Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/07/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> From: Tim Atherton > Just checked out the newsstands. The two latest copies of LIFE seem to > be - the Frank Sinatra Issue & the Special Royal's Issue. > > Never mind multiple b&w contact prints on a page as they seem to be > going for now, I guess this is the way of serious reportage? > Just ten minutes ago I was reading the latest LIFE (photos of Springfield, Oregon kids on cover), and have never been as UNimpressed with a LIFE magazine. Layout is new and feels really hacked up. Photos seem like they were arranged by a junior high yearbook staff and some photo selections made you wonder who the photo editor was. I can't imagine that the selected photos represented the photographer's best shot. Is this a trend? Gary Todoroff