RE: [Leica] Re: magazines

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

> Aperture is NOT a photography magazine in the classic sense. It
> is a serious (OOPS - series of serious)
> 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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