• The People’s Archive has acquired and cataloged the 1,900-plus photo collection of Chip Py as part of the Library’s Go-Go archive.
• Research shows that taking too many pictures can harm the brain’s ability to retain memories but also that being more intentional about the photos we take can help.
• The Smithsonian American Art Museum purchased rare photographs dating from the 1840s to the mid-1920s, including daguerreotypes made by three of the most prominent Black photographers of the19th century: James P. Ball, Glenalvin Goodridge, and Augustus Washington.
• The Event Horizon Telescope—a planet-scale array of ground-based radio telescopes—has obtained the first image of a supermassive black hole from more than a petabyte of data collected.
• One of the last photographs taken of Susan B. Anthony is going up for auction along with hundreds of other items found in an attic photography studio that had been abandoned for decades.
• National Geographic looks into the centuries-long struggle for Afghanistan through historic and modern images.
• For the past 38 years, photographer Peter Adams has photographed and interviewed hundreds of iconic photographers from all around the world for his ambitious project that launched recently on Kickstarter.
• Zenfolio is giving away over $1,000,000 worth of subscriptions of their portfolio plan to photography students.
• MPB unveiled the Photo and Video Kit Hall of Fame Class of 2021 inductees yesterday, voted on by visual storytellers.

Join us on August 19 at 6:00 p.m. for a virtual roundtable. We look forward to catching up with you and seeing photos from your vacations or staycations. Register here and check your confirmation email for details on how to upload your image and join the session next week.

• View the winning images of the 15th annual Washington Gardener Photo Contest at Meadowlark Botanical Gardens through August 30, open daily from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
• The Times’ pictures of the month for July include photos from around the world and a few words on how they came about.
• PhotoWorks is offering a new, free virtual program called “Photo Matters,” beginning August 22 at 10:00 a.m. It’ll be a Zoom where people can hang out and discuss all matters photographic.
• Sigma Ambassador Anabel Dflux will be sharing tips and tricks for shooting concerts on August 25 at 7:00 p.m. during a live webinar with PROCAM.
• The International Center of Photography in New York has announced David E. Little as its next executive director. 
• Aerial photographs of houses in Ecuador convey the relationship between the buildings and their contexts using drones.
• An essay explores questions of privacy invasion by comparing paparazzi photography to wildlife photography.
• A soon-to-be-released documentary celebrates the legacy of Picture Post, the highly influential magazine which shaped perceptions of British life during and after World War II.

It’s been a while since we had a virtual roundtable, and we’d love to see what photos you’ve been taking lately. Join us on Thursday, August 19 at 6:00 p.m. for a session where we can catch up and share images on the theme of vacation. You can register here and refer to the confirmation email for details on uploading photos. Looking forward to seeing you and your awesome photos! 

• A group of five photojournalists who were arrested and/or beaten during last year’s protests against racial injustice has sued the NYPD in an attempt to stop what they call egregious and repeated violations of journalists’ right to record police activity on public streets.
• Fifty years ago, Sue Davies opened the Photographers’ Gallery in London “to gain recognition for photography as an art form in its own right.”
• From the man-faced stink bug to the mirror spider that looks like a disco ball, nature is full of incredible insects that survive thanks in part to their bizarre adaptations.
• Clever paper cutouts by Rich McCor (aka Paperboyo) transform architecture and landmarks into amusing scenes.
• “The New Woman Behind the Camera” exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and slated to open at the National Gallery of Art at the end of October, presents about 200 photographs by 120 female photographers from more than 20 countries.
• Winners of the Minimalist Photography Awards 2021 were selected from over 3,700 entries from 39 countries.
• Exposed alum Marci Lindsay interviewed Sasha Waters Freyer, the director of Garry Winogrand: All Things Are Photographable, who talked about her portrait of the artist, women in street photography, and why she became a filmmaker.
• UNESCO invites people aged 14 to 25 who have lived or traveled to the Silk Roads region to submit photos to their Youth Eyes on the Silk Roads contest before the August 24 deadline, free to enter.

• An open call on the Hundred Heroines site led 15 women photographers to create their own collective, Struck By Light.
• Kodak deleted an Instagram post featuring images of Xinjiang taken by French photographer Patrick Wack after an online backlash from Beijing’s supporters.
• Landscape photographer Kristen Ryan will be hosting a free four-part landscape photography education series live online with Samy’s Camera and Sigma Photo. Classes will be Tuesday nights through August starting on the 10th. 
• A group photography exhibition in Zurich explores the theme of oceans as experienced from the shore.
• The Michel du Cille Fellowship by the National Press Photographers Foundation is a year-long fellowship that provides $15,000 to a professional visual journalist to encourage coverage of topics of great importance in today’s changing world. The deadline to apply is August 2.
• Photographer Greg White visualizes the abstract and fundamental concepts of physics in his Base Quantities series.
• The Hubble Space Telescope is back in business after over a month offline due to a glitch.
• Leading sports photographer and Red Bull Photography teacher Naim Chidiac provides advice and insight into his work covering motorsports events like the Dakar Rally.
• Between the 1890s and 1940s, Lora Webb Nichols created a body of photography 24,000 images strong, most of which feature the life and times of her hometown, Encampment, Wyoming.

Just a few days left to view the outdoor installation of our 15th anniversary Exposed DC Photography Show in Mount Pleasant! Join the Exposed DC team and some of the exhibiting photographers on Sunday from 1-3 p.m. for a closing celebration. If you’re bummed about the show coming down, remember you can always purchase any of the winning images. And stay tuned for another great show coming to Lost Origins Outside soon after!

• Professional photographer Verity Milligan discusses her love/hate relationship with social media as a creative trying not to put too much emphasis on the number of likes images receive.
• A photography instructor bans 18-55mm kit lenses in her undergraduate editorial photography class, sparking some lively discussions on Reddit.
• JAY-Z has filed a lawsuit against Jonthan Mannion, who shot the iconic cover for his debut album, over the photographer’s selling photos and profiting off his likeness without the rapper’s permission.
• “The New Woman Behind the Camera” exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art features 120 women photographers who worked during the 20th century.
• Watchmaker Blancpain is partnering with the Ocean Photography Awards and launching the Female Fifty Fathoms Award for women photographers.
• The 2021 Audubon Photography Awards winners and honorable mentions were announced this week. This year, the contest also accepted video submissions.
• Hungarian photographer Istvan Kerekes has spent the last 15 years documenting the shepherding communities of Transylvania, capturing the bonds they have with their herds beautifully. 
• Exposed alum Chris Suspect shares about his photography career to date on the first episode of Beyond the Frame, which includes his image in our 2021 show. Heads-up: there’s also some NSFW content.