The Big Room at Carlsbad Caverns National Park, photograph by Ansel Adams courtesy the Department of the Interior. Cool news for Ansel Adams fans here in D.C.: the U.S. Department of the Interior has installed 26 never-before displayed photographic murals taken by the famed American photographer. The images are now on display on the first and second floors of the department’s headquarters, located at 1849 C Street NW. The murals were originally commissioned back…

Ansel Adams, Saint Francis Church Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico, c. 1929 Gelatin silver print, 13 5/16 x 17 9/16 inches Collection Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona © The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust Georgia O’Keeffe and Ansel Adams: Natural Affinities, which opened at the Smithsonian American Art Museum last week, shows that works of art can indeed converse with each other. With photographs by Adams and paintings by O’Keeffe, Natural Affinities…

Water, water everywhere. The Flickr pool has become almost literal lately, with all our photogs headed for the high seas … well, the Potomac mostly, with these refreshing shots of kayaks out in full force, some majestic water birds, and photos of great liquidy landscapes like this shot channeling Ansel Adams by outlandk taken out in Great Falls, Virginia. EXIF….

Friday >>Summer Fridays are meant for free beer, long strolls and casual socializing. Which is exactly why they started the Bethesda Art Walk. We recommend catching the opening reception of the Fraser Gallery’s Summer Group Exhibit. Six artists have displayed their new work in photography and painting. The oil on metal paintings by Michael Fitts look like a rougher versions of light, breezy subjects, while Lee Goodwin’s gelatin silver prints of black and white landscapes…