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In Frame: December 14, 2015

December 14, 2015 By Caroline Space

Library of Congress by Lane 4 Imaging — *Library of Congress* by Lane 4 Imaging

What an incredible capture by Flickr user Lane 4 Imaging. The Library of Congress has magnificent interiors and I love that this image shows nearly the whole scale from floor to ceiling.

Submit your best D.C. images into our 10th annual photo contest.

Friday Links: January 16, 2015

January 16, 2015 By Meaghan Gay

We announced the winners of our 9th annual Exposed DC photo contest this week.
Photographer Zhang Xiao explored 9,000 miles of China’s coastline and the photos are fantastic.
Did you know that the work of Robert Frank lives right in our backyard? “The Robert Frank Collection at the National Gallery of Art is the largest repository of materials related to renowned photographer and filmmaker Robert Frank“
The FAA will permit drones for journalism, starting with CNN.
The Library of Congress is celebrating the 7th birthday of their Flickr Commons account with a virtual game that let’s you explore it.
“In deeply conservative Kabul, dozens of Afghans flock to the Oqab Paintball Club each week to to take their mind off decades of war.” Photos by Omar Sobhani.
Photographer Danielle Guenther creates scenes depicting the beautiful chaos of parenting.
The Women Photojournalists of Washington will be holding the Fourth Annual Photo Seminar and Portfolio Review On Valentine’s Day. Tickets are available now.
An Autochrome exhibit at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa shows the early years of color photography.
The movie Finding Vivian Maier was nominated for an Oscar in best documentary feature.
After a lifetime of taking photos while dodging bullets, James Natchwey is going to receive the lifetime achievement award from the American Society of Magazine Editors.
Dan Bannino has made amazing photos of shelter dogs dressed as writers. The writers span hundreds of years of history, but Bannino sadly only managed to find two women writers to emulate.
Local photographer Keith Lane recently had his book Canals added to the bookstore at the International Center for Photography.
The New York Times is trying to learn the history behind this Gordon Parks photograph of the Jim Crow South.
The ultra-orthadox Israeli newspaper Hamevaser took out Angela Merkel and Anne Hidalgo from a photo of the march in Paris last week. “Binyamin Lipkin, editor of Hamevaser, said the newspaper is a family publication that must be suitable for all audiences, including young children.” Phew, we can imagine how the sight of the type of human that gave birth to you would be traumatizing for a child.
“Karen Mullarkey is one of the most influential and respected picture editors of all time.” This two part interview is from last year, but well worth the read.
AFP photographer Asif Hassan was shot and injured covering an anti-Charlie Hebdo protest in Pakistan.
For all of the film lovers out there, Barbara Flueckiger, professor at the Institute of Cinema Studies, University of Zurich has put together a Timeline of Historical Film Colors.
Andrea Bruce has a wonderful series in the New York Times called Revealing a Slowly Changing Cuba.
And finally, two filmmakers captured high speed footage of a Siberian tiger being released to the wild.

Friday Links: September 12, 2014

September 12, 2014 By Meaghan Gay

Water Dreams, Yards Park by Chris McDaniel

Our last free photography class through Knowledge Commons DC opened for registration today. Sign up now to learn street photography techniques from professional instructor Gerry Suchy next Saturday, September 20 at 10 a.m. Gerry will have one more class on September 27. UPDATE: The Sept 20 class is full! You can still sign up for the waitlist. Get ready early NEXT FRIDAY when registration opens for the Sept. 27 class.

Join us TONIGHT for our Photobook Happy Hour at WeWork Wonder Bread less than a block from the Shaw metro, 6 to 8 p.m. The event is free, and you can browse great books by Chris Suspect, Mambu Badu, Adam Ryder, Michael Andrade, and Keith Campbell — and talk to the artists about how they went about publishing their work. Everitt Clark will also be there with his soon-to-be-published prints and the 4″x5″ large format camera he uses.

Printing your mobile photos just got a lot easier with Mpix Tap To Print app.
The deadline for the DC State Fair annual photo contest is approaching fast. Get your photos in by Sept 15. (There’s not much submitted right now, so your chances of winning are pretty good!)
“I would love for people to care about young talented photographers before they are killed.” The New York Times takes a look at the dangers facing photojournalists.
The Library of Congress opened a new online photo archive that contains thousands of images of life during the Great Depression.
If you have an extra $26,000 lying around, the new Mamiya Leaf looks pretty amazing.
Scientists from the University of Surrey explain how to take a decent selfie. Among their tips, taking a photo from arm’s length can make portraits look “bulbous” with a “big nose and vanishing ears,” like the famous “monkey selfie.”
Faceplanting into the couch is so much more fun in the Oval Office.
The latest D.C. arts commission public art project seems to be neither local, nor remaining public art very long.
China has the best photo trends, and this one is no exception. Nothing says ‘I Love You’ like posing together in expensive clothes while swimming underwater.
Photographer Angela Castillo caught all the sad dads at a One Direction concert.
Cool photos of people playing with clouds and forced perspective.
Washington Photo Safari is offering a photo class at Mount Vernon this fall.
Opening tonight at Vivid Solutions is Jared Soares photo series of a basketball court at Barry Farms.
And finally, baby tigers getting along with Bluejays? Anything is possible.

