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pachyderm
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DavidS (3/15/2008)
A year is only $39. I say you go for it. And well, while you're out there subscribing to fine art photography magazines...............................I'll keep that in mind, you never know. One of the reasons I don't generally subscribe to magazines is simply because I can normally buy them in the bookstore weeks before I get them in the mail. But, I am considering subscribing, to a couple.
Robert M. Teague---------------------------------------------
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"Fujifilm remains true to its heritage and to the acknowledged superior image quality delivered by professional photographic film products." -- Fuji Press Release
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lynx
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| Yes, but then publisher's see only 30-40% of what you paid for that magazine. It does kind of concern me that LW will not be available to subscribers anymore. I don't know which distributor they used, but if they only had a 30% sell through rate, they could've backed off on the number of copies per store and thus wasted less. 30% is about the industry average of how much gets sold on newsstands. But I'm not Brooks, nor do I play him on TV, so only he knows the reason why this happened. Maybe it's a cost cutting manuever along with reducing waste. And of course, he won't have to deal with all of the paperwork and BS that distributors give you. If I had a nickel....
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leopard
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| Robert, I have to agree with you on the attitude that digital encourages these days. I personally subscribe to LensWork because I really like reading the articles and interviews of other photographers (and obviously looking at their work). The whole thing about not putting the magazine out on newsstand, I understand it is a financial decision, I'm sure it costs a lot of money to print magazines that will never be purchased. Not to mention, they also totally put an "environmentally friendly" spin on it, like it wastes less paper, less trees...ok so it does, but I'm not blind, so lets not cover up the underlying theme here. In today's business world, all anyone cares about is the bottom line, money. The exact same reason many are switching to digital. It's the same attitude. So, I hope this isn't foreshadowing what's to come in future issues of LensWork, because it will only be a matter of time before the bean counters will want to see more growth and profit. This was a big move, and I hope they can top it next time for accounting when the time comes, without sacrificing their quality--because I can see it going down that road if they are not very careful. On a lighter note, has anyone looked at page 77? That photograph really caught my eye as outstanding--some very nice images from Bruce Barnbaum.
Matt"To me, photography is the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event." - Henri Cartier-Bresson
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lynx
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Bruce Barnbaum's photography is not only incredible, but the human being, Bruce Barnbaum is a gentleman and an intellect. I have had the pleasure of speaking with him on more than one occasion and he is one of the most fascinating, kind and philisophical human beings I have ever met. We're going to be re-publishing an interview we did with him earlier in 2006 in our upcoming Collector's Edition 2008 issue. I highly recommend anyone get a copy of Tone Poems 1 and 2.
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pachyderm
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I bought the latest issue, partly because it may be the last I can get and partly because of Bruce Barnbaum's images. They are stunning, to say the least.
Robert M. Teague---------------------------------------------
Website: www.visionlandscapes.com
Blog: visionlandscapes.spaces.live.com
"Fujifilm remains true to its heritage and to the acknowledged superior image quality delivered by professional photographic film products." -- Fuji Press Release
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