tiger Archives - Page 2 of 11

Friday Links: February 20, 2015

February 20, 2015 By James Calder

Electric Blue (no filter) by number7cloud

Advance tickets ($14) are still available for the big opening reception of our 9th annual Exposed DC Photography Show on March 12! You won’t want to miss it – two floors of amazing local photography, a first look at Capital Fringe‘s fantastic new home, and delicious, complimentary craft brews from Bluejacket. Get your tickets now before they’re all gone!

There’s a new photo collective in town! Contrario Collective launched this week, and is comprised of local photographers Katie Fielding, Emma McAlary, Victoria Milko, Farrah Skeiky, and Noe Todorovich.
The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities today launched their 2015 Art Bank Call.
In the wake of the disqualification of a large number of images from this year’s World Press Photo contest due to excessive post-processing, the New York Times’ Lens Blog asked several participants from the competition, along with other photographers, to kick off a debate on the rules and ethics of digital photojournalism.
A splendid addition to the “unusual animal friends pairing” files – Ingo the shepherd dog and Poldi the little owl, beautifully photographed by Tanja Brandt.
It’s so freaking cold that Niagara Falls has frozen over for the second time in a month. But it does make for some rather excellent photographs.
While it may feel like we’re living within 35 miles of the Arctic Circle right about now, all the people in these portraits by Cristian Barnett actually do.
The first Instagram photograph ever was of a stray dog near a taco stand in Mexico. Just one fun fact learned from this Marketplace interview with Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom.
The new book “The Family Acid” showcases work by photographer Roger Steffens. Best known for his iconic shots of rock and roll legends, his collection of personal snapshots of life in the 1970s has found new life thanks to social media.
In the future, the traditional Mongolian nomadic lifestyle may only exist in museum. Photographer Daesung Lee brings light to the country’s challenge in his unique series of photographs of real-life dioramas, “Futuristic Archaeology.”
Photographer Joshua Nowicki stumbled upon these beautifully bizarre sand formations on a beach in Saint Joseph, Michigan.
Eric Fischer used geotag information to create a series of fascinating maps comparing the places in cities where tourists and locals take photos.
“I hope the work brings up questions about our landscape, our place within it, and the collective roles and responsibilities in how and why we shape it the way we do.” Victoria Sambunaris on her recent, epic photo book Taxonomy of a Landscape.
When tirades between Russians and Ukrainians overwhelmed photographer Oksana Yushko’s Facebook feed, she issued a plea for understanding. Soon, love followed.
Extraordinary new video footage this week captured the first ever Amur (Siberian) tigers to be filmed in China.

Friday Links: February 13, 2015

February 13, 2015 By Heather Goss

Tickets are on sale now for the opening night of our huge 9th annual Exposed DC Photography Show! Join us for two floors of D.C. photography, a first look at Capital Fringe HQ, and tasty brews from Bluejacket. See you on March 12!

Take note Fairfax County – St. Louis County parks department drops its photography permit requirement.
Chris Suspect has announced a second edition of his photobook “Suspect Device” which features images from more than 30 years of D.C.’s hardcore music scene.
The Washington Post’s excellent In Sight photo blog has launched Off the Grid – “a new weekly feature spotlighting the work of photographers who document lifestyles a little further and farther afield from the bustle and chaos of modern civilization.” Their first feature: preserving the tradition of reindeer herding in Scandinavia’s Sami culture. You can submit your series for consideration by emailing insight@washpost.com.
The Columbus Museum of Art is hosting what may be the largest mobile photo exhibition in a major museum in United States history.
Dina Livotsky photographed fashion week events in London, Paris, and New York on assignment. Her mission: Photograph fashion week like it’s never been photographed before.
Puerto Rico has the highest prevalence of albinism and HPS in the world. Photographer Adriana Monsalve tries to dispel misconceptions about sufferers in her beautiful series “Clear As Black.”
Congrats to Exposed DC alum Brett Davis, this month’s Oskar Barnack Wall winner at the Leica Store DC.
Unless you’re a photography buff, you probably have no idea what the people behind some of the most famous photos in the world actually look like. Tim Mantoani, however, aims to fix all that.
Mads Nissen’s photograph of two Russian gay men embracing was named the World Press Photo of the Year for 2014. WPP says it disqualifies 20% of its finalists for being manipulated.
Sand grains are beautiful.
An American scientist is helping the endangered Siberian tiger make a comeback; Smithsonian Magazine’s February cover story features a gorgeous snowy tiger portrait.

Friday Links: February 6, 2015

February 5, 2015 By James Calder

Don’t forget to head over to Right Proper Brewing in Shaw this coming Tuesday for our February happy hour/meetup. We hope to see not only the usual Exposed DC crowd, but also our friends from IGDC, APA|DC, ASMPDC, and the Leica Store!