Friday Links

June 27, 2014 By Meaghan Gay

ICYMI: Instant DC, the collective focused on mobile photography, is now part of Exposed DC. Look forward to some great posts from their writers and collaborative events very soon.
Traveling this summer? You can read these tips for traveling with your gear from the Capital Photography Center.
“But, once every four years, the FIFA World Cup offers a glimpse into the wider world of totally-not-gay international man-on-man affection.” We have nothing to add, just click.
In Focus has a nice selection of photos from the National Geographic Traveler Photo contest.
The Library of Congress highlights photographers willing to do anything to get the shot; here they are battling volcanoes.
National Geographic announced a new program for their photographers, the Fellows program.
Rochester, NY was the home of the once-photography-giant Kodak. Alex Webb and Rebecca Norris have documented the impact of the loss of the company on the town.
Literacy Through Photography gives D.C. students the opportunity to document their lives.
“CYJO has created a series of portraits that examines how race, ethnicity, and heritage contextualize a person as an individual, and how they coexist within the framework of a family.”
Want more from people that are famous for something else, but also take photos? London’s Royal Academy of Arts is exhibiting The Lost Album, a collection of Dennis Hopper’s photos unseen since 1970.
And finally, Metro is giving you the chance to have the ultimate D.C. souvenir – a SmartTrip card with baby tigers on it! Pandas are cute, but tigers are for winners.

Friday Links

April 11, 2014 By Meaghan Gay

This week’s exciting fare includes developments in Calumet’s bankruptcy case, lunar eclipse photo ops, the death of the White House selfie, and the announcement of an enormous photo exhibition space.

In huge museum news, The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) announced Wednesday “the creation of the John and Lisa Pritzker Center for Photography, which will be the largest exhibition space for photography and among the most advanced photographic arts centers of any art museum in the United States.“
100 photographs taken by Irving Penn have been donated to the Smithsonian American Art Museum by his foundation. They’ll go on display in a retrospective opening in 2015.
Local photographer Susana Raab is documenting life East of the River: “Hidden behind the public face of its great monuments and political imbroglios, lies another Washington which situates the District of Columbia as the United States’ poorest state, second only to Mississippi.” This work can be seen on her website, as well as in a photo gallery on POLITICO.
Is there hope for a return of Calumet Photographic? Possibly. CalPhotoUS is buying up some of their assets, but there is no word yet on whether any stores will reopen.
Stars and Stripes has excellent photographs in their Military Photographer of the Year awards. You know you are in for some lovely images when the first of the series resembles the Pieta.
It is not too late to use this, but you should act fast. A Photographer’s Guide to the Cherry Blossoms, including locations that are not on the National Mall by Kat Forder.
Photographer Robert Dawson has been photographing public libraries across America for 18 years, and has released a book of the images. The photographs say so much about our culture.
Tickets are now available to the opening reception of Critical Exposure’s 9th annual exhibit of youth photography. The event is May 21, from 6:00-8:30pm.
Smithsonian Magazine announced the winners of their 11th annual photo contest.
On April 15 the tax man and the moon man will collide in a lunar eclipse. If you’re going to photograph it, check out our Night Sky Photography for Beginners guide.
“If you’re modeling light settings and defining the meter readings about a balanced image against white skin, the contours and shape of a white face, you’ve immediately erased 70% of the world’s population.” Interesting analysis of the racial bias built into camera and film technology.
Photographers – the industry may be shrinking, but know that you can always find work as a meerkat lookout post.
Photos of some the dogs Michel Vick owned and tortured. These are among a handful of the dogs who have been rehabilitated, and are in loving homes.
Oh Big Papi. You may be one of the greatest hitters of all time, but you may go down as the man who killed the White House selfie.
Ectoplasm and spirit photography? We don’t know either, but the results are pretty cool.
He may be Mr. Spock to most of us, but Leonard Nimoy is also a photographer.
The InFocus Project, based in Montgomery County, brought their autistic adult students to the Tidal Basin this week to photograph the cherry blossoms. You can see their work on their website.
The Library of Congress celebrated Eadweard Muybridge’s birthday yesterday, and showed off the work of the early photographer.
Public “surprised” at the sight of a tiger being walked on a rope leash in Xuzhou, China. We might have chosen a different word.