RE: [Leica] Re: magazines

["B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>]

Aperture is NOT a photography magazine in the classic sense. It is a serious
of monographs about the works of various photographers and schools of
photography. Some issues are fabulous, some are ridiculous - IMHO. Look at
each issue on the newsstand - or in a book store - and then decide. It can
be pretty damn esoteric. And it can also be sublime.

B. D.
http://members.tripod.com/B_D_Colen/ADayInOurLife

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Paul
> Klingaman
> Sent: Thursday, July 22, 1999 10:37 AM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: magazines
>
>
> I haven't heard a positive remark about ANY photo magazine from this list
> since I've joined it.  Granted, that's not so long ago, but are there ANY
> good magazines out there IYHO?  How is Aperture?  I picked up the
> Cartier-Bresson book for 11 dollars, hardcover(what a bargain!), and was
> temped by the subscription insert.  40 bucks for 4 issues seems
> pricey.  Is
> it worth it?  How big is the quarterly, and what is the usual content?
>
> Thanks,
> Paul Klingaman
>
>
> >From: D Khong <dkhong@pacific.net.sg>
> >Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> >To: "sam" <salex@idt.net>, leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> >Subject: [Leica] Re: magazines
> >Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1999 22:01:25 +0000
> >
> >Point taken about the decline of the "British Empire."  It should have
> >learnt from the rise and fall of the Roman Empire.   Alas, what goes up
> >must come down.  Who knows... the US stock market might be next in line.
> >
> >In 1969 when I became serious about photography, Amateur
> Photographer was a
> >well respected weekly magazine which costs us poor secondary school
> >students $1.30 per copy.  Yet that was the best magazine available and we
> >willingly parted with our hard saved pocket money to read it
> from cover to
> >cover.
> >
> >I regret to say that AP has not kept up with the times.  Month
> after month
> >and year after year (in the past decade or so), the articles are
> >"Amateurish", lack content and the pages are now filled with "B" grade
> >models.
> >Thank goodness, they did not flaunt these models when I was a schoolboy;
> >otherwise it would have been difficult for the school photography club to
> >keep some of these mags within the premises.
> >
> >Now I am no longer a schoolboy and a wee bit more discerning.  All
> >considered, I am putting my money into the various US photo mags
> which will
> >definitely improve my standard of photography.
> >
> >Dan K.
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