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Around The Horn
4 November 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 Ian Parry Photojournalism Grant, Pushkar Camel Festival, Dick Cheney, the Red Spider Nebula, Vjaybombs, Lightroom 9, the Sony a7Rv, Visual 1st, the Godox V480 N and Shoot Extraordinary.
- The Guardian presents work by the recipients of the Ian Parry Photojournalism Grant, which honors emerging talent in photojournalism.
- Rajesh Kumar Singh documents the Pushkar Camel Festival where "hundreds of camels, draped in tassels, colorful beads and flower garlands, are paraded and sold to the highest bidder."
- Reuters looks back at the life of Dick Cheney, "a driving force behind the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003 and considered by presidential historians as one of the most powerful vice presidents in American history," who died at age 84 yesterday.
- Kate Mothes features a new image from the James Webb Space Telescope's Near-InfraRed Camera of The Red Spider Nebula, which "shows hot dust likely orbiting the central star."
- In Vjaybombs -- Projections as Non-Violent Protest, Heidi Volpe interviews the "activist-artist working with guerrilla projection tactics in public spaces."
- Derrick Story lists My Favorite New Features in Lightroom 9, an update to the complement to Lightroom Classic recently announced at Adobe MAX. "The five new features that I'm most impressed with has a little AI with a dash of workflow sweetness," he writes.
- Jason Row reflects on One Year With the Sony a7Rv. "Overall, I have no regrets moving from Fuji to Sony," he writes. "Despite the quirks, the image quality is excellent, video more than good enough and the sheer range of lenses, both OEM and third party, mean I have lots of choice in my future lens selections."
- In What Visual 1st Revealed About the Photography Industry, Paul Melcher reports "what's actually driving consumer and creator behavior is selectivity, intentionality and transparency."
- Feroz Khan reviews the Godox V480 N Speedlight, which features a "large touchscreen LCD."
- LensBaby's Shoot Extraordinary conference, a one-day Zoom event with six experts and live Q&A sessions, will be held Dec. 6 at 8 a.m. ET. Registration required.
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