Opening night for our 2020 show is just a few days away! You still have time to buy advance tickets for the opening reception before ticket prices go up at the door. Come celebrate local photography with us, admire the 43 winning images in person, enjoy an open bar and delicious snacks, and purchase an exhibition program to commemorate the occasion. Exhibit prints will also be available for purchase at first time art buyer prices, so you can add to or even start your very own collection. Get your tickets now, and we’ll see you there!

• Leah Millis, a WPOW member, was the first woman in 25 years to have the State of the Union floor pool photographer position last week. 
• The Bauhaus.Photo exhibition at Goethe-Institut Washington features a selection of key works that provide insight into Bauhaus photography and life at the Bauhaus. Exhibition hours are Monday through Thursday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Fridays from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. through February 26. 
• A shot of two mice fighting over crumbs on a London Underground platform won a wildlife photography award from London’s Natural History Museum.
• Sony World Photography Awards announced this year’s finalists, shortlist, and grant recipients, which were selected from over 345,000 images.
• More than 50 artists and makers will be at Dupont Underground as part of the ArtRave Market on Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., free.
• Head to Photoworks at Glen Echo Park tomorrow for a reception and gallery talk about the e(sea/land)scape exhibit featuring photos by Stephen Greenberg and David Scherbel, 4-6 p.m.
• Panasonic teamed up with Dentsu Aegis Network to make a special camera that could help colorblind photographers to see colors accurately as they shoot.
• While working as a projectionist in an adult cinema in the 1970s and ’80s in London, Bob Mazzer began photographing the people on the tube during his daily commute, more often at night.

The 2020 Exposed DC Photography Show is just around the corner. We’ll be announcing the Best in Show winners next week, so stay tuned to find out which five images caught our guest judges’ attention. Get your tickets now for opening night where you can see all of the winning images in person, enjoy an open bar, and purchase an exhibition magazine as well as any of your favorite photos.

• AMERICANA by Doug Menuez opens tonight at the Leica Store DC, 7 p.m., free. The works on view provide an intimate glimpse of his ongoing documentation of the contemporary North American cultural landscape.
• Join AU Museum Director Jack Rasmussen and curator Leah Bendavid-Val as they discuss the life and work of longtime National Geographic photographer Volkmar Wentzel tomorrow, 4 p.m., free.
• Exposed alum Geoff Livingston chatted with Noe Todorovich about the 2020 Exposed DC Photography Show on his Show Me Podcast. Hear a bit about the selection process, upcoming show, and some of the featured images.
• Tonight, the Embassy of Argentina is hosting a First Friday Art Walk in which they present three exhibitions, including one featuring panoramic photography by José Andrés Basbus, 6-8 p.m.
• Photographer Wilson Webb captured the cast of Little Women using the collodion process, a photographic style popular during the mid 1800s. 
• Interested in your own tintype wet plate collodion? Head to Rhizome DC to get your very own 5×7 portrait for $50 on Sunday, 1-4 p.m. 
• Aurora hunters have discovered a new type of aurora called “dunes,” which are formed in a thin layer around 60 miles above sea level.

Tickets are on sale now for the opening reception of our 14th annual Exposed DC Photography Show! Join us at Touchstone Gallery on Wednedsay, February 19 from 6-9 p.m. to admire all 43 winning images in person with fellow photographers and art lovers. Get your tickets now, and we’ll see you there!

• Join Farrah Skeiky for the opening reception for Present Tense: DC Punk and DIY Right Now tomorrow night from 6-8 p.m. 
• The Uncommon District asked people to share their favorite images of D.C. from 2019. Local photographers, including several Exposed alum, captured everything from music to sports, monuments to animals, portraits to every day scenes.
• An art critic with the Washington Post encourages us to look at Iran through the same lens as its best photographers.
• Join Rhonisha D. Franklin for the Profile Noire Artist Talk Series where she will be discussing her exhibit with guest panelists including Exposed alum Kirth Bobb, tomorrow at 6 p.m. at Charles Sumner School Museum & Archives.
• While many photographers have photographed NYC in black and white, Saul Leiter chose color film to document the city, especially the few blocks around his home in the East Village.
• The Studio Arts Program within the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design at The George Washington University is hiring an Assistant Professor of Photography.
• On Feb. 20, the DC Street Photography Collective, DCSPC, is hosting a night of photography at Slash Run featuring Darrow Montgomery. Local photographers are invited to participate in a critique with Montgomery and members of DCSPC. To be considered, submit 3-5 photographs (2000 pixels on the long edge at 72 DPI) to thedcspc@gmail.com by Feb. 2 at midnight. 
• This PHmuseum roundup includes various photography contests and opportunities accepting submissions in January, from Pictures of the Year International to Magnum Foundation Fellowship and more.