• Critical Exposure is looking for program facilitators to join their team. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis with a priority application deadline of November 1.
• Mark your calendars for WPOW’s 13th Annual Juried Exhibition opening event at Lost Origins Outside in Mount Pleasant on November 6 from 4-7 p.m.
• The Siena International Photo Awards photo of the year features a Syrian father who lost his leg in a bombing and his son who was born without limbs.
• Photo Matters, a new virtual offering from Photoworks, will be hosted by Steve Greenberg this Sunday from 10 a.m. to noon, free.
• Flickr and LEGO are teaming up for a new photo contest; the deadline for entries is November 1.
• Dutch photographer Hannie Heere captured a baby barn owl running across the grass.
• Photograph cherry blossoms around the Tidal Basin with Washington Photo Safari to avoid the springtime crowds and capture vibrant colors on November 6, $79.
• Canon announced a new “Moments That Matter” photography competition that aims to provide a platform for people to harness the power of visual storytelling to spark positive Change.

• Winners of the 2021 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition have been announced. 
• Two wedding photography companies in Hawaii have been ordered to stop photographing couples in illegal, off-limit locations. 
• The actor who played picture-snapper Colin Creevey in Harry Potter is a real-life professional photographer.
• The FAA temporarily grounded news organizations’ drones being used to document the federal response to the arrival of Haitian migrants at the southern border.
• Unclaimed Afghan studio portraits bear witness to decades of history.
• Coffee & Critiques returns in-person at Photoworks this Sunday at 10:00 a.m. Seats are limited and reserved for participants with images to share. 
• Fine art photographer Roland Miller has been documenting America’s space program for more than 30 years; his latest book focuses on the waning years of NASA’s shuttle program.

• “Official/Unofficial: Photographs of Washington DC,” an online exhibition at Glen Echo Photoworks juried by Sharon Farmer, features several familiar names and showcases multiple facets of the city.
• From October 11 through November 21, the Second Annual Latela Curatorial Women in the Arts exhibition will feature the work of 70 artists at six satellite locations as well as online. 
• Brookside Gardens hosts rotating monthly art exhibits and currently features work by photographers Amanda Coelho and Keith Kozloff. 
• FotoFilmic has issued a call for entries for film-based and analogue projects for JRNL 11 to be published by historian and curator Corey Keller. The submission deadline is October 31. 
• It’s the last day to apply for the Leica Women Foto Project Award or Mentor Program.
• Critical Exposure is currently looking for a development manager and communications coordinator to join their team. 
• Sign up for Photoworks classes happening in October and November.
• Edward Keating, who contributed to the body of work that brought The New York Times a Pulitzer Prize for photography for its 9/11 coverage and later prompted a debate on journalistic ethics, died at age 65.

Join us and the U Street Neighborhood Association for a free photography class at Temperance Alley garden tomorrow morning at 10:00 a.m. Learn about the storied space, apply photography tips, and hear from our special guest, horticulturist James Gagliardi. Reserve your spot now here.

• Our 15th annual Exposed DC Photography Show officially wrapped up with a special projection night at Metrobar last weekend; thanks to everyone who joined us and supported the show in its various forms this year!
• “Look Hear Gallery,” a photo exhibition and celebration of Black culture and community, opens today at Dupont Underground, 4:00-8:00 p.m., $5-8. 
• Mayor Bowser’s staff photographer Khalid Naji-Allah’s photo of Black Lives Matter Plaza now hangs at the National Portrait Gallery.
• Preview submissions to the Sony World Photography Awards 2022 and/or submit your own images as the deadline for different entrants varies from November to January.
• The rise of computer-generated product visualization could undercut traditional photography significantly according to recent research.
• Join 11:Eleven gallery for an opening reception of “Freezing Time: A Superpower” featuring fine art photography by Sabiyha Prince, Douglas Hochberg, Kirth Bobb, and Lionel Lloyd, tomorrow from 3:00-7:00 p.m., free.
• Artnet delves into analytics around the market for fine art photography.
• The grand prize winner of the 2021 Nature Conservancy photo contest captured a gorilla walking through a cloud of butterflies.