Hotshoe

I don't have any Chris Killip books so this fills that void on the shelves somewhat.

Hotshoe as a title has been around for ages. I wonder how many people here subscribe to Source or anything else? My impression of this site is that most participants are more fixated on equipment than the cultural aspects of photography.

I still treasure my copies of Ag from the Chris Dickie era - it was there that I first heard of print-on-demand publishing.
 
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droj said:
I don't have any Chris Killip books so this fills that void on the shelves somewhat.

Hotshoe as a title has been around for ages. I wonder how many people here subscribe to Source or anything else? My impression of this site is that most participants are more fixated on equipment than the cultural aspects of photography.

I still treasure my copies of Ag from the Chris Dickie era - it was there that I first heard of print-on-demand publishing.
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I don't subscribe as a lot off issues of various publications (Source, BJP for example) don't have enough in them to interest me, and they're getting a bit expensive for my wallet - as are photobooks. But I'll buy the occasional copy when there's something I want to read or look at.
 
droj said:
I wonder how many people here subscribe to Source or anything else?
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I occasionally buy a copy of Source, the BJ, and Black and White Photography, and I subscribe to Studies in Photography.
 
Out here in the sticks, you can't find single copies of Source, so it's subscribe or nothing. It's interesting how each periodical has a quite different flavour - Source is refreshingly grass roots whilst BJP is very, shall we say glossy? I'll trial a copy of Studies in Photography - my impression had been that it looked a bit 'academic'.

There's something about printed matter that on-screen material can't replicate, but how long is it sensible to keep periodicals? Their spines if on a bookshelf don't indicate the contents as a book spine does, and these contents themselves are in much briefer and more varied packages than a book. I've taken far more copies of BJP to be recycled than I've kept ... I have just a foot width of shelf filled with archived copies of Portfolio, Aperture, Source & BJP, whilst the books go on for miles ...
 
droj said:
Out here in the sticks, you can't find single copies of Source, so it's subscribe or nothing. It's interesting how each periodical has a quite different flavour - Source is refreshingly grass roots whilst BJP is very, shall we say glossy? I'll trial a copy of Studies in Photography - my impression had been that it looked a bit 'academic'.
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You can buy single copies of the Source online, which is how I've bought them.

Source Photographic Review: Print Edition Back Issues - Postal Region UK & Ireland

Source Photographic Review: Print Edition Back Issues - Postal Region UK & Ireland
www.source.ie

The BJ I buy of the news stand, but haven't been browsing for a long time :-(

Studies in photography is indeed a bit academic and very different to the Source or the BJ. It's editorial board seems to be all curators and academics

It also has a Scottish bias, even though it offers international content.

I'd be tempted to initially buy some back copies, there are detailed TOCs for each edition on the website.

Publications - The Scottish Society for the History of Photography

sshop.org.uk sshop.org.uk

They have just rehashed the website, and they seem to now have the print sales and journal back copy sales all mixed up, so you need to scroll down a bit to find the journals.

I also like books and prints, I can't get into photographs on a screen.
 
myotis said:
I can't get into photographs on a screen.
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I enjoy photographs on screen AND printed, but there's an energetic difference between them.

The on-screen mode is more momentary, but it's marvellous to see the light coming through the image. A print has texture, & if wall-hung is a more constant presence as part of your surroundings, which I like. So the one for brief attention (once processed), and the other more ambient.
 
I got a copy of Ffoton's Offline Journal recently. There's a Welsh bias, but I didn't hold it against them... https://www.ffoton.wales/offline-journal

I used to buy BJP regularly from WH Smith, but after the design change and price hike I got more selective about buying it, and hardl;y bother these days. I felt it had got too concerned with its own presentation. All those different papers and finishes. :sleep: Stick to one and put the price back down!
 
droj said:
I enjoy photographs on screen AND printed, but there's an energetic difference between them.

The on-screen mode is more momentary, but it's marvellous to see the light coming through the image. A print has texture, & if wall-hung is a more constant presence as part of your surroundings, which I like. So the one for brief attention (once processed), and the other more ambient.
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Yes, I agree with that, and I think that's probably what I meant by not getting "into" prints on a screen. It's a very different experience.
 
Ed Sutton said:
I got a copy of Ffoton's Offline Journal recently. There's a Welsh bias, but I didn't hold it against them... https://www.ffoton.wales/offline-journal
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Some how, although I was familiar with the Ffoton site, I had missed the Journal. I will probably send for a copy, as part of my search for a magazine that seems to best fits my interests.

To be fair, Studies in Photography comes pretty close and I even pay for membership of SSHOP, rather than just subscribe to the magazine, because I want to support what they are doing.
 
myotis said:
If this is the most recent one with the "Wet Plates on Dry Land / Jack Lowe" article, there is an interesting (if interested) presentation by him at:
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It must have been longer ago than I thought. It had some Daniel Meadows content.
 
Still waiting for mine, but looking at their back catalog I’m quite impressed. I love printed matter and have far too many books, but the only periodical I get is Black and White Photography although I’ve been getting a little bored of the lack of diversity of content in it. Maybe the new editor will change that.
 
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