Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Double take is good at integrating photos into a general magazine, definitely worth looking at. The only mag I subscribe to these days is Shots. Bill Harting - ----- Original Message ----- From: "warren allen" <whatrix@home.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 9:04 PM Subject: [Leica] RE: Photo Mgazines > Hi all, > I was just mulling this over in my head the past few weeks and I find Zero > great photo magazines. A couple ok, I like Lenswork for it's quaility but > agree somewhat with the previous posters opinion. BlindSpot can have it's > moments and I've found the best photo stories in here ( look for the back > issue with the John Gotti snap shot) Aperture pricey and spotty in quality. > CameraArts too artsy for me. The rest I find ridiculuosly below average, > more in bussiness to sell Canons tha promote photography. > Most of my frustration lies in the fact that magazines are built on > photography! Why can there be one or two excellent journals out there that > touch on contemporary ideas and occationally drop an old Winogrand > interview. The golden age of photography for me being the 50's and 60's > there are dozens of great talents that are completely overlooked, just the > backlog of talent is enough to have an interesting quarterly and remind us > about Lewis Baltz and help us forget Avedon. > > my 2 cents, > -- > Warren Allen > Whatrix designs > http://www.whatrix.com > whatrix@home.com > > -- > 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