Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 11:00 PM -0700 1/31/04, Tim Atherton wrote: > > Maybe I am a bit confused, I was speaking of "Black and White >> Photography" >> when referring to B&W >> There is a different brit mag called "B&W" ? > >Yes, in N America there is Black & White magazine, a usually fairly boring, >slightly stuck up magazine with lots of glossy ads for wanabe Ansels and >Westons. It has an occasional interesting article but most don't make it >worth the cover price imo. It more often seems concerned with the photo >dealer market in either old, slightly obscure photographers from the past, >or contemporary ones who are still taking the same old pictures (even if the >are technically very proficient in doing so) There was a good one on Jock >Sturges a good few issues ago, and the current one has an interesting >article on Michael Smith and Paula Chamlee, champions of Azo and stockpilers >of Super XX... It's also very well printed. > >The other is a British one called Black & White magazine which is generally >more interesting. Has a wide range of articles on different topics to do >with B&W - eg films, LF, photographers profiles and portfolios from both >sides of the Pond, both well known and up and coming, the odd classic camera >piece, sometimes reportage type photo essays or projects. Generally a pretty >good balance of info, equipments, technique and actual work. It doesn't make >it to the newsstand up here, so I only get to see a copy when my Dad sends >over a couple of his old, well thumbed ones. > >tim a Thanks Tim; you said what I meant. I only looked at "B&W magazine" on the newsstand once or twice, and somehow had assumed it was also British. The "Black and White Photography" magazine, the British one, is the one I like. They should have named the one that came out later "White & Black" or something, so the whole issue doesn't seem so grey. - -- * Henning J. Wulff /|\ Wulff Photography & Design /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html