Brian Atherton
Well-known
Back in the 80s-90s I had a subscription to Leica Fotografie.
But now none regularly, maybe the AP and the BJP once or twice a year.
I have a subscription to Private Eye.
But now none regularly, maybe the AP and the BJP once or twice a year.
I have a subscription to Private Eye.
telenous
Well-known
Same here. It's odd how a style of photography that may have excited once turns humdrum with time. The store where I buy film stocks LFI. Once in a while I shuffle through as I wait to be served and every time I feel I am looking at a variation of the same fifteen-twenty photos.
The only journal I check for content these days is the British Journal of Photography and this only for some of the essays. The Guardian and the NYT also have the occasional article of interest.
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FrozenInTime
Well-known
I'm beginning to think I'm subscribing to lenswork out of habit - since issue 33.
Now it's showing a few color portfolios and often only gets a few minutes lookin before it lands on the stack.
The U.K. Black and white via iPad , while not up to the quality of classics like Ag+, seems the best currently available for me.
Now it's showing a few color portfolios and often only gets a few minutes lookin before it lands on the stack.
The U.K. Black and white via iPad , while not up to the quality of classics like Ag+, seems the best currently available for me.
Bill Clark
Veteran
No magazines anymore. When I used to get them they would end up in recycling.
Lots of information available right here.
Lots of information available right here.
unixrevolution
Well-known
Currently, Road and Track and Hot Rod. Those are my subscriptions.
As far as photo mags, I tend to inspect the news-stand and grab one once every few months. But only if it's really got something relevant. Outdoor Photographer seems to do so more than the others.
As far as photo mags, I tend to inspect the news-stand and grab one once every few months. But only if it's really got something relevant. Outdoor Photographer seems to do so more than the others.
mpaniagua
Newby photographer
Outdoor photography and Black + White Photography, on my tablet.
majid
Fazal Majid
Magazines are woefully out of date. The only one I occasionally read is the excellent French one "Chasseur d'Images" when I visit my parents in the outskirts of Paris.
Richard G
Veteran
Black and White, and f11. F11 is free, from New Zealand. Really good. Used to subscribe to LFI. I got sick of the endless social conscience grunge themes trying so hard to prove that Leicas aren't just for first world rich kids. Although I did enjoy the Arctic circle Barnack award winning photos a couple of years ago. Having become slightly less rich this year I dropped my subscription. Wouldn't mind getting the 2nd and 3rd M magazines.
Dogman
Veteran
None. Zero. Nada.
I think I still get a couple of non-photo magazines as part of my membership in some organizations but I seldom if ever look at them. I also seldom read newspapers (despite, or perhaps because of, having previously worked as a photographer for the local daily). I'm not that much interested in current events and I can find out all I care to know from the Internet news sites and broadcast news. I keep up with a few photo blogs and information sites. But, truthfully, so many of the popular photo bloggers are such wretched photographers and writers and provide such poor advice I have little enthusiasm for them. I cannot abide "trendiness".
I do read quite a lot of books--fiction as well as non-fiction. I also buy and collect art and photography books, almost all monographs by photographers and/or artists whose work I enjoy. Fact is, I buy so many of these types of books I'm running out of shelf space and might have to donate some to the local university for their annual fund raising book sales event. But I love to see photos in print and I'm addicted to them bound in book form.
These are all alternatives to magazines for me. While there are exceptions, by and large, magazines today just seem to exist as advertising vehicles to sell products with little regard for other content.
I think I still get a couple of non-photo magazines as part of my membership in some organizations but I seldom if ever look at them. I also seldom read newspapers (despite, or perhaps because of, having previously worked as a photographer for the local daily). I'm not that much interested in current events and I can find out all I care to know from the Internet news sites and broadcast news. I keep up with a few photo blogs and information sites. But, truthfully, so many of the popular photo bloggers are such wretched photographers and writers and provide such poor advice I have little enthusiasm for them. I cannot abide "trendiness".
I do read quite a lot of books--fiction as well as non-fiction. I also buy and collect art and photography books, almost all monographs by photographers and/or artists whose work I enjoy. Fact is, I buy so many of these types of books I'm running out of shelf space and might have to donate some to the local university for their annual fund raising book sales event. But I love to see photos in print and I'm addicted to them bound in book form.
These are all alternatives to magazines for me. While there are exceptions, by and large, magazines today just seem to exist as advertising vehicles to sell products with little regard for other content.
sepiareverb
genius and moron
Well said. I wholeheartedly agree.
giganova
Well-known
I agree that getting news (e.g., product announcements) from magazines doesn't make much sense in the Internet age.
However, some of the magazines -- in particular LFI and the M magazine -- focus on photo stories, are beautifully printed and timeless. I sometimes pull out a magazine from years ago, look at the pictures and am inspired.
However, some of the magazines -- in particular LFI and the M magazine -- focus on photo stories, are beautifully printed and timeless. I sometimes pull out a magazine from years ago, look at the pictures and am inspired.
lynnb
Veteran
I sometimes read f11 (pdf free download). Nothing else - I prefer the web (BJP, ASX, and others) and photo books.
daveleo
what?
Been reading The New Yorker since the first millennium.
Last few years, I subscribe to Vogue for the fashion ads and snippy global-smart attitude and to Fine Art America for short artist bios and sample works.
Years back I read Shutterbug (the large newspaper version) religiously, but I grew out of it.
Last few years, I subscribe to Vogue for the fashion ads and snippy global-smart attitude and to Fine Art America for short artist bios and sample works.
Years back I read Shutterbug (the large newspaper version) religiously, but I grew out of it.
unixrevolution
Well-known
I do hope you mean the second millenium.
Dave Jenkins
Loose Canon
I used to get a wide spectrum of photo magazines, beginning in 1968. I loved them and collected them, but now subscribe to none. I consider Camera 35 to have been the all-time best. I still have many of the issues and thumb through them occasionally just for old times' sake.
Nowadays, I find more interesting content on Kirk Tuck's blog, The Online Photographer, and a few other blogs and forums such as this one than I can find in today's magazines.
Nowadays, I find more interesting content on Kirk Tuck's blog, The Online Photographer, and a few other blogs and forums such as this one than I can find in today's magazines.
daveleo
what?
presspass
filmshooter
I have kept some of the older ones - American Photographer and the English Black and White - for the photo spreads they did. American Photographer once devoted nearly two dozen pages to a photo essay on a small town - Cuba - in Kansas. Every now and then, I get them out and read through them, sometimes for nostalgia, but mostly to see good black and white work on paper. That look can't be duplicated on a screen.
Nokton48
Veteran
"View Camera" back in the '80's.
None since then.
None since then.
_goodtimez
Well-known
I read Chevy High Perf and Old School Rods ! Not really photography oriented literature but cars are my second hobby.
Spanik
Well-known
None. Sometimes I get older magazines from a friend but honestly apart from some gear tests that you can read just as well on the net I don't see why anyone would buy a magazine.