The British Journal of Photography Relaunch
I’ve always had a soft spot for the magazine, it was always a companion when having Dim Sum in New World on a Saturday morning. It was quintessentially British in approach. The articles were well written and cut through the crap that many others failed to do. When the BJP decided to relaunch as a monthly magazine, I was intrigued as to how they’d gone about the design aspect, especially since many in the publishing industry are going through a rather terrible time with subscriptions and financial woes.
One word can sum up how I feel about the new look: Astonishing.
Everything about the magazine’s relaunch does it for me. The paper is gorgeous to hold, I cannot describe how good it is to have in your hands. You feel like you are reading a proper periodical and not some cheap smut magazine purchased down the high street in a corner shop. The layout is crisp, the fonts make me excited (oh god, I’ve admitted a rather bad fetish for all things font related there..) and the photography is as you expect, brilliant.
The Personal Projects section is a welcome inclusion. I’ve seen some amazing work already and would love to have some of mine features there (*hint hint, hello BJP editors!). Michael Grieve’s ‘Blue of Night‘ takes a look at a sex club, the use of grainy images is brilliant and really adds to the project. In fact, so many of the articles in the edition I picked up were useful, I’ve read it over and over, something I rarely do with magazines these days. I’ve enjoyed reading it so much, I’m about to place a yearly subscription for the magazine and have them send it out here to SA.
Job well done on all accounts, you’ve managed to prove what I’ve been saying for a while now: Create a product that oozes quality and people will buy it, even with a recession in place.
*this message was brought to you without any sponsorship from the editors of the BJP. No money was exchanged, no hamsters hurt during the filming.
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