Catch climate photo exhibit through Sept. 30 in Club lobby

Capture the Climate, the National Press Club's 26th annual members photography exhibit, continues in the Club's main lobby through Sept. 30, showing the destructive effects of a warming climate on communities, regions and wildlife. Most (106) of the 185 digital images and print photos from 52 NPC members are related to the exhibit's climate crisis theme.

The images depict damage over wide areas from hurricanes, typhoons and drought, along with fires and floods in cities and farms, retreating glaciers, and shrinking water supplies in lakes and rivers. But the pictures also show efforts to mitigate these effects and citizens demanding action by authorities to do more.

Of note are images of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines by first-time exhibitor John Patrick Uy (see above), receding glaciers in Iceland and Greenland respectively by Marshall Cohen and Lorraine Woellert, flooding from Hurricane Mitch in Honduras by Nancy Shia, underwater photos of damage to corals by Peter West, and disruptions to an osprey family on the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C., by Marideth Joy Sandler.

Also, Ben Sarao displays early news photos of the Pacific Palisades fires in Los Angeles earlier this year, which he talks about in an Update-1 podcast, and Phil Pasquini captured actors Jane Fonda and Ted Danson in zip-tie restraints in a 2019 climate action protest in Washington, D.C.

In addition, the show displays a range of news, wildlife, street, landscape, art and feature photos. Diane Stamm documented the difficult daily life of people in Havana; Elissa Free found a unique angle to display Antelope Canyon in Arizona; and Aretha Williams captured a special moment in a family ceremony that brings their baby to the ocean for the first time.

Plus, Ben Lowenthal found a stack of hats by a street vendor in Colombia; Daphne Steinberg stumbled on a poetry phone booth in Rochester, New York; and as he's done for the past few years, Roger Cochetti discovered quirky "signs of our times" around the Washington, D.C., region.

An exhibit catalog on the NPC web site tells more about each photographer and their images on display. If visiting in person, scan the QR code on the poster shown on the smaller monitor to access the catalog.