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Around The Horn
24 August 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 the Amatrice earthquake, Zeiss class on Sony mirrorless for hiking, Nikon's upcoming photo contest and being a photo editor at the N.Y. Times.
- In An Earthquake in Central Italy Topples Buildings, Killing Dozens, Alan Taylor presents 26 images of this morning's 6.2 quake in Amatrice, east of Rome. The last image says it all.
- Lloyd Chambers finds his Zeiss Loxia and Zeiss Batis on Sony: Ideal for Hiking for size, weight and image quality -- but sometimes his iPhone comes in handy, too.
- Nikon has announced that Neville Brody, who is Dean of the School of Communication at London's Royal College of Art, will serve as lead judge for the Nikon Photo Contest 2016-2017. Entries may be submitted to the contest site between Oct. 17 and Jan. 27, 2017.
- N.Y. Times photo editor Craig Allen asks What Makes the Image of Omran Daqneesh Extraordinary?, sharing insights into the decision making process for image selection at the Times.
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