by Bruce Schaefer
Following are a number of photography-related exhibits and events occurring now, or soon, in the extended Washington D.C. area. These include gallery and museum exhibits, college exhibits, special events, and sometimes exhibits or events to photograph yourself. Also look at the previous months’ Exhibits & Events columns for ongoing exhibits that aren’t repeated here.
Exhibits & Events – September 2019
Following these are a number of online photography award winners for armchair adventures.
NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY: IN MID-SENTENCE PHOTO EXHIBIT
https://npg.si.edu/exhibition/mid-sentence
Photographs are often replete with words that remain unheard. “In Mid-Sentence” presents a selection of photographs from the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery’s collection that depict moments of communication: intimate confessions, public speeches, exchanged jokes, political confrontations, lectures and more.
Through March 8, 2020.
Free admission.
REOPENING OF MUSEUM OF MODERN ART IN NYC
washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/moma-turns-itself-inside-out-for-the-21st-century
The Museum of Modern Art in New York used to function like holy writ. The things it chose to show were not just examples of modern art and design. They were claims staked, standards set, guiding lights. Together, they sent a clear message to the world about modernism: This was important. This counted. The rest did not.
If this era at MoMA has been drawing to a close for a while, it is now officially over.
Closed to the public throughout this summer and early fall, MoMA is about to reopen after a costly expansion that was 10 years in the planning.
In the broadest terms, MoMA wants to step back from the embarrassing business of telling big, confident stories about art and culture. It wants instead, says Temkin, to tell “short stories” — propositions that are provisional but fruitfully interconnected.
“The basic fact,” says Stuart Comer, MoMA’s chief curator of media and performance, “is that I don’t think any of us believes any longer that there is a singular history. There are a lot of different histories, and how you weave those together is an evolution, an ongoing process. So we’re approaching the collection less like a canon and more like a conversation.”
WASHINGTON POST
Here is a link to the online Washington Post’s lists of D.C., Maryland, and Virginia photography-related exhibits and museums. I have found that the various photography-related exhibits appear in different parts of the online paper, making a simple search or link unreliable. You can search within
Photography section: Photography
Going Out Guide: Going Out Guide
Art Section: Art
ONLINE PHOTO SITES:
Following are some websites that offer terrific images for the armchair adventurer.
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY 2019 Photo Contest Winners
https://www.nature.org/en-us/get-involved/how-to-help/photo-contest/2019-winners/
Awe-inspiring photos of nature selected from 120,000 entries from 150 countries.
THE AGORA AWARDS 2019
The top 50 images selected from hundreds of thousands of submissions from around the world. Winner of the World’s Greatest Photo of the Year gets $25,000.
NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR 2019
WOMEN IN WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY
https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/women-in-wildlife-photography.html
NAT GEO PHOTO ARK GALLERIES
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/photo-ark/pictures/
2018 MOBILE PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS
https://mobilephotoawards.com/8th-annual-mpa-grand-prize/
FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS – GALLERY
https://fineartphotoawards.com/winners-gallery/fapa-2018-2019/professional/abstract
Professional and amateur winners in 20 categories
