An interview with João Silva, the New York Times photographer who lost both his legs below the knees in October 2010 after stepping on a land mine while on duty in Afghanistan.
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João Silva on Recovering From a Land Mine and His Unfinished Business in Afghanistan
Caption Contest: T-38 Training Flight Above Washington
Last week, two T-38 jets participated in a NASA training exercise in the skies over Washington. What exactly where the pilots thinking when they flew through some of the country's most restricted airspace?
Carry On, D.C.: Those Jets are Merely on a Training Mission
Not many errant planes make it into Washington's airspace. So if you see some jets flying low over the city tomorrow morning, fear not—it's all part of a NASA training exercise.
DCist Exposed: Post-Opening Wrap Up
DCist Exposed keeps going, and going, and going...
Photo of the Day: March 15, 2012
FlipMode79 answers the question, "What if convention-goers could speak?" in this preview of next week's 2012 DCist Exposed. Tickets are still available for our opening night receptions on March 21st and 22nd at Long View Gallery. Buy yours today!
Get Your 2012 DCist Exposed Opening Night Tickets!
We're happy to announce that tickets are now on sale for the two opening nights of the Sixth Annual DCist Exposed photography show, set for March 21 and 22. We've got some fantastic new photographs and great sponsors, so buy yours before they're all gone!
Photographer Who Took Famous Image of JFK Jr. Is Dead at 76
The photographer who captured one of the most lasting emotional moments of 20th century U.S. history died late last week. Sam Stearns, 76, died from cancer at a facility in Harwood, Md.
Snapshot: Painters and Photography, Bonnard to Vuillard at The Phillips Collection
At the dawn of handheld photography, post-impressionist painters experimented with the new technology, achieving informal, yet extraordinary Snapshots.
Arts Agenda
In this week's Arts Agenda we start under the microscope, pass through dream worlds, and find we might want to just hide under a quilt because here there be dragons.
And Now: Your 2012 DCist Exposed Photography Show Winners
And the winning entries for the 2012 DCist Exposed Photography Show are...
Final Call for DCist Exposed 2012 Entries!
Tick tock...tonight is the deadline for DCist Exposed submissions!
Last Weekend To Choose Your Best Shots for DCist Exposed!
It's really coming down the wire to choose your top three images for consideration for the 2012 DCist Exposed Photography Show!
Penn Camera Declaring Bankruptcy, Five Stores Closed
Penn Camera, one of the last reliable brick-and-mortar camera stores in and around the District, has filed for bankruptcy and has closed five of its eight area stores.
DCist Exposed Deadline Only Two Weeks Away
There are just two weeks left to submit your best shots to the 2012 DCist Exposed photography show.
Announcing the 2012 DCist Exposed Photography Show
Roll up, roll up! Submit your entries for the sixth annual DCist Exposed Photography Show!
Arts Agenda
Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee, this week's Arts Agenda has a lot to see.
Get Ready for FotoWeekDC
Now entering it's fourth year, FotoWeekDC will kick off this Friday. The annual festival highlights photography as an artistic medium and will showcase numerous collections and exhibitions over the course of the week.
Yale Releases Collection of Historic D.C. Photographs
Like many of you, we at DCist love historic photography of our town. So when a reader sent us a link to this collection of rare negatives from news photographer Alexander Lmanian, we couldn't wait to dive in.
Arts Agenda
This week is a little quiet in the art world, but that doesn't mean there's nothing interesting going on. Just consider it a bit of a breather before the pace picks up again in November.
Former Borders to be Used as FotoWeekDC HQ
After bankruptcy claimed the Borders bookstore at 1801 K Street NW, many wondered who would take up the space. Well, the storefront at least has a temporary replacement -- this year's FotoWeekDC photography festival, which will occupy the space for a week, beginning November 4.
Arts Agenda
There's a jungle full of Clouded Leopards, 30 Americans, Fall Solos and so much more in this week's Arts Agenda.
Grab Those Cameras: It's D.C. Henge Week!
Tomorrow, beginning at 5:04 a.m. eastern standard time, the tilt of the Earth's axis will be situation neither away from nor towards the Sun, marking the autumn equinox and the beginning of fall. And while that's pretty neat in and of itself, it's the yearly D.C. Henge event that really has us excited.
Arts Agenda
Guns, overheards and photography in public spaces. This week's Arts Agenda was made especially for our readers.
Lindsay Rowinski: Trying to be There @ Transformer
Lindsay Rowinski's installation Trying to be There subtly opens up the transformative power of our everyday surroundings.
Arts Agenda
As the summer wears on and people go on vacation, the number of art related events tends to drop. That being said, here's what's going on this week.
Arts Agenda
With the holiday weekend upon us, art events and openings are few and far between. Luckily there's an art walk, abstract paintings, location photography and Soul Train.
Gute Aussichten @ Goethe-Institut
With Gute Aussichten, a group of young German photographers bring diverse visions -- abstract, humanistic, and mundane -- that engage in dialogue not only with each other but with the history of German photography.
Students Improve Education Infrastructure, One Photo at a Time
A look at the Critical Exposure program, through which D.C. public school students are demanding more from their school system via their photography.
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