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Afterimage: The Journal of Media Arts & Cultural Criticism
http://www.vsw.org/afterimage/index.html
The site of the redesigned Afterimage gives basic information about subscribing to the journal, back issues, technical information and guidance for submissions. There is also a bulletin board, 'The Hub', which is free to join and contains information about opportunities such as exhibitions and grants, mostly in North America. |
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Aperture
http://www.aperture.org/
Founded in 1952 by Ansel Adams, Dorothea Lange and others, this quarterly journal seeks to enable direct communication between photographers. The website only describes the contents of the current and a number of earlier issues, although it does feature one image (available for purchase) from each of 40 significant photographers and one image from each of 19 traveling exhibitions. |
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BJP Online
http://www.bjphoto.co.uk/index.shtml
In addition to a description of the contents of the current week's journal, the BJP website features a wide variety of photographs, essays reviewing photography in the twentieth century, information on UK qualifications, and over 3000 links. It is also a slightly laborious site to negotiate as its layout is dense and its download time is occasionally slow. |
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Blind Spot
http://www.blindspot.com/
The website of this New York based, triennial publication, offers selections from their printed editions. Focusing on 'photographic art', each issue features a number of photographers and 2-3 texts (essays, interviews, short stories). The artists featured (over 200) are also listed alphabetically with thumbnail images for easy browsing. Editions of the work of over 20 artists are available for purchase. |
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Camera Austria
http://www.camera-austria.at/
The main content of the site, in both German and English, is edited highlights of the essays published in the last six issues. There are also a few illustrative photographs and a record of the featured artists and reviews as well as information (in German) about the organisation's other projects (publications and symposia). As a representation of an established European photographic magazine, it is a useful point of reference. |
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Colors
http://www.benetton.com/colors/
Founded in 1991, Colors is "the magazine that talks about the rest of the world". This curious objective is achieved through vaguely issue based photographic essays stylishly presented. A brief introductory text accompanies each collection of photographs, and many images are accompanied by snippets of text. While the image quality is good, the jazzy graphics can be laborious to negotiate after a while. |
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DoubleTake Magazine
http://www.doubletakemagazine.org/
Dedicated to both literature and photography, and the power of both 'to reveal and transform', the site of this quarterly magazine is well worth visiting. Each issue features work by a few photographers, with several images apiece, as well as a selection of poems, short stories, essays or articles. The site's 'Classroom Companion' includes thematically based lesson plans. |
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Eikon
http://www.eikon.or.at/
Although almost all of this site is in German the non German speaker can still get a good idea of the content of this Austrian magazine as well as the various publications and activities associated with it. The emphasis is said to be on 'media arts' which in practice involves the publication of the work of prominent artists. |
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Equivalence
http://equivalence.com
Amongst other (vaguely defined) things, the site serves as a platform for 'European Photography', a biannual international art magazine for contemporary photography. It offers an image from the portfolios featured in the current issue and contents pages for previous issues. Otherwise, there are several images from a number of artists' projects, information on some photography books, and some links. |
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Katalog Online
http://www.brandts.dk/katalog/
Only a portion of the site of this European journal of photography and video is available without a subscription. Within the 'free' part of the site a gallery features four portfolios, with a good number of images in each. There is also an illustrated essay, a brief news section, contents-lists for the journal since 1997, and over 100 links. |
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Lenswork
http://www.lenswork.com/
Featuring both well-known and emerging photographic artists, the site of this bimonthly magazine is reasonably image and information rich. Over 10 exhibits are offered (with several images in each and some audio clips), a special editions collection (for purchase) features the work of over 20 photographers, and abstracts and contents are given for each issue of the magazine. |
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Photo Metro Magazine
http://www.photometro.com/
Published six times a year, this American 'fine art photography' magazine features the work of emerging and established photographers. The site is reasonably image rich- there are over 10 portfolios with several images each - as well as several well illustrated and substantial essays. The focus of past issues is indicated and there are over 30 links to related sites. |
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Photovision
http://www.photovision.es/
The website of this Spanish magazine is rather more complicated and flashy than the limited amount of material it contains would seem to justify. Nevertheless the patient can find information about previous issues, publications and some images all of which are for sale. |
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Portfolio
http://www.portfoliocatalogue.com/
The site for this Edinburgh based magazine is mainly geared to selling back issues. It features editorials and contents pages for the magazine going back to the mid 90s (and the contents pages back to issue 1), as well as individual pictures by the diverse range of photographers that have been featured over the years. So while lacking critical content it is possible to sample the work of a broad selection of artists. |
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Prefix Photo
http://www.web.net/~prefix/
The site of this expensively produced Canadian magazine contains only basic information about the magazine such as the contents of current and previous issues, contact details and guidance for contributors. It also offers the facility to subscribe. |
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SF Camerawork
http://www.sfcamerawork.org/journal.html
Embedded within the San Francisco camerwork site the pages for the journal give only information about the contents of previous issues. Published twice a year these summaries go back over the last four years and include a table of contents and an essay summarising the subject of each issue. There are no images or other details from the magazine but these are elsewhere in the site. |
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