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6 September 2017
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 (with more than 140 characters). This time we look at an interview with Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, views of the Rialto Bridge, a single-layer conversion from a photo to a sketch, the Instagram square, Greg Berg and looking up at things.
- In Ken Burns Never Knew How Wrong He Was About the Vietnam War, Phil Klay interviews both Burns and Lynn Novick about their new film. Lavishly illustrated with stills from the Vietnam War era.
- Nicole Block explains Why Views of Venice's Rialto Bridge Look So Familiar. The short version: there just aren't many places from which you can view it. Unless you have a drone.
- Tony Harmer details his single-layer sketchy technique to turn a suitable photo into an illustration. Guess his secret weapon? He uses the Divide blending mode to do it. And, in Photoshop, the Camera Raw filter.
- Derrick Story explains Why I Stick With Square on Instagram. Instagram, he writes, is his visual diary. And he likes to see "see today's slice of life fill up my iPhone screen" when he hits the Share button.
- Victor Gavenda profiles New York photographer Greg Berg's Unique Viewpoints of the World, which now include cityscapes and street photography from China.
- It pays to look up once in a while, as Harold Davis proves with Umbrellas Over Bucharest.
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