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Around The Horn
18 July 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 Tour De France, Heather Perry, Skate Week San Francisco, the Hasselblad XCD 135mm f2.8, pros on the Trump shooting photos and Davis's flowers stamps.
- Guy Lane curates images of this year's Tour De France Fans along the 2,170-mile route.
- Suzanne Sease features Kids in the Hood, the personal project of Heather Perry. "Over nearly 10 years of photographing them, the slow magic of parental love seeped beyond the bounds of my kid and onto the kids I got to know through my time in their world," she says. "Almost none of them talk to each other anymore. But I do think and hope that they will forever remember where they came from and the days they spent together."
- Zara Stone goes to the opening of Skate Week San Francisco at an 8,000-square-foot pop-up rink in Crissy Field. Photos by Aaron Levy-Wolins.
- Jim Kasson takes a A Technical Look at the Hasselblad XCD 135mm f2.8. He was particularly impressed by the performance of the teleconverter. "I don't think I've ever seen a TC come as close to ideal behavior as this one," he writes.
- In How Photographers View the Photos of Trump's Assassination Attempt, Aida Amer reviews three images as examples of "technical know how, on-the-ground experience and a deliberate curation process." She discusses the import of them with other photographers as well. "We can't control how people perceive anything," one freelancer said. "But you can educate them."
- It's the First-Day-of-Issue for Harold Davis's low-denomination Flowers Stamps. An unveiling event in Berkeley will feature special guests, a presentation on the significance of the stamp and photo opportunities. The event is free and open to the public.
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