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We’re Looking to Feature The Greatest Modern Analog Photographers in the World

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03/02/2017
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Last Updated on 03/04/2017 by Chris Gampat

Hey everyone!

You’ve probably heard the news: our Kickstarter got fully funded. We’re currently in the process of going through applications and searching for great analog photographers to feature in this zine’s 100 pages. We’ve had a number of folks asking about how to apply, and I’m going to give everyone a bit of a better outline on how you can potentially get your work featured.

For starters shoot an email over to chrisgampat[at]thephoblographer[dot]com

Subject: Analog Zine Submission: Your Name Here

Tell me about who you are as a photographer, list what cameras, films (or plates, or papers) you use. Tell me about your creative vision when you create and take photos. Tell me about why you like shooting film.

Then answer these questions:

  • Why did you get into photography?
  • What photographers are your biggest influences?
  • How long have you been shooting?
  • Why is photography and shooting so important to you?
  • Do you feel that you’re more of a creator or a documenter? Why?
  • What’s typically going through your mind when you create images? Tell us about your processes both mentally and mechanically?
  • Want to walk us through your processing techniques?
  • What makes you want to shoot film over digital at any given time?

Attach 12 images directly to the email at 1000 pixels on the long side.

I’ll need to take a bit of time, go through each submission, analyze your work, and figure out questions for you. I’m going to be incredibly discerning here, and answering these questions will put you ahead of the rest.

BTW: everyone who is featured in the zine is obviously getting a copy. Unfortunately, since the Kickstarter is over, these are all the magazines that we’re going to be putting out. I may consider allowing folks to do pre-orders without Kickstarter, but I’ll need to understandably charge more money. As it is, because of the high quality of the printing we’re going to be doing, we’re not making a whole lot per magazine considering not only the printing expenses but also shipping and my time.

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But again, if I get enough people interested and it’s worth the time and cost, I’ll consider it.

Also, just as a clarification as I stated in the Kickstarter, this analog zine is a LIMITED EDITION. I’m most likely not going to do it again and if I wanted to get into putting out a quarterly or bi-monthly zine or something, I’d need WAAAAYYYYYYY more money; you’re talking at least $60,000 going into human resources, printing, content development, etc. I tried that with La Noir Image’s kickstarter, and that failed. But La Noir Image is going strong through subscriptions now.

If there is any industry that values a printed magazine though, it would be the photo industry.

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.