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Friday Links: November 1, 2024

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Photo by: Connor Tracy
  • Check out the “Best of Best” photos from this year’s Architecture MasterPrize Photography category.
  • It’s the last chance to enter the Leica Women Foto Project Award before it closes on Tuesday.
  • You can still get passes for Double Exposure to join for symposium events and film viewings November 7-10 at the United States’ first and only film festival dedicated to investigative reporting on film.
  • Join Multiple Exposures Gallery this Sunday at 10:30 a.m. for their monthly photo critique.
  • Catch GENESIS, an exhibit by Artist in Residence Mari Calai, at Glen Echo Photoworks before it closes on November 10.
  • PortraitMeetDC is holding its first ever editing session on Discord with Andre Coleman on Monday at 7:30 p.m.
  • WeClickDC is holding an informal meetup tomorrow starting at 7:15 a.m. at the Tidal Basin in front of the MLK Memorial.
  • The latest Adobe Lightroom update brings a new “Detect Objects” feature, aiming to improve the “Remove” tool.
  • TechRadar provides their reviews for the best monitor for photo editing this year.

Friday Links: October 25, 2024

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Photo by: Emma K Alexandra

In case you missed it: earlier this week we announced that the Exposed DC Photography Collection has found a permanent home at the DC Public Library. You can read the press release here. Stay tuned for more updates as we work to gather hundreds of photos that document the last 18 years of life in D.C. as seen by the people who live, work, and love here! If you were featured in our annual photography show and have not received an email from us, we have been trying to get in touch. Drop us a line to make sure we have a current email address on file so you have the chance to be included in the collection!

  • Join StreetMeetDC tomorrow from 3:00-7:00 p.m. at Rock Creek Park Picnic Grove 6.
  • Register now for Mid-Atlantic Photo Visions to reserve your spot for the Nov. 2 and 3 event with a lineup of renowned speakers, hands-on-workshops, and 1-on-1 sessions.
  • The call for entries for the Leica Women Foto Project Award closes Tuesday, November 5. Four awardees will receive a Leica SL3 camera, a Vario-Elmarit-SL 24-70mm f/2.8 ASPH lens, and a $10,000 USD cash prize.
  • ZEKE magazine features seven photographers who are under the age of 31 and making a difference through their work.
  • Double Exposure, the United States’ first and only film festival dedicated to investigative reporting on film, returns for its 10th year, November 7-10.  This year, photography stands out as a powerful medium that exposes truths through observation and expression in the Spotlight presentation.
  • Join the DC Film Collective for an astro photography meet on November 2 at Sky Meadows State Park.

Friday Links: October 18, 2024

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Union Market District by Daniel Kelly
  • Northern lights were seen all over the D.C. area in rare and stunning spectacle last weekend.
  • Join Capital Photography Center Instructor Corey Hilz early tomorrow morning to capture the waterfalls of the Potomac and learn how to shoot in low light, exploit the rising sun, capture flowing water, compose waterscapes, and more, $99.
  • “Dust and Destiny on the Great Plains,” a photography exhibit by Gary Anthes is on view at Studio Gallery through October 26 when there will be a closing reception from 4:00-6:00 p.m.
  • Catch up on the Celebration of Photography with a recap on Leica’s website.
  • Magnum’s Square Print Sale returns from October 21 to 27 in partnership with The Photo Society. Titled Eden, the sale explores the miraculous beauty of our planet while emphasizing the urgent need to protect it from an existential threat: humankind.
  • Enter Smithsonian magazine’s 22nd Annual Photo Contest by December 2. You may submit up to 15 photographs per category for a total of 90 submissions to the contest overall.
  • BOOK OF JOB, a solo exhibition of photographic work by Timothy Hyde, is on view at Multiple Exposures Gallery, and the artist will be on site this Sunday through Tuesday.
  • Reserve your spot to join curator Kristen Hileman and artist Connie Imboden as they discuss the exhibition “Endless Transformations: The Alchemy of Connie Imboden” at the Katzen Arts Center on November 23.

Friday Links: October 11, 2024

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Photo By: Eric Essagof
  • In a new biopic starring Kate Winslet, Lee Miller’s many lives—as an artist, model, muse, cook and war correspondent—need little embellishment.
  • Join DC EcoWomen for a photo hike in Rock Creek Park Golf Course on October 20 from 2:00-3:30 p.m., documenting threatened trees and habitats.
  • Shane Gross earned the title of Wildlife Photographer of the Year with his image of wriggling toad tadpoles.
  • Register for the Mid-Atlantic Photo Visions Expo to learn from photography educators, participate in hands-on workshops, and visit local vendors on November 2-3 at the Hylton Center.
  • Meet 10-year-old Shreyovi Mehta who has been winning international acclaim for her wildlife photography.
  • A man recovered photos from a waterlogged camera that was lost in a river for five years and then heartwarmingly reunited the device with its owner.
  • Be impressed by the incredible human towers of Tarragona captured in photos.

Friday Links: October 4, 2024

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Photo by Don Sniegowski