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Around The Horn
1 April 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 the Easter Parade, Easter Sunday, domestic workers, Peru, artistic swimmers, love, flowers and a few jokes.
- The Guardian presents photos of New York's Easter Parade, a tradition that goes back to the 1870s.
- Not to be outdone, the Associated Press curated images of Easter Sunday around the world.
- The Invisible Work of America's Domestic Workers is a collaboration between Mother Jones and both the Economic Hardship Reporting Project and Magnum Foundation. Chloe Aftel photographs the day-to-day demands of these workers who often go unnoticed by following Vivian Siordia and Liezl Japona on the job.
- During a six-day journey to Peru in 2023, Malaysian photographer Alixe Lay took home colourful impressions from Peru. "While my subjects are rooted in tradition, my techniques are decidedly modern," she says. "This fusion of ancient themes and modern technology is what defines my unique field and style."
- Tim Adams takes us underwater with James Rokop's photographs of Team USA's Artistic Swimmers. "Rokop is the official photographer of the USA team preparing for this summer's games," he writes. Rokop's project The Glacier Effect of black-and-white images of USA Artistic Swimming is also shortlisted for the Sony World Photography Awards.
- Kirk Tuck finds Love Is in the Air. "Loving the raised foot," he explains.
- In Speaking Truth to Flower, spring blooms are keeping Harold Davis busy. "Sometimes the goal is an arrangement like a bouquet," he writes. "Other times I am most interested in the characterization of the detailed folds and depths of the flower up close and personal."
- Chris Gampat at The Phoblographer is busy with April Fool's Jokes today, if you miss them. Did we just spoil the fun? As an apology, we note Thom Hogan's First Software Product for the Nikon Z9. Seriously. Oops, did it again. Well, how about Jim Kasson's report on Artificial Intelligence and Camera Firmware? Or does the company name give it away?
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