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Aperture | Worth the subscription

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Aperture

	Aperture Aperture, 2001 average customer review:based on 7 reviews view larger image
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Aperture Magazine has been described by leading professionals as "the most serious and the most valuable periodical in the photographic world" and "a permanent testimonial to the great photographers of our time" and "essential for anyone who takes photography seriously." The printing and binding are of exceptional quality and the paper is extra heavy coated stock.

Froma All I've Read

Although I have yet to subscribe to Aperture, what I've heard and what little I've seen advertised in one of Sally Mann's famous publications is enough to arouse my interest, and I can't wait to partake of a first issue of 'Aperture'. Feedback from other members is always anticipated and welcomed.

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Worth the subscription

Aperture is indeed the preeminent art photography magazine, and consistently has enough good material to warrant a subscription independent of its clout. Although ostensively devoted to art photography, many of the spreads are essentially photojournalism.

If you are primarily interested in just art photography, and can subscribe only to one magazine, I would suggest "Blind Spot".

Joyless Art

This magazine is full of ART (sound of trumpets here). The photographs are unfailingly serious, moody, joyless affairs. There is no room in its pages for smiles, love, or happiness.

As an example, the 50 year retrospective in 2002 had at least three photographs (all technically excellent) of bodies and one of an amputated foot (also technically excellent). Tucked in one corner of one montage was the only smiling face in the entire two issues of the retrospective.

So, if you like your art dark and depressing, subscribe. I'm looking for something a bit brighter.

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