Photo Technique 2011 №01-02

New Milford: Croix Press Inc. — 52 p.Photo Technique: Variations on the Photographic Arts. With full respect for the photographic history and practices that have come before us, and dedicated to the vast array of exciting contemporary practitioners, we welcome you to a rejuvenated photo technique magazine.It is our philosophy that the photographic medium has never existed on the basis of unrelated techniques or unskilled aesthetics. For that reason, we incorporate the technology and methodology used in creating photographs into two categories. The first is a series of portfolio/article combinations that demonstrate both the means and the end result. The second is expanded technical articles intended to completely follow a process in detail, rather than offer short snip-its or tips.As we work with new photographers from around the world, as well as many of the known contributors for Photo Techniques, our concern is presenting the final photographs and the techniques and methodologies incorporated in their creation, disregarding any distinction between a silver-based or digital process. The medium of photography has always manifested itself in a number of processes, of which digital is the most recent. The argument about what constitutes true photography based on processes has continued throughout our history. Photography has never been defined by one application or aesthetic genre. photo technique is dedicated to the inclusion of all forms of photography.We will publish commentaries by photography’s visionaries, both established and emerging, to inspire intelligent discussion on the issues facing photography as a medium. The content of commentaries will not be edited, even if their direction does not parallel that of the magazine. We intend the online photo technique Forum to provide a venue for readers’ responses to comments made in the magazine. Those, likewise, will not be edited for editorial content, providing the exchange is intellectual and founded. Photography is not myopic. That is one of its amazing qualities.The magazine will never address the interest of a point-and-shoot mentality. If anything, our intent is to elevate the magazine to a more professional level. In truth, there is very little new in process, technology or equipment that is not digitally based. But that does not mean that new methodologies and new creative forms of silver-based imagery are not being done. Photography that deserves print space, of any process, will be published in photo technique.All feedback is encouraged through our new interactive photo technique Forum. We hope you find the magazine informative and inspirational; please share your insights and opinions with us!