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Around The Horn
2 February 2024
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 Joel Meyerowitz, Marco Polo, Anne Lass, the Leitz Focomat IIc, Brookes Jensen and Jason Row.
- Meeting Their Match features paired images from Joel Meyerowitz's latest exhibition running through Mar. 2 at Huxley-Parlour Gallery, London. The pairs of images "reveal unexpected parallels in his imagery, while highlighting the enduring, experimental use of color throughout his oeuvre."
- As Carnival Opens, Venice Honors Native Son Marco Polo on 700th Anniversary of His Death and Luca Bruno is there to document the fun with his camera. "Kicking off Carnival last weekend, some 600 rowers in period dress raised their oars in salute and shouted 'We are all Marco Polo' as they rowed along the Grand Canal from St. Marks Square to the Rialto Bridge," he writes.
- In Triple Seven, Danish-German photographer Anne Lass documents Berlin's disappearing gambling dens. "The images feature leather sofas and dark corridors, radiant shapes and vibrant colors. But even more than the environments themselves, Lass attempts to understand those who frequented them -- their desire for a better life and the pursuit of (financial) happiness."
- In The Tiger Tank of Enlargers, Mike Johnston remembers the Leitz Focomat IIc. "Not the best enlarger ever built, but the best-built enlarger ever built," he writes.
- Kirk Tuck has been reading Letting Go of the Camera, Brookes Jensen's collection of essays from Lens Work. "Jensen has some interesting ideas that stand the test of time," he writes. Like "self assigning projects" and "setting finite goals."
- Jason Row reflects on his 40 Years in Photography. "To be a part of the biggest technological advance photography has ever made has been thrilling, enlightening and enabling," he writes. "The great thing is, that even now, 40 years later, I am still learning new things all the time."
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