapse video shows a kitten aging into a cat over almost 100 days.
    • Images taken in 1845 of Sir John Franklin and his crew on the ill-fated HMS Erebus and Terror will be auctioned.

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    Friday Links: August 25, 2023

    August 25, 2023 By exposeddc

    Photo by John Brighenti
    • PortraitMeetDC is collaborating with a vintage pop-up market at Union Market throughout the weekend.
    • Jaan Roose battled high winds at the Katara Towers in Doha, Qatar to take a slackline world record as Volodya Voronin captured it all in photos.
    • The New Yorker explores the hunt for visual evidence of unidentified flying objects over the decades.
    • Maryland PPA added a beginner digital painting class to their upcoming program. Sessions will be held online on August 29 (instruction and practice) and September 19 (Q&A after using techniques independently), free for MDPPA members and $29 for all others.
    • The 2023 World Sports Photography awards showcase sports of all sorts.
    • A new USPS collection enlarges the world’s tiniest lifeforms to the size of a postage stamp.
    • A rare fire tornado, or fire whirl, was filmed by a member of the British Colombia Wildfire Service in Canada last week.

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    Friday Links: August 18, 2023

    August 18, 2023 By exposeddc

    Photo by Jeff Vincent
    • Join PortraitMeetDC tomorrow from 5:00-8:00 p.m. at Union Market.
    • Grumpy cat loses Comedy Pet Photo Awards to sneak-attack kitten.
    • Also on the animal front but less cute: wildlife photographer Tim Smith captured a picture of an alligator launching itself out of water.
    • A collection of aerial photographs taken during the Second World War have been opened to the public for the first time.
    • Exposed alum Robb Hill is teaching a 6-week narrative landscape course with Photoworks starting September 7 with a total cost of $400. Lots of other classes are starting up soon, so be sure to check the full schedule.
    • A glowing, prismatic nervous system of a sea star won the Global Image of the Year Scientific Light Microscopy Award.
    • A major Chinese photo agency is demanding an astrophotographer pay $12,000 to use his own photos after he posted his work to social media platform Weibo.
    • Roland L. Freeman, a resident of the District and photographer who documented Black life and culture for more than 50 years, died at 87.

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    Friday Links: August 11, 2023

    August 11, 2023 By Noe Todorovich

    Photo by Kevin Wolf
    • It’s been a summer of extreme weather as documented in these images from July.
    • The Maryland Professional Photographers Association (MDPPA) is hosting an “Animal Metamorphosis” workshop on October 17 and 18 with Judy Reinford showing how to take images from vacation, zoo, nature, and client work and turn them into beautiful works of art. Limited in-person tickets are available, and early bird pricing is in effect through September 6.
    • One of our 2023 Best in Show judges, Briana Thomas, created a guide to Black art in D.C. with emerging artists, galleries, history, and more.
    • The Nature inFocus Photography Awards received entries from about 1,500 photographers from over 20 countries.
    • The Empire State Building launched its 12th annual photo contest with a $5,000 grand prize up for grabs.
    • It’s a busy weekend for StreetMeetDC who will be at Eastern Market tomorrow at 5 p.m. followed by an edit and chill session Sunday at 11:30 a.m. at Wonderland Ballroom. StreetMeetMD will also be hosting their second meet in Frederick later in the evening.

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