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Which Photography Magazines Do You Read?
Buried Magazine by David Goehring
On my flight home from Saskatchewan yesterday, I had a layover in Calgary. I needed a break from the novel I was reading and decided to stop at a newsstand. Standing in the magazine aisle, I came to the realization that I’ve never bought a photography magazine, ever!
The selection in the shop was pretty limited, but I persevered. I was determined to buy a magazine about photography instead of one of the rags that has ‘photo’ in the title and just reviews digital cameras. That’d feel like reading a spamblog and paying for it.
I have a long-held bias against magazines; I don’t like them. I’ve always felt that they’re overpriced, saturated with ads, and thin on real content. Because of this, I haven’t purchased or read any magazines in years. Except for Cosmo, of course.
I ended up buying the ‘Emerging Photographers‘ issue of a Canadian magazine called Photo Life and, honestly, it wasn’t as bad as I feared. There weren’t too many ads, and it was only six bucks. But content? It was like skating on Kate Moss in a spring thaw. Other than the photos of the up and coming photographers, there was precious little to read.
Much like dating a Catholic girl, the whole experience left me wanting something more. More detail in the articles, more tutorials, more… how you say… stuff. You know, everything that’s normally only a mouseclick away.
This brings me to my point: I’m considering a subscription to a photography magazine and I’d like some advice:
What are the photography magazines that you consider worth reading?
Ed Z Said,
August 27, 2007 @ 11:51 am
I like Lenswork, but I only buy it occasionally b/c it is pricey…
but it’s pretty much all content, and most of it is great.
Brian Larter Said,
August 27, 2007 @ 7:22 pm
I buy a lot of magazines and the ones I buy are expensive!!!
Honestly the best magazines on photography come from the UK. the Us ones are trash and constantly cover the same topics over and over.
A great one is Professional Photographer (http://www.professionalphotographer.co.uk/), it is very much aimed towards semi professional or professional photographers and covers higher end equipment and studios.
ahh I am just going to write and entire post about this [lol]
Brian Larter » Blog Archive » The photography papers Said,
August 27, 2007 @ 8:13 pm
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Brian Auer Said,
August 28, 2007 @ 1:05 pm
I subscribe to Outdoor Photographer, Shutterbug, and B&W (which has a lot of great photos to look at). I used to subscribe to Photographic magazine before they were bought out by Shutterbug.