{"id":8220,"date":"2026-10-25T10:25:25","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T09:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/photoni.st\/?p=8220"},"modified":"2026-10-25T10:25:25","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T09:25:25","slug":"zine-exchange-club-zine-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/photoni.st\/index.php\/2026\/10\/25\/zine-exchange-club-zine-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Zine Exchange Club Zine #1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I setup the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/photoni.st\/index.php\/2026\/05\/02\/photography-zine-exchange-launch\/\">zine exchange club<\/a> a few months back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I like <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/photoni.st\/index.php\/2026\/04\/24\/zine-exchange-club\/\">zines<\/a> as a window into what interests people and how they try to build a consistent narrative. It\u2019s better than the odd isolated photo posted here or there on social media to understand photographers because you need to create a story that can sustain attention, and that requires investing more of yourself into the object than the throw away photograph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a way they remind me of photojournalism at the personal level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><a class=\"image-link image2 is-viewable-img\" href=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!tjlf!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F92ebd5d2-a8a5-48b8-add9-ae3b9ead02f7_850x852.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!tjlf!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F92ebd5d2-a8a5-48b8-add9-ae3b9ead02f7_850x852.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.9976525821596244;width:850px;height:auto\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My zines are normally one-offs: I create them for the exchange, and only the recipient ever sees them. I don\u2019t print series, I don\u2019t show them anywhere else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But I thought I should share them in electronic form with everybody here since they exist and contain photos I often don\u2019t show elsewhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here is one of the first ones I sent. It was a metro trip in Paris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/photoni.st\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/subway.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of subway.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-da1f3fb9-caa9-40da-b880-64b4a89fb23b\" href=\"https:\/\/photoni.st\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/subway.pdf\">subway<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/photoni.st\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/subway.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-da1f3fb9-caa9-40da-b880-64b4a89fb23b\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">#Photography #Zine #ZineExchangeClub<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I setup the zine exchange club a few months back. I like zines as a window into what interests people and how they try to build a consistent narrative. 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