We’ll be taking next week off to enjoy the holiday, so we’d like to wish everyone an early Happy Thanksgiving! We are grateful for all the amazing photographers in our community and getting to celebrate local photography with you all for going on 14 years now. Can you believe it?! Thank you for being part of this journey whether you’ve been along for the ride from the beginning or you just discovered us recently.

• In case you missed it, we announced the Best in Show judges for the 2020 Exposed DC Photography Show. Want them to select your image for a Best in Show award (and $100 cash prize)? Submit those potential winners to our 14th annual photography contest by December 12. 
• Glen Echo Photoworks is having an opening reception for an exhibit featuring photography by Katherine T. Andrle and Gayle Rothschild tomorrow, 5-7 p.m., and on Sunday there will be a reception and gallery talk for two visual essays by Kathryn Mohrman and Mac Cosgrove-Davies, 5-7 p.m.
• Terry O’Neill, the photographer who chronicled London’s 1960s culture by capturing the public figures who defined the era, died earlier this week at the age of 81.
• Stop Motion is seeking documentary photography from D.C., Maryland, and Virginia for their last slideshow of the year; entries due by November 30.
• Fstoppers and Wix teamed up for a series about building websites for photographers, with the latest edition focusing on the best ways to send traffic to your site.
• A new algorithm called Sea-thru removes visual distortion caused by water to bring clarity to underwater photos.
• An exhibit at SFMOMA features John Beasley Greene’s photographs that focus on ancient monuments and landscapes in Egypt and Algeria from the 1850s, including an excavation in progress.

Our annual photography contest will be open through December 12, so you have just under a month to submit your favorite images that show what you love about living in the D.C. metro area. Don’t have that perfect picture yet? There’s still time to go out there and get it! Perhaps you’ll find some inspiration from previous years’ winners or some Friday Links…

• BlackRock Center for the Arts is having a gallery reception tomorrow for the opening of Captured Light: Current Photographic Processes, a regional juried photography exhibition, free, 3 p.m.
• 52 O Street Studios will be holding its open house tomorrow from 12-6 p.m., and Street Meet DC will be there to check it out.
• Join the DC Street Photography Collective (DCSPC) at Slash Run on November 20 at 8 p.m. for a night of photography featuring a presentation by NYC-based street photographer Reuben Radding and a photo critique with Radding and members of the DCSPC, $10.
• A D.C.-based nonprofit is looking for a photographer who specializes and/or has experience in product photography, specifically photographing books for marketing purposes, i.e. print, web, social, etc. This is not a one time gig, they are looking for a person they can work with throughout the year on various book publications. If this is you, or if you know someone, please email ccondayan@apa.org with a link to your product portfolio and rates.
• There are still spots available for Momenta Workshops’ Marketing for Photographers at Lost Origins Gallery tomorrow, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., $180 with 50% of the proceeds being donated to two photo-related charities.
• As news of the latest fake TIME cover featuring State Department official Mina Chang circulates, TIME shares some of the ways you can identify a fake cover.
• The deadline for the Falls Church Arts fine art photography show has been extended to midnight on November 24.

In case you missed it, our annual photography contest is officially open for entries! We want to see the best images you’ve taken that showcase our nation’s capital as the place where we live, work, and love. Gather your favorite photos you’ve taken so far or get inspired to capture new ones. You have until December 12 at midnight to submit to the contest.

• Head to Dupont Underground tonight for the opening reception of the World Press Photo Exhibition, 6:30-10:00 p.m., $25-35. The exhibit represents the best visual journalism of the past year with images exploring a wide range of topics.
• American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center’s late fall opening reception tomorrow from 6-9 p.m. includes two photography exhibits.
• David Sorrenti’s mother reflects on her late son, whose photography she’s anthologized in a new book.
• Join local photographer and Exposed alum, Amanda Archibald, for a Mobile Photography Workshop on Saturday, Nov. 23 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Steadfast Supply in Ballston Quarter, $40. The course covers everything from capturing powerful pictures on your camera phone to using the most essential editing apps.
• Leica Store D.C. is hosting a Leica Q Owners Workshop on Sunday from 10:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., $199.
• Stop Motion is seeking documentary photography from D.C., Maryland, and Virginia for their final volume of the year.
• A new book explores what it was like to photograph Audrey Hepburn and includes rare photos.
  

As the end of the year draws closer, we have begun preparations for our 14th annual photography show and have some exciting updates we’ll be sharing soon. For now, we wanted to let everyone know that our annual photography contest will be happening earlier than usual this year. We’ll open the contest with a kickoff happy hour in early November, so get ready and stay tuned!

• The opening reception for David Burnett’s “We Choose to Go to the Moon” exhibit at the Leica Store DC is tonight from 7:00-9:00 p.m., free.
• StreetMeetDC is hosting a photo event at Soleado Lavender Farm tomorrow from 1:00-7:30 p.m., $25.
• Cole Davis documents life in Brownsville, a neighborhood in Brooklyn that is often referred to as the “Murder Capital of New York,” aiming to share the beauty and depth he finds.
• Winning images of the Nikon Small World photography contest include a turtle embryo, a snowflake, and a pregnant plankton.
• At a studio in Kandahar, Magnum photographer Thomas Dworzak found unexpected photos of Taliban fighters.
• The DC Street Photography Collective, DCSPC, invites DC area photographers to participate in a critique with Reuben Radding and members of DCSPC that will happen at their photography event on Nov. 20 at Slash Run.  To be considered for the critique, submit 3-5 photographs to thedcspc@gmail.com by Sunday Nov. 3rd at midnight.
• Ilford announced a new film for both 35mm and 120 that is sensitive to all colors in the visible light spectrum apart from red. 
• Our friends over at DC’s youth photography and social justice non-profit Critical Exposure are hiring for four full-time positions—Program Manager, Program Coordinator, Operations Manager, and Communications Coordinator.
• The Guardian’s photography editors are rethinking the images they use in their coverage of climate-related news.