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30 March 2020
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 Fabrizio Bensch, at the museum, Scott Kelby, the Extreme Photography Competition, the camera industry, Harold Davis, more resources and the Internet as a public utility.
- Berlin Before and During Coronavirus lets you swipe across Reuters photographer Fabrizio Bensch's images taken before and since the crisis.
- Mike Johnston has published the first part of his Baker's Dozen: At the Museum with four intriguing images.
- Scott Kelby continues his Come With Me on a Journey About Your Photography with the fourth assignment. In this one, you are directed to "go back through that list you made last week and look for a common thread that runs through your picks."
- Martin Brooks, co-founder of Shackleton, talks about the Capture the Extreme Photography Competition. "The 'extreme' element to the photography competition does not represent the photographer's ability to push their physical boundaries, rather it encourages them to capture places, events and cultures that aren't ordinarily in the public eye or plastered across Instagram," he says.
- Hillary Grigonis looks at How the Coronavirus Is Impacting the Camera Industry on a company-by-company basis.
- In Inflection Points and the Donut of Doom, Harold Davis reveals he is "preparing to roll-out a series of Livestream Webinar Workshops. The live webinars will be posted for free download after a time delay on my YouTube channel."
- Phlearn's COVID-19 Resources for the Creative Community has been updated. The categories in the list include software, grants, finances, education and more.
- In The Coronavirus Crisis Proves the Internet Should Be a Public Utility, Ephrat Livni suggests the Internet is "a basic necessity in the 21st century, like running water, gas and electricity. Indeed, the United Nations in 2016 declared that Internet access is a human right."
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