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A week in photography
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Accordingtoourrecent
survey21%ofourreaders
stillshootfilm.Butover80%
ofyouusedto.If you’relike
meyouprobablyhavering
bindersfullofnegativesandslidesstored
awaysomewhere,and‘oneday’youplanto
gothroughthemanddigitisethebestonesso
thatyoucansharethemonline.Well,today
maybethatday.Whatbettertimetoembark
onsucha worthyendeavour?Thisweekwe
presenta guidetothevariousmethodsof
turningyouranaloguephotosintopixels,
andtesta coupleofaccessoriesdesignedfor
thepurpose.Wealsolookbackattheearly
workofoneofBritain’smostcelebrated
photographersand,withWorldPinholeDay
comingupon 26 April,wepresentsome
greatpinholephotographyto inspire you.
NigelAtherton,Editor
TheGettyImagesHultonArchiveis oneof theworld’sgreatculturalresources.Tracingitsoriginsto thefoundingof theLondonStereoscopicCompany
in 1854, today it houses over 80 million images spanning the birth of photography to the digital age. Exploreit atwww.gettyimages.com.
Thispictureshowsfemalewarworkersat CrossFarm,
Shackleton,Surrey.Weoftenthinkof LandGirlsas
beingparticularlyassociatedwithWorldWarTwo,but
TheWomen’sLandArmy(WLA)wasoriginallysetup
in 1917beforebeingdisbandedat theendof theFirst
WorldWar.It reformedin June 1939 andmadea
significantcontributionto domesticwarefforts.Withthe
necessity to grow more food at home, rather than rely
onforeignimports,butwithmanymaleagricultural
workersjoiningthearmedforces,it waswomenwho
wereneededforthenewruralworkforce.Atfirstthe
WLAwasstaffedbyvolunteers,butconscriptionstarted
in December1941.Atitspeakin 1944,morethan
80,000womenwereworkingasLandGirls,whodida
varietyof jobsin allweathersandconditions,and could
be directed to work anywhere in the country.
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This week in 1917
TREASURES FROM THE HULTON ARCHIVE
© GETT Y IMAGES
Inthisissue
3 7 days
8 APmeetsTamron
12 It’sgoodtoshare
14 Fromanalogue
monotodigital
magic
21 Inbox
24 Beaton’sBright
YoungThings
32 Pinhole:Going
thescenicroute
36 Photostories
38 ReaderPortfolio
40 Jointheclub
42 Travellinglight:
NikonZ 50
fieldtest
49 KaiserFilmCopy
VarioKit
52 Accessories
55 Techtalk
66 Final Analysis
Thisweek’s
coverimage
Thiscoastalimagewas
takenat UigSandson
Harris,OuterHebrides,by
landscapephotographer
Paul Sanders
