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Around The Horn
5 April 2016
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention (with more than 140 characters). This time we look at Palmyra, Steve McCurry, camera setup and Hilde Kate Lysiak.
- In A Jewel in Syria Where 'Ruins Have Been Ruined' by ISIS, photographer Bryan Denton travels to Palmyra "to see what remained of its archaeological treasures after almost a year of Islamic State control." Enough remains for a photo essay at least.
- Mike Johnston recaps Teju Cole's critique of Steve McCurry in A Too-Perfect Picture, including Allen Murabayash's In Defense of Steve McCurry at PhotoShelter. "Good to keep uppermost in mind, though -- photography's not a contest." Johnston reminds us, "and taking one photographer down never serves to build another up."
- In Optimizing the shooting performance of your one inch camera (or any camera), Kirk Tuck steps through his thought process in setting pupa shot. "Practice good technical and you'll get the absolute best out of your camera," he concludes.
- And on the photojournalism front lines, we find Hilde Kate Lysiak, who broke a murder story in her neighborhood. Her Orange Street News comes out in a print version once a month, compiling her online reports complete with video. "I just like letting people know all the information," she explains. Maybe she's looking for an intern.
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