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Around The Horn
3 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 Afghan quake, Chinese Camp wildfire, Magnus Laupa, bird photography, ON1 Photo Raw 2026 and Female in Focus.
- Reuters documents the destruction as Rescuers Race to Reach Remote Quake-Hit Afghan Villages.
- A wildfire in California burned thousands of acres Tuesday, damaging homes and prompting evacuations in Chinese Camp, a historic gold-mining town. Associated Press photographer Noah Berger was on the scene.
- Liz Sales reviews the haunting stills Magnus Laupa, a Swedish photojournalist and co-founder of the Kontinent photojournalism agency, captured as the on-set still photographer for It Could Have Been Us, a film written and directed by Björn Tjärnberg and Rebecca Brander. "This project also has journalistic undertones as it confronts a dark chapter in Swedish history when people with intellectual and developmental disabilities were legally excluded from society under state-sanctioned eugenics policies that lasted from 1934 to 1975," she writes.
- Dahlia Ambrose lists a few tutorials on Bird Photography which, she writes, can be "quite a daunting experience."
- ON1 Photo Raw 2026 is coming in October with updates to masking, the Effects module and photo enlargements, the company said. Here's a preview:
- The British Journal of Photography has announced the sixth edition of Female in Focus, a celebration of women in photography, is now open for submissions. "This year, thanks to our partnership with Nikon, photographers can enter one portrait for free," the company notes. Photographers of the two winning series will also receive a Z Series mirrorless camera, along with two Nikkor Z lenses of their choice.
More to come! Meanwhile, here's a look back. And please support our efforts...