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Around The Horn
2 September 2025
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 Christy Lee Rogers, a dust storm, Acadia, contact sheets, the Fujifilm GFX 100RF, market share, pain and PhotoPXL.
- Kate Mothes showcases Christy Lee Rogers's Aqueous Renaissance featuring "large-scale, maximalist photographs shot completely under water, suspending figures in the midst of billowing garments."
- Associated Press photographer Ross D. Franklin captured A Massive Dust Storm bearing dow on Phoenix (and himself) last Monday. "My camera settings changed dramatically over the next 30 minutes as the sunlight disappeared with the growing storm -- as particulate dust filled the air and the rain and thunderstorms began to gather and spread," he writes. "The sky just got darker and darker. The wall of dust was headed right at me."
- Julieanne Kost, fresh from a six-week sabbatical, posts new edits of her Acadia Maine, Changing of Seasons project made with Adobe Express.
- Anika Burgess analyzes The Analog Allure of Photographers' Contact Sheets (gift link) inside the archive of The New York Times. "The process of reviewing a contact sheet typically involved a loupe and a red grease pencil and often some apprehension," she writes. "With a single contact sheet, a photographer could assess all the decisions and hesitations, steps and missteps that went into taking the photo."
- Jim Kasson reivews the Fujifilm GFX 100RF from the perspective of a guy who shot without IBIS for years and does not shoot JPEGs. "If you think of this primarily as a medium-format camera, then you must also be happy with the perspective of a 35mm lens on a 33x44mm sensor, about the same field of view as a 28mm lens on full frame," he writes.
- So Who Grew? Thom Hogan wants to know. Looking at the annual Nikkei total sales report, he wondered which companies were growing overall (not just mirrorless) market share and which shrinking.
- Derrick Story considers Creativity Through Pain by which he means what to do when you're hurting. Like go to the doctor, advocate for yourself and follow the doctor's orders. "If you can't mow the lawn, then you certainly shouldn't be out on the trail with your camera," he adds. "But you probably can edit images on your laptop organize archives and improve workflows that you've been procrastinating about." Not sure what prompted the subject, but we hope he's all right.
- Christopher Sanderson reports PhotoPXL Content Integrated Into the Luminous Landscape. "The PhotoPXL website will remain ‘live’ for the next few months until such time as the migration of content is successfully confirmed. PhotoPXL will then go dark," he writes.
More to come! Meanwhile, here's a look five years back. And please support our efforts...