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Friday Links on Wednesday: November 26, 2014

November 26, 2014 By James Calder

The Three Bears' house by Tim Brown — The Three Bears’ house by Tim Brown

It’s that time of year again when we give thanks for intriguing photography-related links on Wednesday instead of Friday. It’s also nearly the time of year to get excited about the next annual Exposed DC Contest! Join us on Wednesday December 3 for our contest launch happy hour at Bluejacket. Also don’t forget to stop by the extended run of our Instant DC Fall Review at Bloombars through December 14. Meanwhile, we hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

The FAA is reported to be planning new commercial drone rules that will require a conventional pilot’s license.
Robert Sturman believes in the universality of yoga and has traveled the world photographing yogis across physical and cultural divides.
“Batman and Robin posing defiantly in Elizabethan-style uniforms, a forlorn Hulk looking introspective in Tudor-esque short baggy trousers…” French photographer Sacha Goldberger re-imagines superheroes as Renaissance figures.
Lewis Baltz, a significant figure in the New Topographics landscape photography movement, died aged 69.
Photographer Ernie Button got interested in the “art” at the bottom of his whiskey glass.
NASA released a spectacular new “realistic color” image of Jupiter’s moon Europa.
You know we love tigers, but these black-and-white studio portraits of goats and sheep are something to behold.
Photographer Susan Copich realized she was “missing from every family photo,” so she decided to fix the problem.
Gray Malin makes images of items you would normally associate with summer. Only he shoots them in the Arctic landscape.
Taylor Swift crashed a young fan’s photo shoot while jogging in a Nashville area park.
Forget Caller ID – tiger stripe ID is a lifesaver in one corner of India.

Friday Links: November 21, 2014

November 21, 2014 By Meaghan Gay

15805587001_19e2d66d30_b — U & 14th Sts., NW, Washington, D.C. by Chris Suspect

A Navy veteran in Missouri said he was fired from his job and called a terrorist for posting pictures to Facebook of Homeland Security vehicles amassing near Ferguson.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has released a vast archive of 400,000 (mostly) hi-resolution digital images that you can download and use for non-commercial purposes.
Exposed winner Victoria Pickering will have one of her images on display in Times Square.
Photographer Bieke Depoorter has been asking strangers if she can spend the night in their homes. “She’s interested in building a relationship, however brief, and learning about the people she’s staying with… If she finds herself trying to make a good picture instead of experiencing and embracing the moment, she stops.”
The sale may have ended, but the photos from the Magnum archive are still great.
Julia Christe took awesome photos of many dogs and one cat flying mid-jump. The expression on the face of the boxer is priceless.
The smog in Beijing is really, really bad and there are photos to prove it. “Zou Yi has been taking photos of the Beijing sky every day and uploading them to his personal Weibo account.“
A short but interesting photo essay by photographer Phil Moore of what it’s like to live at the base of Nyiragongo, DR Congo’s very deadly volcano.
Before there was a subdivision there was a farm. Photos by Scott Strazzante, who spent 20 years documenting the transition from farm to ticky tacky.
Scientists have created artificial intelligence software able to recognize the content of photos and videos with such accuracy that it can sometimes mimic humans.
In case you didn’t hear, there was a lot of snow in Buffalo this week. A lot.
Remember way, way back in 2007 when Exposed DC (then DCist Exposed!) held the very first annual photography show at Warehouse? Owners Molly and Paul Ruppert are inviting everyone who’s exhibited there over the years to toast a final goodbye to the venue on December 6. (The art gallery has been closed for a few years, but now the Warehouse Theater and Passenger are joining it.)
And finally, there was a large cat roaming near Disneyland Paris this week that turned out not to be a tiger. No word yet on if it was a Tigger.

Friday Links: November 14, 2014

November 14, 2014 By Meaghan Gay

Have you signed up for our special Exposed DC sponsored week of free photography classes with Knowledge Commons DC? Most of our classes are waitlisted (you can still sign up and we’ll let you know if a spot opens up) but you can still get a seat to make your own camera obscura next Friday. And be sure to join us for our monthly happy hour — this time with the wonderful KCDC folks — at Iota in Clarendon on Monday, November 17. Find out how you can sign up or get involved with future KCDC sessions, meet the Exposed DC team, or just come have a drink with fellow photography lovers.

