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Around The Horn
4 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 Anja Niedringhaus, farm animal photos, show dogs, Rahim Fortune, Jan Erik Waider, the Leica M240, a cellphone eclipse, an on-set grip kit and the biggest digital camera.
- Jacqueline Larma and Enric Marti remember their friend and Associated Press photographer Anja Niedringhaus 10 years after her murder. "At a time when women journalists were rare in war zones, Anja was best known as a conflict photographer. Her work helped define the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya," they write. But to see only her conflict work would be a mistake, they add.
- Jason Kottke showcases a few of Rob MacInnis's Farm Animal Family Photos. "I mean, gold medal to anyone who can actually get a chicken, dog, goat, sheep, cow and horse to pose together like that," he writes.
- Suzanne Sease features Dogs on Show, the personal project of Jennifer MacNeill. "My love of animals combined with a curiosity about people who are very passionate about raising and showing them fueled my desire to photograph various animal shows," MacNeill says. "This brought me to The Celtic Classic dog show in York, Pa."
- From bull-riders to beauty queens, photographer Rahim Fortune's Hardtack project documents Black families and communities in the post-emancipation American south. the images have been published in a book of the same name.
- Kate Mothes presents Hamburg-based photographer Jan Erik Waider's images of Voluminous Bubbles Locked in a Frozen Glacial Lake. "His black-and-white photos emphasize the layers and volume of bubbles locked in the ice, transforming a natural process into elegant abstractions," she writes.
- Kirk Tuck took a stroll through the University of Texas Campus with his Leica M240. "I spent all morning walking through and around the campus and taking photographs. I saw no other person carrying or using any sort of camera whatsoever. In fact, no one even stopped to take a photo of anything with their phone," he writes. "And it was such a gorgeous day."
- Scott Neuman assembles some Simple Tips to Safely Photograph the Eclipse With Your Cellphone. "If you plan to check out Monday's total solar eclipse and the only camera you own is one that doubles as a phone, with a little preparation (and precaution) you might still be able to get some relatively good shots," he writes. A little effort can go a long way.
- Zach Sutton details the contents of his On-Set Grip Kit which he keeps in a backpack he never opens and stores in a closet.
- Isaac Schultz reports Scientists Complete Construction of the Biggest Digital Camera Ever. That would be the 3.2-billion-pixel camera that will collect 15 terabytes of data on the southern sky each night. "The camera will use its 5.1-foot-wide optical lens to take a 15-second exposure of the sky every 20 seconds, automatically changing filters to view light in every wavelength from near-ultraviolet to the near-infrared. Its constant monitoring of the skies will eventually amount to a timelapse of the heavens; it will highlight fleeting events for other scientists to train their telescopes on and monitor changes in the southern sky," he writes.
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