Tomorrow four D.C. photographers – Clarissa Villondo, Alex Schelldorf, Matthew Brazier and Michael Andrade – will stage the the 9:30 Club’s first pop-up music photography exhibit.
Photographers are complaining about a little yellow car ruining their photos of the picturesque English village of Bibury.
Brad Wilson takes studio portraits of wild animals, and here PetaPixel publishes a ton of his owl portraits. And they are intense.
Andrew Fladeboe will see Brad’s owl portraits and raise you his stunning series about working dogs called “The Shepherd’s Realm.”
Arlington Arts Center was awarded a grant to operate for the next two years.
Colossal has a 10-minute documentary about photographer Michael Paul Smith, whose “broad life experiences lead him to the creation of Elgin Park, a fictional 20th century town filled with miniature 1/24th-scale models of cars and buildings. Smith mixes his carefully crafted model sets with die-cut automobiles and real-life backdrops, taking advantage of an optical illusion known as forced perspective.”
In narcissistic self-cannibalism news, the selfie toaster – eat your own face, on a slice of toast!
A pilot crashed his plane, killing himself and a passenger, because they were distracted taking selfies in the cockpit.
The F-35 Lightning II fighter gets ice in its beard during extreme weather testing at a U.S. Air Force laboratory.
“Last week, Commander Chris Hadfield (of International Space Station fame) tweeted this image, asking what could have caused such strange columns to form in rocks.” So Erik Klemetti answered.
Nikon will reportedly announce a special version of the D810 full frame DSLR next week that’s designed specifically for astrophotography.
A look inside the first book illustrated exclusively with photographs. Biologist Anna Atkins used sunprints inside her 1843 book Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions. Beautiful.
Photographer Manu Brabo has been embedded in Ukraine covering the conflict in and around Donetsk for several weeks.
Tiger camera traps in India have captured way fewer than they’d hoped.

Friday Links: January 23, 2015

January 23, 2015 By Meaghan Gay

Dogs on the Beach by Cliff Burns — Dogs on the Beach by Clif Burns

Today is the last day to enter your photos in the Anacostia River photography contest.
Women in Ecuador are fighting to protect the Amazon, and Felipe Jacome has been taking their portraits.
Baltimore photographer Jonathan Hanson “began photographing androgynous people, wanting viewers to let go of the usual filters and question our traditional standards of beauty — and identity.”
Photographer Marcus Lyon has created composite photos that are anxiety-inducing. This 3-part series, BRICs, Exodus, and Timeout, is kind of post-apocalyptic feeling.
Local company Momenta Workshops made Photoshelter’s list of the 50 Fantastic Photo Workshops Happening in 2015.
“An instrument on NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured its 100 millionth image of the sun. The instrument is the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly, or AIA, which uses four telescopes working parallel to gather eight images of the sun – cycling through 10 different wavelengths — every 12 seconds.” To celebrate their five years of photographing the sun, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center chose some of their favorite images and posted them on Flickr.
Michelle Frankfurter has been documenting the journeys of Central Americans as they climb on trains to reach the U.S. border.
Brent Stirton photographed the powerful story of two rural blind children in India who regained their sight.
Simon Menner‘s Camouflage series depicts German army snipers hidden in various landscapes.
A recent storm damaged a chain link fence bisecting Tijuana and San Diego, letting people jump back and forth between nations. Roc Morin documented kids playfully crossing the border.
RIP local art listing: D.C. galleries are reporting getting an email from the Washington Post saying that it’s eliminated the galleries listing from the printed Weekend section. Now’s a good time for a reminder that for photography exhibit info you can subscribe to our calendar (link at bottom of page) and submit your events to us.
And finally, some good news for tigers: India’s tiger population increased by 30%.

Friday Links: January 9, 2015

January 9, 2015 By Meaghan Gay

16228803622_8b66e680ee_b — D.C. Streets on Film by Tim Fulmer

Local photographer and curator Cynthia Connolly’s series Letters on Top of Buildings has been acquired by the J. Paul Getty Museum. A print of one of these images will be part of the WPA Art Auction and Gala at one of the last exhibits at Artisphere, opening January 29.
Photographer Andrea Lee caught this epic battle between a seal and an octopus off Huntington Beach, California. There is no good outcome to this battle.
Washington City Paper announced the winners of their second annual photography contest.
The Leica Store DC will be hosting a book signing with Barbara Klemm before her gallery opening at the Goethe-Institut on January 14.
The Women Photojournalists of Washington are hosting their first of three business of photography events on Monday January 12. Photographer and author John Harrington will discuss pricing, contracts and negotiations.
Photographer Camilo Vergara shows how a street in Harlem has changed over 37 years.
The long beloved Atlantic In Focus blog has changed to The Atlantic Photo. The expanded photo section will allow for larger photos, shorter posts with one or two photos, and will continue to cover larger photo stories.
PDN has a great roundup of all the camera gear news and roll-outs happening at the Consumer Electronics Show. There are plenty of drones, cameras, and gadgets to interest everyone.
The so called “Ansel Adams Act” has been introduced in Congress and has the huge goal of restoring the rights of photographers on public lands. We have our fingers crossed for a good outcome.
ASMPDC will be hosting an 8×10 next week on Tuesday January 13. Eight local photographers will spend ten minutes each discussing their work.
The annual National Western Stock Show hit the streets of Denver this week, and The Denver Post has some great photos. We wish there were more cattle traffic slowdowns in D.C. At least it would be more interesting than a Metro meltdown.
Stanley Greene created moving images of the Za’atari refugee camp in Jordan.
The London Zoo took stock of their animals at the turn of the new year, and the Post has some epic tiger shots in their animal gallery.