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Friday Links: July 24, 2015

July 24, 2015 By James Calder

Leica Store DC will present a photography slideshow projection in Blagden Alley showcasing a series of emerging and established local photographers, Thursday, July 30, 8 to 10 p.m.
This is your last weekend to see “In the Light of the Past: Twenty-Five Years of Photography” at the National Gallery of Art.
Kyle Cassidy took portraits of the scientists who helped make those groundbreaking Pluto photos possible.
Want to work as the photojournalist for America’s Test Kitchen?
Yannis Behrakis documents the plight of pensioners impacted by Greece’s financial crisis.
In 1949, LIFE went behind the scenes to document the fashionable, high-flying lifestyle of the independent women at “the home of the American circus” in Sarasota, Florida.
Here’s what happens when a celeb says no to a nude shoot.
Michael Borek’s penchant for old and quiet places took him to a lace factory where generations of immigrants toiled, including Hillary Rodham Clinton’s grandfather.
The neurotic, sexy, and gross world of food-eating competitions.
Flickr is bringing back “Pro” options: benefits include analytics and no ads.
A manatee was spotted in the Chesapeake Bay.

I was walking through Leo Villareal’s Multiverse at the National Gallery of Art last week with my best friend and told her that this walkway is my favorite spot in Washington. In Kevin Wolf’s photograph he drags his shutter to create the galactic sense of motion that encompasses this installation. He uses contrasting light and shadow well to give the image a surreal effect. The image isn’t post-processed in any form—he set his camera to black and white before capturing the image.

The Places We Find Photography – Andrew Wyeth’s Paintings at NGA

July 17, 2014 By Caroline Space

Looking Out, Looking In at the National Gallery of Art is a small, humble show featuring mid-century artist Andrew Wyeth’s paintings of windows and farmhouses – a show that quickly became one of my all-time favorite exhibits. You will not see his most famous painting, Christina’s World, or images of his muse Helga; instead, the NGA has followed the thread from their painting, Wind from the Sea, which is regularly on view. This is an emotional journey through light, movement, and contemplation—not only in the process of his paintings but the process of where your mind wanders while looking at art. These works felt familiar but I could not unravel the why at first—this is the first I’ve seen most of these works. I looked back and forth between the paintings and their labels—the dates struck me. The 1940s through 70s were not frequented with many ethereal, subject-driven paintings.

However, photography was.

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Friday Links

May 16, 2014 By Meaghan Gay

This week we have lots of great local events, news about the Corcoran merger, and amazing photos of the things you can carry on a motorbike.

26-year-old French photojournalist Camille Lepage was killed in the Central African Republic while covering fighting near the border of Cameroon. Lepage had been sharing photos on Instagram, but hadn’t posted since May 6.
The final details of the Corcoran, National Gallery of Art, and George Washington University Deal have been announced, and it looks like many Corcoran adjunct professors and university staffers will lose their jobs.
The Los Angeles Times has some stunning and frightening images of the fires raging near San Diego.
This weekend is the Worldwide Instameet, and there are several local events you can attend to celebrate.
Jill Abramson, who was fired from the New York Times this week, broke her silence with a photo. A pretty badass photo at that.
The Guardian examines Walker Evan’s little known magazine contributions. “His work for magazines adds another layer of understanding in terms of how an already great artist saw the world.”
Tomorrow the Pulitzer Center is hosting a talk at NPR headquarters called “Beyond Witness.” Three members of VII photo agency will be on the panel.
We are a little late to this party, but AFP has been posting photos on Pinterest.
Photographer Hans Kemp has been photographing all of the shocking things that fit on Vietnamese motorbikes. The dead shark is particularly alarming.
Here is a little nostalgia, with photos from a Game Boy camera.
“When he first posted his pictures online, he was called in front of the council of elders and forced to delete the images off his Flickr account in front of them.” Photographer Kelly Hofer photographed life inside his closed Hutterite community.
Jim Cummins’ rock ‘n roll photography was recently re-discovered. Hear both Cummins’ and curator Chris Murray’s perspective in this NPR story.
The DC F-Stop Group is holding a meeting Monday night to explore Outdoor and Indoor photo challenges.
And finally, just because your name is Tyga it doesn’t mean you should own a tiger.

Garry Winogrand at the National Gallery of Art

April 2, 2014 By Caroline Space

The National Gallery of Art is currently hosting, through June 8, the first retrospective in 25 years of American photographer Garry Winogrand. Upon his death in 1984, Winogrand still had 4,100 film rolls yet to be developed, leaving a great deal of his body of work unseen, and as a result many of the silver gelatin prints in this expansive exhibition are printed posthumously.

Winogrand’s photographs follow the moments of everyday American life, exhibiting a booming nation of prosperity and “coolness,” while hints of destruction linger in the foreground. He traveled the country capturing both city and suburban lives, combining hope and aspiration with anxiety and instability in mid-century America. There are visions of idealized elegant social happenings like in Metropolitan Opera, that shift to the gritty change in culture, in Los Angeles, 1964, a decade later. His images map a change in American culture between World War II and the insecurities citizens felt during the Vietnam War. Frequently Winogrand’s images emerge as faintly unconscious attempts to impersonate the glamour and sophistication of commercial photography, particularly the photographs he made during the mid-twentieth century.

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