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Around The Horn
5 October 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 kissas, Eric Kogan, canines, camera straps, hobbies, an embarrassing moment and photography-on-the.net.
- In One Kissa Is All It Takes, Philip Arneill and James Catchpole discuss Tokyo Jazz Joints, Arneill's new book of photographs of the "niche Japanese cafes stacked with whisky, vinyl and high-end audio systems."
- Kate Mothes shares some of Eric Kogan's Playful Street Photography. "During commutes around New York City, he spots playful and coincidental interactions between nature, light and the human-built environment," she writes.
- Suzanne Sease features Canine Cool: A Pawsome Partnership, the personal project of Kremer/Johnson. The series explores "the remarkable bond between humans and their four-legged companions, revealing dogs in a light that showcases their undeniable coolness, style and human-like qualities."
- Dahlia Ambrose lists The 20 Best Camera Straps in four categories: Neck, Wrist, Shoulder and Harness straps.
- In Hobbies, Mike Johnston wonders if photography is a hobby and, if so, whether it's losing status. "Maybe what's been happening to photography in the last two decades or so is that it's become something that far more people can do satisfactorily without specialized knowledge or experience, so its status is starting to decline," he writes.
- Kirk Tuck admits it's easy to blow it with An Optical Rangefinder Camera. "It's actually kind of embarrassing to have worked professionally for 45 years as a commercial photographer, bragged about the fortune I've billed for my work and then to have that kind and patient person I've asked to photograph remind me that my lens cap is still on the lens," he writes.
- In The Most Important Message to All, founder Pekka Saarinen announces his intention to close photography-on-the.net by the end of the year. "Sad truth is that there is no place for conventional forums any more with the recent generations. Traffic is down. Enthusiasm is down. Mood is down. Discussion is down," he writes. The forum launched in 2001.
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