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Friday Links: October 30, 2015

October 30, 2015 By Heather Goss

Halloween decor, Mount Pleasant, Washington 2014 by brunofish

Save the date for our next session of free photography classes with Knowledge Commons DC this November! Take lessons in food photography, street photography, Holga photography, and photographing airplanes from Gravelly Point. Learn more about it at our next monthly happy hour on November 10. Keep up with all our upcoming events (including the impending 10th anniversary photo contest and exhibition) with our newsletter.
Artomatic 2015 opens tonight with a huge building full of photography and other art. This year’s location is in Hyattsville, a short walk from the New Carrollton metro stop.
FotoWeekDC starts November 7. See the whole events calendar here.
Dog photobombs couple’s engagement shoot in the best way possible: “He’s a show stopper.”
Before her death at just 22 years old, Francesca Woodman became one of the most seductive and haunting photographers of all time.
“But [Mayor Bowser’s] first major arts decision, and perhaps the one that will most profoundly affect culture in the District for years to come — is bizarre and unaccountable.”
Magnum Photos has partnered with UN Women to present images on the 15th anniversary of the UN Security Council resolution that recognized the critical importance of women’s participation in peacemaking and peacebuilding.
Carlos Barria photographed a person born in each year China’s one-child policy was in existence, from a man born in 1979 to baby Jin Yanxi born in 2014.
The crazy world of flavorings, colorings, sweetners, preservatives, and thickeners — some of modern America’s favorite foods taken apart in a series of still-life images.
The Atacama desert in Chile, the driest place on Earth, is awash in pink flowers after crazy El Nino rains.
There’s a pumpkin in every pot for zoo animals this time of year.

Friday Links: June 12, 2015

June 12, 2015 By Heather Goss

In the wake of recent bystander recordings seen in the news, the Washington Post has put together a short video primer on what you need to know about recording the police.
“For the few foreign journalists who have had repeated access to the North, the views from the window become vital, offering counterpoints to the cascade of officially arranged scenes.” Six days in North Korea – photographs and video by David Guttenfelder.
Polaroid’s new ZIP instant printer gets high marks, fits in your pocket, and costs $129 on Amazon plus $25 for each pack of 50 photo sheets. Consider mine purchased.
Out of context you might be unsure of exactly what you’re looking at when you first see the images in Roland Fischer’s series “Facades.” They could be tiles or fabric patterns or perhaps optical illusions.
D.C. photographer Andy DelGuidice reminisces about what hooked him on cheap color film.
“Gaining the trust of the young men and women I portrayed in these photos wasn’t an immediate process.” A month in the life of the youth of Khartoum, Sudan, shot by Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah.
Professional storm-chasing photographer Kelly DeLay captured a “shot of a lifetime” — a massive supercell storm cloud extending twin tornados to the ground below.
By peering into the homes of strangers, Gail Albert Halaban hopes to bridge the gap of isolation and disconnectedness of living in large cities. And yes, she has the approval of her subjects.
Leading up to the 68th Annual General Meeting of the Magnum Photos cooperative, its 60 active photographers were asked to select “an image that changed everything.”
The Washington Football Team is hiring a photographer.
Can’t a beaver scratch his bum in peace?

Friday Links: September 19, 2014

September 19, 2014 By Heather Goss

The Washington Post has launched a new photo blog.
These photos of the fire in the Sierra are intense.
At Photokina, Panasonic has announced a new pocket-sized camera featuring an f/2.8 Leica lens, with 28mm equivalent field of view, and a 1 inch sensor. Oh, did we mention it’s also an Android phone?
Faceplants and apples: A Visual History of Kids Being Unimpressed with President Obama.
Eric Kim experienced the Magnum Workshop in Provincetown, since you couldn’t be there.
Australian photographer Ashley Gilbertson photographs dead soldiers’ rooms to highlight the costs of war.
Andrew Ward takes photos of discarded couches around Los Angeles.
Long-lost photographs depict the first black people to ever be photographed in Britain. The portraits of the African Choir, a South African musical group that toured the U.K. between 1891 and 1893, were last seen in a London newspaper in 1891.
Newsha Tavakolian returned a 50,000-Euro prize rather than see her work about contemporary Iran be controlled — distorted, she says — by the financier whose foundation selected her.
And how about some more volcano photos? The eruption of Mount Mayon is causing the evacuation of thousands of people in the Philippines.
The Royal Observatory just announced their annual photo winners.
This is how photographers capture those slick photos of military jets.
And finally, photographer Lara Hawker can help you find the tiger in yourself.