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Around The Horn
3 April 2023
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 Jan Michalko, Lynne Buchanan, Joe McNally, silhouettes, taxes and Jim Kasson.
- Life Flashes highlights the result of Berlin photographer Jan Michalko's six months on the island of Sri Lanka. "The outcome is a series capturing everyday life and the local culture in situational, fantastical and mysterious images."
- The Poetry of Being features a lockdown series by Lynne Buchanan. She spent the time caring for her mother, who she took in from a nursing home to keep her safe and escaping into her photography. "When I witness aspects of nature that have hung on through illness and physical harm, it gives me the strength to keep going" she writes. "As I age, I find I am more interested in expressing my emotional response to the fragility and perseverance of nature versus an idealized version of the environment."
- In Different Locations, Different Skills, Joe McNally writes about being a generalist. The pictures aren't bad either. "Whatever skills you have in your bag, you bring them to wherever the picture is," he writes.
- In Silhouette Sleuthing, Carly Pippin peeks inside the ledger book of William Bache from 1803, which contains over 1,800 hand-cut paper silhouettes, many identified by name "from former First Lady Martha Washington and President Thomas Jefferson to everyday folk such as a tavern keeper, comedian and young bride." There was no Exif copyright tag then but the pages turn out to be laced with arsenic.
- As Kirk Tuck was Printing Out the Tax Return from his CPA, he wondered if he should use "archival ink." Seven years fade resistance is actually all that's required. Meanwhile he shares a few thoughts on the business side of being a photographer and "running one's own business."
- In My Lack of Productivity, Jim Kasson reports he has had to make some changes after spending a week in the hospital and six weeks in a skilled nursing facility after a fall at home. "My wife and I have decided to sell our home of almost 25 years and downsize to a life care community," he writes. "I've rented office space that I hope to be able to turn into a photographic studio." Our best wishes, Jim.
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