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Around The Horn
11 October 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 Gaza, Sudan, Pure awards, LensCulture awards, long lenses and Content ARC.
- The Associated Press presents photos of Palestinian families Returning to Ruins. Associated Press also posts Fatima Shbair's Stories Behind Her Images of the War in Gaza.
- In The Crisis of American Leadership Reaches an Empty Desert (paywalled), Lynsey Addario returns to the region to spend several days photographing and speaking with some of the people who are streaming into Tiné.
- Jackie Andres showcases winners of the Pure Street Photography Awards. "Coincidence is around every corner and immortalizing a split second of fleeting chaos takes a special eye," she begins. "This year's edition drew an impressive 1,160 submissions across 34 countries and five continents."
- LensCulture has announced the 39 winners and finalists of its Street Photography Awards as well. They represent 23 countries across five continents. "Taken together, these images remind us that the streets are alive with endless stories -- if only we pause long enough to see them," the editors note.
- In The Long Lens, Mike Johnston asks, "How much telephoto reach do you really need?" He suspects long lenses are just status symbols otherwise Micro Four Thirds and APS-C cameras would have been more popular. He compares the Panasonic S Series 100-500mm f5-7.1 for L-Mount to the older Panasonic G Series Leica 100-400mm f4.0-6.3 for Micro Four Thirds (a 200-800mm equivalent).
- In Introducing Content ARC: A Framework for Content Trust in the AI Era, Paul Melcher suggests we need "a framework. A way to think clearly about what makes content trustworthy in the first place." Content ARC -- Authenticity, Rights, Context -- is that framework, he writes. "This framework is a conversation starter, not yet a final solution," he adds.
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