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27 April 2019
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 Berenice Abbott, Rhiannon Slatter, Harold Davis, seven wedding trends, two lenses, softening shadows, archiving and Brammer v. Violent Hues.
- In This City Is an Overcrowded, Illogical, Inhospitable Marvel, John Leland takes a fresh look at Berenice Abbott's portfolio of photographs she called Changing New York, which was exhibited at the Museum of the City of New York in 1937. Many of the images have just been published in Berenice Abbott: Portraits of Modernity.
- In The Ubiquity of Concrete in Modern Life, Stephanie Wade presents a series of abstract images from Australian architectural photographer Rhiannon Slatter. "The series celebrates the stark beauty and ubiquity of concrete, but also brings into question its pervasiveness in the construction and development of the modern world," she writes.
- Harold Davis plays around with an X-ray image of flowers in the monochrome X-Ray Floral Medley and the color X-Ray Flower Medley Fusion.
- Hilary Grigonis highlights Seven New Wedding & Portrait Photography Trends for 2019 she discovered at the recent Wedding and Portrait Photographers International Conference in Las Vegas.
- In Nikon 14-30/4 vs. Sony 12-24/4, Jim Kasson compares the two lenses. "I just don't see much difference between these lenses on this test," he concludes, which is good news because he loves that Sony.
- Jasenka Grujin suggests Three Strategies to Soften Shadows for Brilliant Portrait Photography, one of which can be done when post processing.
- Paul Molitor argues that Archiving is just an expensive way to get rid of things.
- In Great News! 4th Circuit Overturns Bad Fair Use Decision in Brammer v. Violent Hues, Carolyn Wright lists eight important points the 4th Circuit made in its decision overturning the Eastern District of Virginia's ruling that Violent Hues Web site's use of Russell Brammer's photo was fair use.
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