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Around The Horn
23 July 2018
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. This time we look at garden macro photography, Jim Grove, John Margolies, white backdrops, a new smartphone sensor and Meaghan Looram.
- The Guardian has published Garden Photographer of the Year: Macro Winners, a stunning collection of gorgeous shots from the international competition which runs in association with the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew, London.
- In Windrush -- Portrait of a Generation, Jim Grove documents the Caribbean community in South London. "I wanted to bring to life the totality of the distinctive lives that this remarkable generation are living in South London today. I so respect and admire what they have achieved, created and given to us," he says.
- The Library of Congress has over 11,000 of John Margolies' photos taken since the 1960s of roadside architecture, signs and artifacts, some of which were published in John Margolies: Roadside America.
- Derrick Story finds There's More to a White Backdrop Than Just a Sheet. He lights his from behind with a diffused light source to drop out the background.
- In Sony Announces World's Highest-Resolution Image Sensor for Phone Cameras, Sam Byford reports the company has achieved 48-Mp with 0.8-micron pixels that draw on the four surrounding pixels to provide the quality of 12-Mp image captured with 1.6-micron pixels.
- Meaghan Looram Named Director of Photography at the New York Times, the company reports. "As one of Michele McNally's critical deputies for eight years, Meaghan helped lead the department as The Times elevated visual journalism, both in the daily report and through ambitious enterprise, to a new standard in our industry," the Times adds.
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