Does anyone buy photo magazines?

<p>I currently have over 1800 photography magazines dating back to the 1870's. I don't buy many new magazines although there are some of interest that can be found in good bookstores.</p>

<p>I think the golden age of photography magazines was from around 1950 through 1970. They had a good mix of articles on equipment, technique, and showcased the works of interesting photographers. After that period they became more obsessed with equipment but to be fair so were their readers. Some of the most interesting magazines after that time had small readership.</p>

<p>To the OP, I would look for other sources of material to fit your needs. I was surprised by the videos found on YouTube. Type in a search for "photography tutorials". Find an author you like and see what other videos they have. Then look for videos on specific techniques. I was surprised with the quality videos I found on specific Photoshop techniques.</p>

<p>I think this is an area the Photo.net could look into. I see some work in the galleries from photographers that I would like to learn from. It would be nice to have Photo.net host videos from its readers who show special talent.</p>

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<p> I was just watching a you tube photography channel. "Negative Feedback" and it's in the UK. Anyway they are launching their first publication and I suppose you could order it online but I am not sure. Just look it up on you tube if interested. But anyway it's a brand new film oriented publication. The channel is a couple of very young film guys and they talk and demonstrate different camera's, films and just film photography related things. </p>

<p>Thanks Les. </p>

<p>Keith, you nailed it on the head. Those magazines are all about selling, selling, selling! Even their "articles" are not-so-subtle ads for gear manufacturers. It takes me about 2 minutes to thumb through those things.</p>

<p>If you want to learn about photography, go look at some great photographers. Any place that shows Weston, Man Ray, Evans, and a lot of other great photographers can teach you more than looking at those magazines. That's what I did to learn about painting and printing. Made a pilgrimage all across the country to see what the good stuff looked like in galleries and museums. You need to know what is really good, and why it's really good. Only exposure to the real thing can tell you that. Then you need to go out and take photos. Lots of them.</p>

<p>I stopped buying photography magazines when they went to more and more digital articles and fewer and fewer film articles. I don't have anything against digital but I am just not interested in it. I have been shooting film and working in a darkroom for at least 50 years because it is the way I like to work. I really do miss the magazines and I for one would love to see someone come out with a new film oriented magazine. While cleaning out the attic last year I found a large box containing "Camera35" magazines from the 1960's, 70's and 80's. What a treat! I had forgotten what a good magazine it was. Articles about photographs, technique, equipment, photographers, shows, books, critique. Really good writers and well written and very informative. David Vestal's series "Book of Craft" was excellent. I love reading the ads also. Equipment that seemed so expensive and out of reach at the time is now available for pennies. I don't want to sound like some old fogey living in the past but "they just don't make them like that any more".</p>