Online Resources - part 1, Online Magazines

We all know how the internet and google have forever changed the way we research.  Everything, it seems, is online. This can be overwhelming when you are trying to find quality rather than quantity.  If you are researching works that are already in collections, it is easier as most galleries and museums now have a great part of their collections digitised and openly accessible. But, to look into the not-yet-collected world, the contemporary photography world, there are a number of magazines worth bookmarking and checking out regularly.  This is a very short list, but a good starting point:

http://www.daylightmagazine.org/

http://www.fractionmagazine.com/fraction-j/about/

http://lpvmagazine.com/2011/04/welcome-to-lpv-magazine/ (they also have a print subscription)

http://www.flakphoto.com/

http://www.socialdocumentary.net/

http://www.enterworldpressphoto.org/index.php?hilow

http://www.lensculture.com/

http://www.filemagazine.com/

http://lpvmagazine.com/

http://deepsleep.org.uk/

http://www.purpose.fr/purpose7.html

http://www.wedpix.com/


Some of these magazines replicate or have a print version, some have articles and editors, some have possibilities for submissions, which is a great way to get your work known.  If you come across other online magazines that you like let me know and I will start making a proper linked list.

Photography and the Environment

We have fallen a bit behind our initial schedule - judging by how many of you are late posting the last assignment I have to assume work overload. So, to be flexible, I will combine the topics of politics and documentary for after the break. Before you go off on break, though, we will quickly look at ideas about Photography and the Environment, especially since some of you are heading off to Tassie.

Many of you have seen the excellent ABC Documentary about Olegas Truchanas and Peter Dombrovskis called "Wildness".  If you haven't seen it, please watch it in the library - it is a two DVD set, one of them is the doco on these photographers and the other is on wilderness photography in general. It is being held in reserve at the loans desk, so you can only watch it in library.

You can also find many of their images here.

Their photographs certainly changed policy in Tasmania, and thanks to the beautiful images the Franklin river was saved. But the battles in Tassie continue, and there are many places where you can see some examples of photography and environmental activism, such as:

http://weblog.greenpeace.org/tasmania/
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/09/campaigns-saving-tasmania-forests.php
http://tasmaniasforests.com.au/getinvolved/getinvolved.html

Think about how photography can help or hinder these campaigns. Post some images that you find particularly compelling - that would make you join a particular cause - or if you do not find any, discuss what might constitute a moving environmental image (they do not have to be only about Tasmania).

Finally, read Tim Bonyhady's short piece titled "When a picture packs a punch".  What are his arguments about the beautiful environmental photographs of Dombrovskis? Do you agree?  What happens when some part of nature needs to be saved but is not photogenic or pretty, or appealing environmentally?  Post your thoughts on your blogs.  And, for those of you going to Tassie, have a great trip and come back with lots of good photographs!