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Originally Posted by jerry lebens  Thanks Dave, that's a helpful and balanced contribution.
Even though I'm a regular contributor to B&W, I'm not privvy to the decisions made by the editor and nor should I be. The editor has to answer both to the publisher and the readership and I don't envy the position one bit. I'd guess that the truth is even more complicated.
Someone earlier commented regarding the quality of printing, I agree, it could be better, but that would simply push the price higher... As for being for beginners - we were all beginners once and we all have to start somewhere, don't we?
When I was a beginner, nearly forty years ago, I'd have been overjoyed if a magazine as "sophisticated" as B&W had existed then. In those days it was AP or Aperture and very little in between (you should have seen the print quality of AP then!) If B&W is hopelessly middle brow, then I'm glad to be middle brow.
I'm happy for anyone who feels they've outgrown B&W, but I'd also like to welcome and encourage new readers. Better still, I'd like to welcome and encourage new photographers - it's a good and life affirming thing to do.
Jerry |
I totally agree with Jerry's post, especially the comment about the situation of the magazine editors, who are generally dammed if the do and sometimes even more dammed if they don't, just read back through this thread to see that.
Like Jerry, I wish there'd been a Black and White Photography magazine to guide me through the minefield when I started making photographs.