Sunday Zine Review turns one year old

The Sunday Zine Review turns one year old! This project started just to have an excuse to update my blog every week. One year later, I've featured over 50 different zines and independent magazines from all around the world.

To celebrate the first anniversary, I'm giving away a copy of my zine "I Used To Live Here". All you need to do is leave a comment below telling me all the places you've lived in during your life and don't forget to leave your email address as well.

I'll choose a winner in a couple of weeks from all the comments received.

Good luck!

Spectrum

Just uploaded this small series of photos to my website. All these photos were taken during my trips from my hometown in Spain to Gijón, the city where studied my Bachelor Degree. 

I love the landscapes you can see from the car during the trip and every time my parents would drive me there, I would make them stop to take some photos.

Some of these photos were taken 3 years ago and other just a few months ago when I went back to visit my friends there last summer.

If you want to the see the images bigger you can have a look at them on my website:

www.igortermenon.com

Sunday Zine Review #54: Perdiz 01

It's always good to see new magazines emerging and it's even better to see that this is happening in your own country. When Marta Puigdemasa, the founder of Perdiz, messaged me about the magazine she just had started, I decided to ask her some questions about this new exciting publication.

Hi Marta, could you introduce yourself and Perdiz? 

I’m a journalist and in the past few years, I’ve been working for an independent publishing house in Barcelona. I spent most of my days writing in front of my laptop’s screen, but I also try to cook, play ping pong, spend time with the people I love and also fulfil projects that make me happy, like Perdiz. One thing that makes me momentarily happy? Coca-Cola with stuffed olives, I love when the pseudo-acid flavour of the olives mixes with the bubbles.

 In a general sense, Perdiz is a magazine about things that make people happy. It’s not about self-help, Perdiz doesn’t tell you what to do to be happy, it doesn't even suggest that you should do something in order to be happy. It is just a compilation of curious stories like interviews with a child prodigy who’s an expert at maths, a vegetarian taxidermist who uses death animals to design jewellery, a Britney Spears look-alike, a group of guys who breed pigeons in Brooklyn’s rooftops or a cyclist who explains why extreme exercise can be pleasant. 

Who are the readers of Perdiz?  

Perdiz is aimed at English and Spanish speakers who love beautiful things, design and reading print publications, enjoying their smell and touch. Also to people who are interested in a better life, and to anyone who wants to have a great time while reading it and discovering other people’s positive stories. Even though its design might attract a young adult audience (25-45 years old), the themes featured in Perdiz can be attractive to any kind of readers 

First issue’s theme is happines, are you going to focus on a different topic in each new issue? 

 Perdiz is not about happiness –an abstract and confusing concept that can be interpreted in very different ways. The magazine is about specific things that make people happy, this is going to be the topic for all the future issues and we’re actually not afraid of running out of ideas. Happiness or well-being might be the unconscious reason behind most of our decisions, everyone has something that makes them happy, even if it’s just for a while. 

I’ve loved the selection of articles and interviews, how have you found all these curious stories?

 Thanks! We’ve found some of these stories after quite a lot of hours of research. We’ve also asked our contributors and friends. I guess that if your contact network is rich and varied, the result will also be that way. It’s also important to know what you’re looking for in terms of the themes, tone, etc.

Is it risky to launch a magazine in Spain right now considering the economic situation and the growth of digital publications?

Launching a print magazine nowadays and without strong funding can be considered unwise. We’ve decided to go forward with this project because we believe in it and we want to see if it works, we’re not losing anything. We’ve already earned so much, the people’s response to the first issue has been great.

 You can find more information about Perdiz on its website  

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Sunday Zine Review #53: SNAP! Magazine 18

SNAP! is a free quarterly magazine founded by Hannah Byrne and Shayl Prisk. I hadn't heard about it until a month ago when I came across the cover of the last issue on Facebook. I instantly fell in love with Maurizio di Iorio photo and email Hannah to find out how to get a copy.

SNAP! is distributed in stores across Canada, New York City and London, but if you live anywhere else you can also get a copy paying for postage only.

When I got my copy of the magazine I was really impressed by the quality of the paper and the size (10 x 14 inches). If I saw it somewhere I would never thought it's actually a free publication.

The second thing that impressed me was the editorial line of the magazine. The selection of photographers is amazing and the articles and interviews are definitely worth a reading.

The topic of the Fall 2012 issue is "road trips", a great theme to say goodbye to the summer months. There are several fashion editorials inspired by this theme, shot around the world by different photographers. This issue also presents interviews with a flight attendant and with photographers who have a strong relationship with the road.

My favourite feature has to be the Marie-Christin Stephan's photo essay about the contemporary explorer culture, linking it to the traditional explorer portraiture. You can find more about it on her website.

SNAP! 18 is available online here. If you're interested in getting a copy, all you need to do is send an email to info@snapme.ca

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Marta

My friend Marta came to visit me in Edinburgh a couple of weeks ago. She only stayed for 2 days but I showed her Edinburgh and we also went to Glasgow to see Grizzly Bear at Barrowland -amazing venue, hadn't been inside before but need to go back to do a photoshoot in there. We had dinner at Mono and went for drinks to Nice 'n' Sleazy.

Our hotel room in Glasgow got a little flooded and I was offered a free night stay for another time, which I'm going to use later this month to see Wild Nothing playing at Stereo.

Sunday Zine Review #52: Between Us by Chad Moore

This is my second review of the publications Pogo Books sent me. Last month I talked about the work of Jean-Michael Seminaro, now it’s time for one of those photographers whose images are currently all over the internet, Chad Moore.

The cover of Between Us is probably Chad Moore’s most iconic photo. If you spend the same amount of time Tumblr and other social sites as I do, I bet you have seen it before. 

This sun bleached photo is a great introduction to Chad’s work and to what’s inside this little book.

Chad’s photos clearly remind of an early Ryan McGinley, in fact, both photographers usually hang out together and Chad had assisted Ryan in numerous shoots. I would also dare to say that Between Us is, somehow, a continuation to the zine that put Ryan McGinley in the spotlight, The Kids Are Alright.

And I don’t mean this comparison in a bad way, Chad is really good at documenting his life and portraying his friends. The book is a celebration of youth and Chad has captured a selection of intimate moments that really make you want to know more about them.

Flipping through the pages of the book, you can find some great images like the one of the couple in bed, of which he has talked about in Dazed Digital, or the photograph where the girl is kissing that ‘no-faced’ boy. 

It’s the way in which Chad captures all these moments, what makes Between Us special.

If you want to find more information about the book, you can do it on Pogo Book’s website.

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Boys on Film 06

Girls/Boys on Film keep growing, this is the 6th issue of Boys on Film and next month the 12th issue of Girls on Film will be released!

I hope you like the video, I'm using the same camera to shoot a fashion video tomorrow. It's my first "proper" video so wish me luck!

You can find more photos of the zine and all the previous issues on Girls on Film's website.