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Friday Links: November 6, 2015

November 6, 2015 By James Calder

Interception by Tony Quinn
Interception by Tony Quinn

Registration for our first free 2015 photography class with Knowledge Commons DC opens today! Learn tips to take envy-inducing photos of your food with Exposed pal Samer Farha with tasty dishes from Birch & Barley on November 14 (ETA: Class is full! Sign up for the wait list here). Sign up soon because the class will fill up fast! Tomorrow registration opens for our street photography class with Exposed winner Mukul Ranjan, and open for sign ups later this week, we’ve brought back Chris Williams for his super fun class photographing airplanes at Gravelly Point, and talented wedding and art photographer Sarah Hodzic will teach you the art of the Holga (camera and film provided).

  • Our monthly happy hour is next Tuesday, November 10, at Lena’s, a brand new restaurant and bar across the street from the Braddock Road metro.
  • Go to a free film developing workshop this Saturday at Artomatic taught by Exposed DC pal Angela Kleis.
  • The deadline for the Air & Space Magazine photo contest is November 15. The National Geographic deadline is November 16.
  • The 2015 annual Women Photojournalists of Washington juried photography exhibition debuts at FotoWeekDC today. The show features 26 images on women’s issues from WPOW members, chosen from more than 150 entries, and will travel to universities and galleries across the United States.
  • Fascinating photos of North Korea’s illicit economy from Reuter’s photographer Damir Sagolj.
  • “These fearless female visionaries spotlighted identity politics, the body and sexuality.” Dazed profiles 10 woman photographers whose work you should be following.
  • A Bronx photographer’s images got the charges against him dropped, and the arresting officer prosecuted instead.
  • Sardonic pictures of fashionistas by Miles Ladin focus on the intersection of celebrity and culture.
  • It wasn’t a stunt for the opening of the new James Bond movie: Two dudes in jetpacks fly in formation with an Emirates A380 over Dubai.
  • Skywatchers in Michigan were treated to an incredible aurora earlier this week.
  • “Manhattan” is the unofficial name for two once-prestigious high-rises in Oderbruch, near Berlin. Stephanie Steinkopf’s images, taken over four years, show the poverty and camaraderie that exists just outside Germany’s capital.
  • While visiting a port in Amsterdam, Raymond Waltjen stopped to admire a large ship that passed by close to where he was standing. This inspired his series “Destination” which captures the quiet beauty of solitary freight ships.
  • A reissue of Philippe Halsman’s “Jump Book” displays his famed method for getting his subjects to let down their defenses and offer a glimpse of their personalities.
  • Victoria Crayhon documents her use of old marquees to display clever, poetic messages.
  • How sheepdogs are helping to save penguins from foxes in Australia.

Filed Under: Friday Links Tagged With: Air & Space Magazine, Artomatic, aurora, contests, jetpacks, Miles Ladin, Nat Geo, North Korea, Philippe Halsman, Photographer's Rights, Raymond Waltjen, sheepdogs and penguins, Stephanie Steinkopf, Victoria Crayhon, women photographers, WPOW

Friday Links: May 8, 2015

May 8, 2015 By James Calder

Untitled by Caroline Angelo
Untitled by Caroline Angelo

We’re so excited to see you at the Jefferson Memorial today to watch 50 World War II airplanes fly over the National Mall! USAF Colonel Scott Willey will be our special guest, answering all your questions about the aircraft. The first airplane is scheduled to arrive at 12:10pm, but we’ll be there from 11:00am so make sure to get there in plenty of time – just look for our tent! All the details are in our Facebook event.

And now, back down to Earth with this week’s links:

  • “Balancing being aware of the mood of all those present with trying to focus on capturing the moment is a challenge.” D.C.-based photographer Keith Lane documented his visit to Baltimore last weekend.
  • The organizers of last weekend’s Funk Parade are asking any photographers who took images of the Junkyard Band to message them. The band’s bassist and manager, Derek “House” Colquitt, died in a motorcycle accident the following day.
  • Former Exposed winner Erin Lassahn put together a portfolio of all the musicians she photographed during her years at Gibson Guitars in downtown D.C.
  • We’re sad to hear that artdc is closing its gallery in Hyattsville, which was home to many great art and photography exhibits, but definitely look forward to seeing what they do next.
  • Words Beats Life is hosting the second annual Paint Jam on Saturday with 75+ artists — sure to be a fantastic photo op.
  • A photograph from Baltimore of a National Guardsman and his automatic rifle sitting with a little girl went viral because apparently everyone in this country has lost their minds and proclaimed it “heartwarming.” The photographer, Amanda Moore, disagrees.
  • Roberto Schmidt, the the chief photographer for South Asia for Agence France-Presse, describe what it’s like to go through an earthquake and avalanche on Mount Everest.
  • “Film chemistry, photo lab procedures, video screen colour balancing practices, and digital cameras in general were originally developed with a global assumption of ‘Whiteness.’” How photography was optimized for white skin.
  • Take a gander at some portraits of current celebs captured on old school tintype.
  • “I know this sounds crazy, but I can actually talk to the chickens. I can get them to calm down and look where I want them to look.” Photographer Jean Pagliuso photographs birds — chickens, owls, raptors — to honor her late father, who raised show chickens.
  • Moving Art interviews photographer Michael Shainblum about his time lapses of the Milky Way and gorgeous landscapes.
  • National Geographic gathered their pros to make a new book of advice and inspiration; pre-order now to get yours at the end of May.
  • PDN’s contest for outdoor photography ends May 13.
  • Why, yes! You can get your wedding portraits shot underwater.
  • Photos of an ongoing archeological excavation reveal that the Easter Island Heads have bodies.
  • A new exhibit exploring Chuck Close’s photographic work is opening next week at the Parrish, and sounds incredible.
  • Flickr just redesigned the way you can organize and upload your photos. (Why don’t you give it a whirl and then add some photos to our pool?)
  • The Dry Dog Wet Dog photo series is everything you hope it will be.

Filed Under: Friday Links Tagged With: Amanda Moore, artdc, baltimore, chicken whisperer, Chuck Close, Derek House Colquitt, dry dog wet dog, Easter Island, Erin Lassahn, Flickr, Keith Lane, Michael Shainblum, Mount Everest, Nat Geo, Paint Jam, PDN, tintype, whiteness

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