This is the last weekend for FotoWeek DC, so be sure to check out our recommendations on what to see. We also have a review of the contest winners written by Caroline Space.
Want tips on how to be a better photo assistant? APA DC is hosting a Photo Assistant workshop next week.
Martin Schoeller discusses a selection of high profile shoots from his new book Portraits, including the story of pro skater Tony Hawk leaping from his kitchen counter at the crack of dawn and Quentin Tarantino apparently blissed out in a sea of doves.
New Zealand freelance photographer Amos Chapple used a drone to photograph the Kremlin. What’s Russian for cojones?
Photos from “Dark Tourism” sites around the world. That ought to bring you down.
Italian “paparazzo” Umberto Pizzi says he photographs to tell stories, not to court celebrities. Alexa Keefe interviewed Pizzi for National Geographic.
From geishas and waterfalls to the Berlin Wall and 9/11: How one photographer captured 60 years of historic images. Thomas Hoepker’s photos are collected in a retrospective called Wanderlust.
The first Hasselblad in space went on the auction block on Thursday. It fetched $275,000!
Speaking of cool space photos, did you see the first ever photo from the surface of a comet?
And finally, add being presented with a white tiger to the list of Presidential perks.

Friday Links: October 31, 2014

October 31, 2014 By Meaghan Gay

The Creepiest Halloween Display by John Leszczynski

We’re counting on you to put some horribly creepy and awesome Halloween images in our pool this weekend, everyone. Put on some comfortable shoes in November, because we’re about to announce a ton of Exposed DC events for you to soak up, including a metro-accessible extended run of our InstantDC Fall Review and a quick-round of free photography classes through Knowledge Commons DC. You’ve also got FotoweekDC kicking off next Friday — we’ll have a preview of recommended events for you early next week. Now, on to Friday Links!

LIFE photographer Michael Rougier shows just how awkward it is when the housekeeper has to step over the lion.
The lava flow from Kilauea has almost reached the town on Pahoa on the Big Island of Hawaii, and the photos of the destruction are fascinating.
This seems like a good time to look back on the All-Time Favorite Volcano photos from National Geographic.
Everyone loves a puppy photo, but Pete Thorne’s portrait series with old dogs is moving.
Do you love fall foliage? Do you also love wine? REI has a photo class for you.
Mark your calendars, “Photo Trends & Evolution” panel discussion, featuring panelists Jim Darling, Meghan Dhaliwal, Holly Garner, Susana Raab and Matt Rakola, moderated by Roshani Kothari – November 18th at MLK, 6-8 p.m.
The first Hasselblad in space is going up for auction on November 13. It is rumored to have taken this infamous space photo.
The post may be from last year, but the photos from the Buzzfeed roundup of scary vintage Halloween costumes are still creepy.
And finally, a tiger at the Hagenbeck Zoo in Germany was able to enjoy a meat filled pumpkin.

Friday Links: October 17, 2014

October 17, 2014 By Meaghan Gay

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Here’s some helpful video on what not to do with a GoPro and a drone.
Washingtonian has images from the 1927 tornado that touched down in D.C.
“If you were like many kids, you probably spent much of your childhood in a hybrid world where reality and imagination fused into an indistinguishable whole.” Photographer Thomas Dagg pays homage to childhood by inserting Star Wars into real world snapshots.
Portraits by Dmitri Kessel of Henri Matisse working.
PhotoPhilanthropy has opened up their 2014 Activist Awards. “We invite all professional and emerging photographers who have collaborated with a nonprofit organization on a photographic project to participate in the 6th annual awards.”
Joseph Sywenkyj has been awarded this year’s W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography for his long-term project on family life in Ukraine
AP photos of cemetery overcrowding across the globe.
“The most disappointing thing is that the students at Syracuse have missed that moment to learn about the Ebola crisis, using someone who has been on the ground and seen it up close. But they chose to pander to hysteria.” Pulitzer prize-winning Washington Post photojournalist Michel du Cille was disinvited to a Syracuse University journalism workshop because he had been to Liberia 21 days ago.
The jaw dropping photos by the 2014 Photo Nightscape Winners.
Because of Iran’s strict censorship rules on most art forms, artists in Tehran have gone underground to pursue their passions.
Photographer Jonny Joo has been photographing abandoned farm homes in Ohio, and they are Halloween season spooky.
Pamela Littky’s new book, Vacancy, documents the tight-knit communities of Baker, California and Beatty, Nevada, each of which claims to be the gateway to Death Valley.
Debi Cornwall wanted to see how prisoners and military guards lived at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. She discovered a surreal “paradise” marked by contrast and contradictions.
And finally, your photo of Putin with a tiger cub, which, well, might now be raiding China for chickens?