Viewers take in Best in Show winner "Carnival Giraffe" by Erika Nizborski.

The Exposed DC team, left to right: Meaghan Gay, James Calder, Jennifer Wade, Sanjay Suchak, Heather Goss, and Megan Fogarty.

Checking out Richard Barnhill's "Lincoln Memorial Twilight."

Armando Gallardo's mystery couple in "1+1" proved to be a hit.

Founding Farmers brought soft pretzels and onion dip, spiced nuts, and bacon lollies for guests to enjoy.

District Doughnut brought a selection of their handmade mini-doughnuts for the first couple hundred guests in the door.

Exposed photographer Alex Wong models with the latest in exhibition programs.

Our volunteers help Bluejacket Brewer, Boxwood Winery, Cavanagh Family Imports and A&M Imports at the bar.

The team from Bluejacket Brewery kept the taps flowing.

Exposed photographer Mark Alan Andre with his entourage.

Exposed winner Emily Reid and James Campbell.

No pictures! Pablo Benavente calls off the paparazzi.

Exposed DC director Heather Goss and volunteer Keith Lane at the exhibition program table.

Katie Cavanagh from Cavanagh Family Imports poured their South African wines with volunteers Jennifer Wade and Alex Howe.

John Sonderman poses with friends by his winning photo, "Marine One Arrival."

Baby's first photography show! Exposed winner Philip Yabut brought his family to celebrate the night.

Exposed winner Patrick Onofre and Noe Todorovich.

Guests wait in a light rain to get in the door.

Executive chef Dimo Kolouas puts finishing touches on one of Tel'Veh Wine Bar's Mediterranean dishes.

v:shal kanwar and DJ Sequoia kept the room charged.

Founding Farmers handed out mouthwatering bacon lollies (left) while Dr. Baruch Ben Yehudah and Exposed DC staff member Meg Fogarty dished out delicious soul food from Everlasting Life Cafe.

Jaime Fearer poses next to her winning photo, "Art in the Alley – Trinidad, DC."

Faithful Exposed volunteers Sriram Gopal, Kelly Elmore, and Kelly Rand keep the drinks moving at the bar.

We steamed up the windows late into the evening.

The gallery above features Jim Darling‘s wonderful coverage of our Exposed DC opening reception on Wednesday evening. You can visit the show at Long View Gallery this weekend for free; Saturday 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday 12 to 5 p.m., and during regular gallery hours through April 6. Meanwhile, the linkage must go on! This week we have a local contest opening, some tough-to-look-at sports photos, and some pioneering Detroit street photography.

• Washington Post Express shared an excellent feature on 2014 Exposed DC Photography Show.
• Leica Store DC has announced the call for entries for their 2nd Annual Juried Exhibition.
• A puppy store in Chantilly is hiring a pet photographer. Who knew there were still puppy stores? Why are there still puppy stores?
• Washington Post photographer Andrea Bruce accompanied to the US a recent Iraqi immigrant with whom she had worked in 2003 when she was covering the Iraq war, as he and his 15-year-old son drove from D.C. to Portland, Oregon.
• CNN has a nice roundup of sports photos. Some of the shots are cringe inducing.
• Kevin Grall, a Maryland photographer, was interviewed by the Baltimore Sun about his work.
• London police officers are gaining popularity on Twitter for their aerial photos of the city, taken from helicopters.
• “I wanted to photograph Detroit, even though it wasn’t Paris and it wasn’t Versaille. There were different kinds of photographs in Detroit, different subject matter. So I had to shoot what I could find in Detroit. And what I found there was something special that set it apart from New York…” The words and work of 95-year-old Detroit street photographer Bill Rauhauser.
• Paul Taylor from Columbia, Maryland was browsing photos on Flickr in January and thinks he may have identified a lost photo of President Lincoln’s funeral procession. The photo was part of the Mathew Brady collection at the National Archives.
• Tweets with photos are 94% more likely to be retweeted.
• “Nobody knows exactly how many exotic animals now live in captivity in the United States, though it’s estimated that there are at least 5,000 tigers—more than exist in the wild.” National Geographic contemplates if wildlife sanctuaries are good for animal, and includes some beautiful tiger photos.