Topic: fine art photography magazines

[MrclSchprs]

Hi!

As a photographer I like to read about photography as an art form the old-fashioned way .... from a printed book or magazine. Siting behind a computer screen or laying on the couch with a mobile device looking at a digital publication does not give me the same satisfaction a proper magazine does provide.

There are still plenty printed magazines about photography around, but unfortunately most of these magazines talk about photography gear instead of photography as an art form. I find reading about photographers, artists in general and their projects endlessly fascinating and inspiring as opposed to reading about gear which I find, if I may say so, boring as hell.

Information about what is available is scattered, hence my idea to start compiling a list of fine art photography magazines. If you like a reading a proper magazine about fine art photography, please feel free to add it to this list by providing its title, its website and a short statement what it is that attracts you to it.

Two restrictions. The main focus of the magazine should be art. Art in general and fine art photography in particular. And second, the magazine must be a physical magazine as in printed on paper. No need to distinguish between professionally published or personal Blurb-like publications. The same goes for publication rate: once a year, every single month or without a well defined publication date, they all qualify to be listed.

I'll start, please comment and add ....

- GUP Magazine ( www.gupmagazine.com) - GUP stands for "Guide on Unique Photography" each issue features emerging photographers as well as mid-career names
 
- Snoecks (www.snoecks.be) - an annual magazine / book featuring mid-career as well as (semi-)famous photographers. Photography makes up the main part, but they do feature other art forms as well. Published by a Belgian publisher and writing in Dutch. Nevertheless, a gorgeous publication.

- FOAM Magazine (www.foam.org/magazine/about-foam-magazine) - international magazine published 4 times a year by FOAM Fotografiemuseum, Amsterdam

- Loupe Magazine (https://loupemagazine.bigcartel.com) - a bit of a mystery to me

[Faintandfuzzy]

I've always enjoyed Lenswork Magazine...some film...some digital.  One of the highest quality printed magazines around

[Bryan]

Kodak has Kodachrome Magazine in print.  I think it’s trying to appeal more to the hipster crowd.
https://www.kodak.com/US/en/kodachrome/shop/default.htm

If you want to go back in time there’s the American Annual of Photography.  It was published from the 1800’s to 1958.  You can find digital versions online or buy them on the evil auction site.  It has articles, old ads and lots of photos from artists.  I just picked up the 1933 version, it’s a hard back book.
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000526367

[Kai-san]

Hotshoe Magazine might be of interest, it's a UK physical publication with three issues per year. Here's their website: https://www.hotshoemagazine.com/

[Mike (happyforest)]

Then there is The Royal Photographics Society Journal archive.

https://archive.rps.org/

[Francois]

We have Ciel Variable Photo (http://cielvariable.ca/) which deals in very cutting edge artsy stuff.
I personally don't like it very much but it sometimes has some interesting stuff.

[Blaxton]

This is a great idea for a thread—not that I need anymore magazine addictions.  From a photo vlog that I follow, I just learned about Apartamento:  https://www.apartamentomagazine.com  It's sort of an alt/artist lifestyle magazine with strong emphasis on photography.

[Jeff Warden]

https://aperture.org

Aperture is worth subscribing to. You can get a subscription to their archive which allows access to everything since 1970.

[MrclSchprs]

I've always enjoyed Lenswork Magazine...

I knew it existed, but I associated it with extreme shipping costs. Glad you mentioned it! It forced me to visit their website to find out that the shipping costs are actually very reasonable.

From a photo vlog that I follow, I just learned about Apartamento

I believe we follow the same vlog as it was this vlog that gave me this idea for a fine art magazine thread.

[Sandeha Lynch]

'Flip' might fit the bill as it's exclusively about the artist/subscribers, and sold largely by subscription. London based paper magazine, 3 times a year.
I only came across it because they wanted to use one of my photos back in 2010. 
http://www.londonphotography.org.uk/magazine/