Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Austin...I love //Sprezzatura.net ....... Steve - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Austin Burbridge" <sprezzatura@earthlink.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Friday, October 26, 2001 6:28 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Aperture.... > Dear Steve, Before you respond to the pitch, go to a > bookstore/newsstand and have a look at a current number. > > Long ago, under Minor White's stewardship, Aperture built a mighty > reputation as the top top-drawer periodical devoted to 'fine art > photography'. Until recently that reputation was well-deserved. > > Aperture used to be in the vanguard of photography. Now its contents > are tediously stale, while it gives off the acrid aroma of > desparation, as it tries -- too hard -- to be fashionable, and ends > up smarmy, and dull. > > I let my (expensive) subscription lapse after Aperture No. 156, which > featured a fawning, obsequious publicity-puff called "An interview > with" the pop-music entertainer, Madonna. The issue's theme, > "Male/Female" would have been au courant in 1973, and only sophmoric > in 1982; but at the date of its publication -- 1999 -- is was, and > remains, jejeune. > > Recently Aperture has 'relaunched' and, in a bid to increase > circulation, has turned itself into something very ordinary indeed. > If you like what you see in the new Aperture, you should look at its > competitors, Blind Spot, and Double Take, which have defined the > market for which it now competes. > > Now, Aperture is just one magazine among others, not the unique and > excellent bellweather it once was. > > Hope this helps, > > A U S T I N . > > http://sprezzatura.net -- Creative inspiration with a twist > > > > > >I received a compelling ad for a photo mag that I am not familiar > >with...Aperture....should know...don't know. > > > >I have not yet got my hands on an issue.... your thoughts on Aperture?...... > >coverage of Leica related topics or photographers?..... thanks for your > >input...... > > > > > >Steve > > > >-- > >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html