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Around The Horn
9 January 2023
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 Mountain Photo of the Year, Dancing Bears Festival, Close-Up Photographer of the Year, Terry LaRue, Laura Visigalli, some thoughts and Gen Z's digicams.
- Matt Fidler presents a selection of impressive entries in the Mountain Photo of the Year 2022 contest sponsored by Trail magazine.
- Associated Press photographers Vadim Ghirda and Andreea Alexandru report from the Dancing Bears Festival in Romania.
- Winners of the Close-Up Photographer of the Year contest have been announced. Shortlists for the 11 categories are also available to view.
- In Frames Between the Pain, Terry LaRue processes his chronic pain with powerful visual metaphors, which he describes in some detail.
- In Life Has Many Kinds of Unique Filters, Feroz Khan interviews Laura Visigalli. "One of the main reasons I'm so fond of water reflections, of deformed reality images, of glasses used as filters is the impossibility of fixing something forever," she says. "The photograph slips out of your hands and becomes a form out of your will."
- Kirk Tuck shares some Thoughts About Photography while getting his Subaru service at no charge. Like why camera manufacturers don't offer a free six-month service check themselves.
- In The New York Times Prints Junk Articles, Too, Thom Hogan critiques Gen Z digicam article we provided a gift link to in Saturday's Horn. Mike Johnston ran Go, Gen Z! on it, too.
More to come! Meanwhile, here's a look five years back. And please support our efforts...