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>> The National Gallery of Art opens two exhibits on American photography on January 18. Looking In: Robert Frank's "The Americans" presents all 83 photographs from Frank's photography book which is heralded as the most important photography book published since World War II. Held in conjunction with Looking In, Changing Perceptions: Reading the Modern Photography Book will display twenty-one books drawn from the Gallery's library to show how the photography book is a significant conveyor of contemporary experience and a witness to historical events. Both are on display through April 26.

           

Here's a few more reports by DCist contributors from all over the city last night. Spontaneous celebrations erupted across Washington when Barack Obama was declared the winner of the 2008 presidential election.

           

Finding a newspaper by 9 a.m. this morning was a more difficult task than getting out of bed for the long trudge into work. But while trying to obtain a tangible piece of paper journalism for posterity might have been a futile task, your second best option is the Newseum's humongous online collection - 682 of this morning's front pages, all accessible from the comfort of your desk (or, depending on how late you were out, your couch). The site's moving a little slow with all the post-election traffic this afternoon, so we've highlighted a number of local papers - ranging in scope from large to small - for your perusal. You won't even have to put slippers on or grab some spare change this way.

Video from 11th and U Streets from voteprime

              

I'm still processing what happened last night. One minute, I was gathered in a living room with friends, watching election returns come in. The next minute, Barack Obama had been declared the winner, his moving acceptance speech was over, and I was in the middle of the intersection at 14th and U Streets NW with thousands of other D.C. residents, yelling, singing, high-fiving and hugging total strangers.

Barack Obama is the winner. Obama, age 47, is the first African-American to win the presidency.

As we mentioned in today's morning roundup, it's been two years since the protests over the selection of Jane Fernandes as the president of Gallaudet University brought the country's premier higher learning institution for the deaf to a standstill. Well we missed this tidbit in the WaPo's District Extra this morning: the school yesterday announced it will begin a formal process to find a new president.