Lenswork will no longer be found at newstands.

[Don Hutton]

How it is produced, is inseparable from the content, for me.

I surely hope you avoid ever eating steak....

[Jorge Gasteazoro]

I surely hope you avoid ever eating steak....

I guess you must be eating soy burgers.....

[Don Hutton]

Not me Jorge - I like steak - the rarer the better - but I didn't make the statement:"How it is produced is, inseparable from the content, for me." Each to his own...

[neil poulsen]

. . . Our thinking about this and our decision to leave the newsstand was motivated by the waste of resources, as I discussed in my comments in LensWork #75. . . .

Pondering the waste, with all those magazines being thrown away, is daunting. I imagine it's recycled, though.

But, I think of the retail Egghead stores that sold computer equipment and software several years ago. They were doing well, at least in Portland. But, the home office decided to go all internet. It fit their model, and they thought that they would do well and avoid the trouble and costs of maintaining their retail stores.

They didn't.

Egghead no longer exists, except as a sub-category of Amazon.Com.

Somehow, I wonder if losing that retail presence doesn't change the way people think about the products being sold? Is there some way to test the model in an isolated market?

But, it sounds like the decision has been made, and I hope the magazine does well.

[roteague]

Pondering the waste, with all those magazines being thrown away, is daunting.

I didn't realize how much until Steve Simmons wrote about it. I now subscribe to View Camera, and I'm going to get a couple others as well. While I am disappointed that I will no longer get Lenswork, I only bought the occasional issue anyway, I applaud Brooks stand on this, and wish him the best.

[mrladewig]

How it is produced, is inseparable from the content, for me.

And this is the reason why photography continues to have trouble gaining traction in the art world.

Digital capture does not dictate that an image will have less care in its creation or less impact in its presentation.

Good luck to lenswork.

[roteague]

Digital capture does not dictate that an image will have less care in its creation or less impact in its presentation.

I disagree. Digital capture implies Photoshop, Photoshop implies the act of moving a mouse around on the screen - that doesn't imply craftsmanship to me.

And I too wish the best to Brooks and Lenswork.

[David Luttmann]

I disagree. Digital capture implies Photoshop, Photoshop implies the act of moving a mouse around on the screen - that doesn't imply craftsmanship to me.

And I too wish the best to Brooks and Lenswork.

Ya, moving around a piece of cardboard to dodge in the darkroom instead of using a mouse in a "lightroom" involves so much more craftsmanship...LOL.

Odd. I just printed a photo yesterday without Photoshop or a mouse. I hope you realize your Photoshop comment is about as ignorant as saying using film MUST involve the use of a darkroom.

Man some of the unintelligent film bias is hilarious here. Fortunately, there are fewer and fewer with this narrow tunnel vision as the years go by.

[seawolf66]

Well I guess I am going to have to dip into the Piggy Bank and get Renewed and enjoy the book when it arrives : Keep them coming:

[seawolf66]

david Lutterman: Are you saying that we are a die-ing breed here and after we are gone they will be nobody complain about it:
[Man some of the unintelligent film bias is hilarious here. Fortunately, there are fewer and fewer with this narrow tunnel vision as the years go by.] LOL