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A week in photography
COVER PICTURE © K ATRINA BROWN
Lightpaintingis a very
simpletechnique– allyou
needis a tripod,a torch,and
a cameracapableoflong
exposures.Buttheresults
canbespectacular.It’sunlikelythatyourfirst
attemptswillproduceanythingasbeautiful
asthatachievedbymasterslikeEricParé
butfollowourexperttips(page14),giveit a
goandyouneverknow. Thisweekwealso
launchthe 2020 seasonofourlong-running
AmateurPhotographeroftheYearcontest
(page36)inwhichwegiveaway£10,
worthofamazingkitcourtesyofourfriends
atSigmaImaging.Togetyouinspiredwe
askedtheinsanelytalentedCaronSteele,the
winnerofAPOY2019,fortheinsidestoryon
howshedidit (page22).Sheonlyboughther
firstpropercamerafiveyearsago,soif she
candoit,socanyou!NigelAtherton,Editor
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AIRSTEWARDESSCynthiaRobertsonmodelsthe
newuniformfortheAmerican-basedNationalAirlines.
A synthetic-tigernumber,thenewuniformwasrolled
outformorethan1,000stewardessestowear.
Cynthia is holding an eight-week-old Bengal tiger cub
calledIndira.NationalAirlineswasfoundedin 1934
andranuntil 1980 whenit wasacquiredbyPanAm,
whichitselfceasedoperationin 1991.Ourresearch
wasnotabletouncoverthefateof thetiger-skin
uniforms, nor indeed of Indira the tiger.
Tiger Lady by Central Press
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This week in 1971
TREASURES FROM THE HULTON ARCHIVE
© GETT Y IMAGES
Inthisissue
3 7 days:this
week’snews
12 It’sgoodtoshare:
readers’pictures
14 Thelightbrigade
20 Inbox
22 Playingtowin
26 WhenHarryMet...
BobMonkhouse
31 CanonCamera
Connect
34 Behindtheprint
36 Amateur
Photographerof
theYear2020:
enterRound
onenow
40 Lightuptheroom
42 Sigmafp:full
review
49 CanonRF24-
240mmF4-6.
ISUSM:lens test
53 Techtalk
66 Legendsof
photography
Thisweek’s
coverimage
Thisstrikinglightpainting
wasphotographedby
KatrinaBrown,who
contributestothisweek’s
cover feature, on page 14.