Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/30

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Subject: Re: [Leica] RE: Photo Mgazines
From: "Bill Harting" <wharting@adelphia.net>
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 08:43:14 -0500
References: <B82C2925.527%whatrix@home.com>

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

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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
>
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