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A week in photography
NobodycansaytheUK
weatherisn’teventful,and
whilethiscanmakeplanning
a dayoutchallenging,it’soften
goodnewsforphotographers.
Rain,mist,snowandstormsoffera plethoraof
photographicopportunities.Ourcoverfeature
sharessomegreattipsforgettingbetter
shotsin‘bad’weather,withusefuladvice
fromwinnersoftheexcellentWeather
PhotographeroftheYearcompetition.Staying
withexcellence,we’vealsogotanexclusivelook
atLeica’smagnificentnewM10Monochrom.
Whileit anda decentlenswillcostmorethan
manya familycar,thislookslikeit might just
bea dreamcameraforblack& white
photographers,accordingtotestingsageAndy
Westlake.WealsocheckouttheoriginalSony
Alpha7R,nowsomethingofa used bargain...
GeoffHarris,DeputyEditor
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TAKENfromthePicturePoststory‘A SinisterTime
WasHadbyAll’,thisportraitof directorAlfred
HitchcockwastakenoutsidetheBritishMuseumby
ThurstonHopkins.Theinterviewwasconductedas
HitchcockpassedthroughLondon,wherehe,the
photographer and the journalist Kenneth Allsop looked
aroundat a numberof Londonscenes.Thearticle,
whichtalks– amongstotherthings– about
Hitchcock’sweightloss(hehaddroppeddownto 13
stonefroma previoushighof 21stone),usesa
differentpicture,sothisimagemusthave been a
spare that was left in the archive.
Alfred Hitchcock by Thurston Hopkins
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This week in 1955
TREASURES FROM THE HULTON ARCHIVE
© GETT Y IMAGES
Inthisissue
3 7 days:this
week’snews
8 Firstlook:Leica
M10Monochrom
12 It’sgoodtoshare:
readers’pictures
14 Greatshots
whateverthe
weather
23 Inbox
26 Canabookmake
Chinalook?
34 Makeyour
printscharming
38 PhotoStories
40 Behindtheprint
42 LeicaSL2:
fullreview
51 Second-hand
classic:Sony
Alpha7R
55 Accessories
57 TechTalk
66 Final Analysis
COVER PICTURES © GARETH MON JONES / MICHAEL NICHOLS
Thisweek’s
coverimage
GarethMonJones’simage
of a cloudinversionin
Snowdoniawonoverall
prizein the 2019 Weather
Photographer of the Year