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Around The Horn
6 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 that atmospheric river, Alexey Kondakov, Valentin Goppel, the best enlarger, limoncello and eight estimates.
- Julius Constantine Motal curates images of the Powerful Atmospheric River that hit California this week bringing "record levels of rain, dangerous flooding and violent winds."
- Classical Figures Plunge Into Contemporary Life, grace ebert observes of Alexey Kondakov's "era-blurring paintings" that take "figures from neoclassical and romantic paintings and places them into modern settings, blurring era, style and medium."
- When Time Stood Still showcases the images German photographer Valentin Goppel took of friends and family during Covid, discovering a metaphor for the period between child and adulthood.
- Mike Johnston asks, What Was the Best Enlarger Ever Made? He's used them all. But the best was the Saunders/LPL 4x5.
- In Documenting What Makes You, You, Derrick Story decides to make limoncello. And he documented the process with his camera.
- Bryan Sheffield negotiates a contract for Product Photos/Video for Hair Care Brand after eight estimates over six weeks. The client started with a $115 estimate before settling on a $40K version. "While a client requesting multiple estimate revisions is not unique, what made this process arduous was each new estimate requested was to be based on revised shot lists or agency-suggested ways to slim the bottom line," he writes.
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