Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/29

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Subject: [Leica] OT, magazine quality
From: Donal Philby <donalphilby@earthlink.net>
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 07:47:03 +0000
References: <200008290701.AAA16472@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>

Adrian Bradshaw wrote:

>One of the very best photography magazines I know of is published in Taiwan
>and though I do not have a copy to hand I think it is just called
>"Photographers" or such like: large format mostly black and white in Chinese
>and English. Hugely expensive though: about $25 an issue but worth it.

Agreed, Adrian.  This is the only magazine that consistently gets my
approval for top notch, non-commercial images.  I get it at Barnes and
Noble for about $18.  It is the old fashioned documentary photography
(usually) that simply records life (of the subjects and the
photographer, too, of course).  

Very well printed, well edited.

By comparison all the rest look either commercial or prissy/artsy.  The
commercial mags make me want to make nice pictures, Photographers makes
me want to go out and live life more intensely.

Donal
(who only occasionally exagerates)
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Donal Philby
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