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Around The Horn
6 October 2022
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 Ocean Photographer of the Year, Baldwin Lee, the Solander Collection, Greg Smith, a gold mining town, autumn inspiriation, two lens shades, spirit photography and a three-day photo retreat.
- Matt Fidler showcases the Ocean Photographer of the Year contest winners. Ben Thouard's winning image of surfer was chosen unanimously by the six judges, he notes.
- Gabrielle Lawrence features Moments of Familiar Intimacy captured by Baldwin Lee in a seven-year project capturing images of Black Southern Americans' everyday lives.
- The Guardian presents images from the from the Solander Collection exhibit An Alternative History of Photography at the Photographers' Gallery in London running until Feb. 19. The exhibit "invites you to reappraise major artists and discover some forgotten greats," it notes.
- Suzanne Sease presents Greg Smith's Chairlift Pictures which he's published in Altitude Adjustment. A counter to the commercial images selling winter sports, Smith wanted "to show how wonderful and quirky the experience is for the rest of us who just want a few days to play in the snow -- and to highlight the technology that makes that possible."
- Harold Davis visited Victor, Colorado, a gold mining town of 397 people. "I found the place intriguing," he writes. Shot with a Nikon D850 and 28-300mm Nikkor.
- Dahlia Ambrose picks 27 photos of The Beauty of the Fall Season to inspire your autumn ambitions.
- In A Tale of Two Lens Shades, Jim Kasson points out the virtues of a plastic, tulip-shaped lens shade over a cylindrical metal one.
- Spirit Photography History & Demonstration is a live virtual demonstration to learn more about a subject that fascinated a 19th-century audience. Historic Process Specialist Nick Brandreth and Department of Photography Cataloger Kate Kaluzny will conduct the Zoom session on Friday, Oct. 28, at 1 p.m. ET. Registration is required.
- In Antidote, Andrew Molitor reflects on a three-day photo retreat in Albuquerque. "How was Antidote, you ask? I'm glad you asked, because that's what I'm here to tell you! It was great." But he was uncomfortable much of the time.
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