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Round 2
[Edit - this challenge is now complete. Many thanks to those that took part. I personally feel very enriched photographically after seeing such great work]
The idea of this challenge is that you sign up here and commit to producing a zine and posting it to all the other people in this zine group, everyone has to cover their own printing and postage costs and in return gets a fantastic zine collection from the other members of the group.
From Chris' original thread...
FAQ:
Q: Too much to read. tl;dr version?
A: You make a zine of your work and send it to a bunch of other people all doing the same thing. You send out ten zines and you receive ten zines. You pay for your postage, they pay for theirs. No money changes hands.
Q: Where can I find more information? What's a zine?
A: Either ask a question on this thread, or...
- Link to the first zine exchange
- Link to the Book & Zine Making Thread.
Q: How big should I make it?
A: As a minimum, I'd suggest A5 sized and containing 10-15 pages. Bear in mind you need to pay for it, and post it, so the bigger or heavier you go, the more cost to you.
Q: How many should I order?
A: It's up to you, but on October 31st, I will be asking people to commit yay or nay so that we can get final numbers of participants so that people can make appropriate print orders.
Q: Wait... Deadline?
A: Yes. Your zine needs to be finished in principle by 31st October 2020. You can then commit formally, and we will know how many people are taking part. Zines should be posted out after the 31st but before the end of November.
Q: New images or old? Theme?
A: It's up to you. Zines tend to be built around themes though rather than being cheap photobooks.
Edit to add confirmed participants:
@Mr Perceptive
@FishyFish
@Harlequin565 (With so few, I am going to send y'all something!)
@flook999
@sirch
@Allan.H
@Shugpug
@Ed Sutton
[Edit - this challenge is now complete. Many thanks to those that took part. I personally feel very enriched photographically after seeing such great work]
The idea of this challenge is that you sign up here and commit to producing a zine and posting it to all the other people in this zine group, everyone has to cover their own printing and postage costs and in return gets a fantastic zine collection from the other members of the group.
From Chris' original thread...
Got a project on the go that you never finish?
Got a set of photos that tell a story?
Why not publish them in a Zine and share with a group on here?
This is a thread that aims to get people printing and publishing their work, what you produce and how is up to you.
What is a Zine? The word is a shortened form of the word magazine and the product is a short, small format magazine, generally it is a small circulation, self-published work. For this challenge it is a collection of your photos edited together into a magazine or small book format. Self-published does not necessarily mean self-printed, you can print yourself or you can send your work off to a printing service – there is a thread about that >>here<< … For this group a zine isn't just an album or portfolio of your favourite photos or pictures of your family, the aim is to put together a magazine with images that are the product of a project or shot as a coherent set.
Sign-up, chat, banter, progress reports, questions and queries can all be posted in here.
You don't need to decide right now, there are a few of us who are committed to this so watch this thread, hang around, ask questions and start pulling together the content you might include, then when you are comfortable with that let us know.
FAQ:
Q: Too much to read. tl;dr version?
A: You make a zine of your work and send it to a bunch of other people all doing the same thing. You send out ten zines and you receive ten zines. You pay for your postage, they pay for theirs. No money changes hands.
Q: Where can I find more information? What's a zine?
A: Either ask a question on this thread, or...
- Link to the first zine exchange
- Link to the Book & Zine Making Thread.
Q: How big should I make it?
A: As a minimum, I'd suggest A5 sized and containing 10-15 pages. Bear in mind you need to pay for it, and post it, so the bigger or heavier you go, the more cost to you.
Q: How many should I order?
A: It's up to you, but on October 31st, I will be asking people to commit yay or nay so that we can get final numbers of participants so that people can make appropriate print orders.
Q: Wait... Deadline?
A: Yes. Your zine needs to be finished in principle by 31st October 2020. You can then commit formally, and we will know how many people are taking part. Zines should be posted out after the 31st but before the end of November.
Q: New images or old? Theme?
A: It's up to you. Zines tend to be built around themes though rather than being cheap photobooks.
Edit to add confirmed participants:
@Mr Perceptive
@FishyFish
@Harlequin565 (With so few, I am going to send y'all something!)
@flook999
@sirch
@Allan.H
@Shugpug
@Ed Sutton
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