Best magazines for film photgraphers?

stradibarrius · Oct 14, 2009

Suggestions on currently published magazines that have good coverage of subjects that film photographers are interested in?

dwdmguy · Oct 14, 2009

It's tough. The very best thing I can advise is get a good blog list going in your RSS reader. There are quite a number of analog photographers that blog and share.
The closest I find is Rangefinder and it's free.

dwdmguy · Oct 15, 2009

Forgot, we have a sticky up:
(there was a url link here which no longer exists)

jovo · Oct 15, 2009

I'm pretty bummed about finding analog specific magazines, so I don't even look for them. I prefer "Silvershotz", "B&W" magazine, "View Camera", and the occasional "PhotoTechniques" for news stand and subscription purchase. Each of these have work made traditionally mixed with that "other" method. The most important thing, though, for me is to see as much photography as I can, and read all that is there about the work.

Anthony Lewis · Oct 16, 2009

I subscribe to Sivershotz, B&W US, Black & White UK, and Color. I want to subscribe to Lenswork but I would be killed if I went to a fifth Mag. I gave up on View Camera after two years, for many reasons that have been canvased in other forums.
I also, am always wishing to know what the best Mags are?

CarlRadford · Oct 16, 2009

AG and Lenswork!

lns · Oct 16, 2009

I'm glad to subscribe to Lenswork, but I will warn you that it is mostly digital.

-Laura

Robert Brummitt · Oct 17, 2009

I do my daily walk sometime to the local book store to see what's out there.
If I find something, an article on a photographer or technique or movement then I buy it.
But, I don't subscribe anymore to any one magazine. I'm finding all the information I want on the web. Lets look at this site right now on APUG.
You have tons of information on B&W printing, Alternative Processes and some on color. You can find discussions on photographers both current and of the masters. You can see the up swing of the latest movement, Wet plate photography.
I can cruise over to the members gallery and look at some pretty talented work and finally check out the classifieds and see that I was too late in buying some out dated film or camera gear. "D'oh!"
So why spend the money on subscriptions when you have the best of all worlds on the web.

davidkachel · Oct 17, 2009

Find a library with a good selection of Darkroom & Creative Camera Techniques magazine; Mid-80s to mid 90s, when David Jay was the editor.
My having been a contributing editor to that mag may suggest some slight bias (duh!), but the reason I wrote for them and announced all of my discoveries and new techniques there first was that D&CCT was the closest thing working photographer's had to a JAMA.
David Jay went into the darkroom and confirmed every new claim made by every author and wouldn't publish an article unless he personally verified all technical claims. Getting published in D&CCT was instant credibility. Sadly, no more.
There was nothing like it before and, even though the magazine continues as a sad caricature of its former self under a different name (and using guidelines apparently borrowed from some magazine for wedding and product photographers), there will never be anything like it again.
This is extra sad because Tinsley Preston (the publisher of the magazine) cares deeply about photography, as did his father, and I suspect would strongly prefer to see something quite different from what is currently being produced.
Okay, rant off. Back to the library. If you find less than a decade of intriguing, downright mesmerizing, material in those back issues of D&CCT then you're probably not looking hard enough. That was the only photography magazine for which I ever (and often) muttered the word "genius" while reading some of those guys.

removed account4 · Oct 17, 2009

lenswork is one of the best photography magazines out there.
i used to have a sub to VC .. but i let it lapse. part of me wishes i didn't
because some familiar names have had their work published in there the past few years ..
oh well ...

keithwms · Oct 17, 2009

stradibarrius said:
Suggestions on currently published magazines that have good coverage of subjects that film photographers are interested in?

APUG!

Andrew Horodysky · Oct 27, 2009

As John Voss suggested, "Silvershotz" is a good one. Also, try "Aperture", "Blind Spot", and "LensWork".

Trask · Oct 27, 2009

"Polka", a relatively new magazine in French (in France), focuses on photojournalism and is frequently interesting. Not sure to what extent the images are necessarily film-based.

perkeleellinen · Oct 27, 2009

I asked a related question here: (there was a url link here which no longer exists)

Photo magazines at my newsagent are total dross; a mixture of computer programming, equipment fetishism, advertorials and articles about how to copy someone else's technique. What options exist for printed art photography magazines?

mopar_guy · Oct 27, 2009

Sometimes you have to ask yourself a question. Question: What is it that special interest magazines do? Answer: They promote new products. That is why most photography magazines have gone to a mostly/all digital format. That is why I refuse to subscribe to them. Subscribe to APUG.

Dave

Don Wallace · Oct 27, 2009

mopar is right (which reminds me, I have to renew). Some of the more expensive photography magazines have great photos in them, but not a lot of technical information. It is mostly aesthetics which, in my opinion, is very personal. It is interesting to read the odd interview but for the most part, I want to hear how one was able to realize their aesthetic vision. View Camera is uneven but it does have very good technical articles from time to time.

This forum (APUG) is the best place to ask such questions and there is also as much aesthetic discussion as you like.

Romary · Oct 27, 2009

Do not forget Dead Link Removed

Christopher Walrath · Oct 27, 2009

Thank you.

mcfactor · Oct 28, 2009

Its not in print yet, but we plan to be by the spring. Cousin Corinne is a journal devoted to photography and literature. We have been featuring a number of people from apug and the large format forums on our website. We are also in the process of looking for photographers for the first print issue.

Black Dog · Oct 28, 2009

mopar_guy said:
Sometimes you have to ask yourself a question. Question: What is it that special interest magazines do? Answer: They promote new products. That is why most photography magazines have gone to a mostly/all digital format. That is why I refuse to subscribe to them. Subscribe to APUG.

Dave

I used to get B&W [UK] but don't any more for these very reasons. While I appreciate digital as another tool, and may even make use of it in the future for some of my own work, I don't want it rammed down my throat all the time and definitely don't want endless camera reviews. Ag is my current fave and I also get Lenswork-I want to look at inspiring pictures not pages of gizmos ....yawn...Is this really so strange? Well in the eyes of many publishers and editors it is!

Christopher Walrath · Oct 28, 2009

CiM will be going to a printed quarterly journal for the winter quarter 2010. Due to be released sometime around Christmas. So CiM will finally become a printed option. Now all I need is something to put into it. (hint hint)

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