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.

In case you missed it, we’ve extended the deadline for our annual photo contest to give you a little extra time to share your best images of the D.C. metro area with us. You now have until 5 p.m. TOMORROW to get those entries submitted. We can’t wait to see all of your submissions and look forward to announcing the winners next week. Save the date for our celebratory happy hour at 801 Restaurant & Bar on Wednesday, December 18 from 6-8 p.m.

• Come to our happy hour early and then join Stop Motion on Wednesday night from 7-10 p.m. for their Vol 8 Documentary Photography + Zine Release at Big Bear Cafe. Slideshow starts at 8 p.m.
• D.C. photographer Steven M. Cummings captured “The Last of Chocolate City” through black-and-white vignettes.
• StreetMeetDC is closing out 2019 with a meet at the National Zoo for this year’s Zoo Lights on Saturday at 4 p.m.
• Need gift ideas for fellow photographers or yourself? Cool Hunting has you covered with their Aperture Priority Gift Guide.
• Looking for a gift locally? Get your favorite photographer an annual membership ($228) to Union 206 and they get two hours FREE ($90 value). Union 206 members receive half off studio rentals and periodic discounts on workshops and events. Call or email Tiffany at 202-567-7206 or Tiffany@union206.com for offer details; valid on new memberships only and expires December 24, 2019.
• Join WPOW for their holiday party at Shaw’s Tavern on Tuesday from 6-9 p.m.
• The Guardian shared its shortlist for agency photographer of the year with the overall winner to be announced on December 21.
• Kodak is discontinuing Kodakit, the on-demand photography service launched in 2017 as the “Uber of photography.”
• Archaeologists found bottles of hair dye and other hair care products from a civil war photography studio.

Have you entered our annual photography contest yet? Just a few more days until the contest closes; don’t let the deadline sneak up on you! Show us your unique perspective of this city we call home by December 12 for a chance to be part of our exhibit celebrating local photography.

• Tom Wolff and Frank Van Riper will be at Photoworks during Glen Echo Park Winter Fest on December 14 to take your holiday portrait for free with a suggested donation of $25 to Photoworks. 
• Winners of Image Quest 2019, the Red Bull Illume contest focused on sports and action photography, captured everything from a surfer kicking out from the barrel through a wave to a skydiver on a “megaswing” attached to a hot air balloon.
• Fujifilm opened a new store concept in London featuring selfie pods, photography studios, workshops, high-end gear, and more.
• A new book “Magnum Streetwise” follows the evolution of street photography as recorded by Magnum Photos with over 300 images from the 1930s to the present day.
• The World Press Photo exhibit at Dupont Underground closes on Sunday. Visiting hours are 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily, and general admission is $15 with a reduced rate of $10 for military, students, groups, etc.
• View shortlisted images from the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition and vote for your favorite to help select the winner of the Lumix People’s Choice Award.
• Billy Meier’s UFO images, seen on The X-Files, are up for auction as part of a sale dedicated to space photography.