7 days
A week in photography
COVER PICTURE © SARIT GOFFEN, PINK L ADY® FOOD PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR 2020
Weeksandweeksinto
lockdownandyoumaybe
wonderingwhatis leftto
shootaroundthehouseand
garden– afterall,youdon’t
wantyourhard-wonskillstoatrophy.One
possibilityis food,butdon’tworry,wearen’t
suggestingyouattemptfussilylitshotsof
gourmetdishes.AsClaireGillo’sfeatureon
page 14reveals,modernfoodphotography
encompassesa lotofstylesandtechniques,
sowhynothavea go?There’salsoa hearty
servingofnewhardware– includinga field
testoftheSigmafp,theworld’ssmallest
full-framemirrorlesscamera,anda testof
theNikonP950bridge.Lastbutnotleastis a
photographiccommemorationofVEDay,
whichtookplace 75 yearsago– sothereare
alltheingredientsforanothereclecticand
absorbingissue.Nigel Atherton,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.
Thisyearmarksthe75thanniversaryof VEDay,soof
courseit’sonlyfittingthatthisweek’sarchivepicture
comesfromthatday.Hereis justoneof themany
picturesheldin theHultonArchiveof crowds
celebratingVEDay.Thisparticularimagewasshotin
London’sPiccadillyandwasfeaturedin thePicture
Post story ‘This Was VE Day in London’. In the capital,
crowdsgatheredallthewayuptheMallto
BuckinghamPalace,whereKingGeorgeVIand
QueenElizabeth,accompaniedbyPrimeMinister
WinstonChurchill,appearedonthebalconyof the
palace.BothPrincessesElizabethandMargaretwere
allowedtowanderincognito among the crowds to take
part in the celebrations.
VE Day in London by Picture Post
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TREASURES FROM THE HULTON ARCHIVE
© GETT Y IMAGES
Inthisissue
3 7 days
12 It’sgoodtoshare
14 Capturedelicious
images
20 Inbox
22 Thepower
ofliving
26 Photostories
30 Howtolight
apotato
33 Panasonic Lumix
Sync
36 UnsungHero
38 Readerportfolio
40 Jointheclub
42 Getyourbest
everprints
47 NikonP
review
50 Sigmafpfieldtest
55 SamsungGalaxy
S20Ultra
smartphone test
59 Techtalk
66 Legendsof
photography
Thisweek’s
coverimage
Thisdeliciousimagewas
takenbySaritGoffenfrom
Israel,andwasshortlisted
in thePinkLady®Food
Photographerof theYear
2020 competition
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