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4 August 2026
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 heat and drought, Europe's wildfires, Susan kae Grant, Kawada Kikuji and laziness.
- The Associated Press presents images of Extreme Heat and Drought around the world this summer.
- Reuters features 16 aerial photos showing the aftermath of Europe's Wildfires after a period of record-breaking heatwaves and little rain.
- Kate Mothes features the cryptic photos by Susan kae Grant in Night Journey. "Silhouetted figures and objects seemingly float across nearly 100 vignettes that are blurry, cryptic and stretched around the edges as if they originate from somewhere we’re unable to grasp," she writes.
- In Photography and Reality: Kawada Kikuji and the 'Image Generation' in Post-War Japan, Japan House London curator Lucy Fleming-Brown examines how Kawada broke away from photographic norms to establish a new way of expressing reality in post-war Japan.
- Mike Johnston is Lazy about transferring his digital photos from a card to his computer.
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