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40 Amazing Online Photography Magazines
Whatever country we live in, we’re probably all familiar with the well-known photography magazines available in our newsagents and bookstores. The UK has Practical Photography, France has Photo, the Italians have Zoom and the Americans have American Photo. What you may not know is that there are many more photography magazines that are only available online. And some of them are good, very good.
That’s the great thing about online publishing. It’s cheap, it’s easy, and just about anyone with a PC and an internet connection can take part. The difficulty lies in putting together a quality publication, something that rivals the best commercial magazines for content and quality (we hope you think that Smashing Magazine just does that!)
As an introduction to the wonderful world of online photography magazines, we put together a list of the biggest and best that we could find. You won’t find these magazines in your local bookstore, they’re only available online. From photojournalism to portraiture, from landscapes to lomography (and everything in between), you’ll find the most amazing photography and discover the work of some of the world’s best photographers, both famous and unknown. Dive in and enjoy their work.
Amazing Online Photography Magazines
The 37th Frame
Dedicated to bringing the best photojournalism on the internet to its readers.
Positive Magazine
It’s in Italian, but the photos are amazing.
The Big Picture
News stories in photographs. Updated regularly.
ePHOTOzine
The UK’s largest and friendliest online photography magazine.
Flak Photo
Flak Photo celebrates the art of exhibiting quality photography from an international community of contributors online.
Blue Eyes Magazine
An online photography magazine dedicated to publishing long-term documentary work.
Social Documentary
Features documentary photography from around the world – images and words exploring the human condition.
Lunatic
Creative contemporary photojournalism.
MakingRoom
A magazine about the process of making art and photography.
F-Stop
Features contemporary photography from established and upcoming photographers.
Vewd
A documentary photography magazine continuing the tradtion of telling stories through a visual medium. Dedicated to photo essays from up and coming photographers.
Enter
The online magazine of World Press Photo.
The Digital Journalist
The monthly online magazine for visual photojournalism.
Apogee Photo
Online photography magazine designed to inform and entertain photographers of all ages.
Chambre Noire
French online photography magazine – if you don’t speak French just enjoy the photos.
Nature Photographers
The online magazine of the Nature Photographers Network.
Lens Culture
Lens Culture is an online magazine celebrating international contemporary photography, art, media, and world cultures.
File Magazine
A collection of unexpected photography.
Pixels and Prose
An online magazine and community dedicated to the art and science of photography.
Zone Zero
Excellent online photography magazine based in Mexico City.
Travel Photographers Network
The online photography magazine of the Travel Photographers Network
Colours Magazine
Colours Magazine is an online photography magazine showcasing the work of both established and upcoming photographers from around the world.
Deep Sleep
A brand new quartely online photography magazine from the UK.
See Saw
An online photography magazine dedicatd to work that successfully captures, represents and encourages acute observation, via the photographic medium.
Visual Candies
The new Photography Webzine. Promoting emerging photographers and understanding their work. Photos from Flickr.
Creative Lens
Lots and lots of wonderful photography articles.
Purpose
Excellent online photography magazine from France.
Fraction
An alternative outlet for publishing work by new and established photographers.
Our Eyes Photography
Our Eyes specialises in people photography: artistic nudes, portraits, self-portraits, people and fashion.
Photo Eye
General interest photography magazine with lots of great photography articles and book reviews.
Photoblogs Magazine
Photoblogs Magazine’s aim is to showcase the best photography to be found around the web in photoblogs. The magazine hasn’t been updated for some time but the past issues are well worth checking out.
Wedpix Magazine
The online magazine of the Wedding Photojournalists Association. The magazine is aimed at wedding photojournalists and anyone else interested in applying photojournalis techniques to wedding photography.
Ahorn Magazine
An online magazine dedicated to contemporary photography.
1000 Words Photography
1000 Words is dedicated to highlighting the best of contemporary fine art photography in the UK and beyond.
Photography BB Magazine
An excellent photography magazine aimed at beginner to intermediate photographers. Issues can be downloaded in either PDF or ZIP formats.
Home Photography Magazine
Canadian general interest downloadable photography magazine.
Mooncruise Magazine
Dedicated to promoting you and your work.
Arriba Magazine
Downloadable magazine featuring both photography and illustrations.
Bokeh Magazine
Mexican photography magazine, downloadable in PDF format. It’s in Spanish, but you can look at the photos.
VII
VII Photo Agency present the most recent and best work of their photographers in their online magazine.
Bulb Magazine
Brings the work of creative, but lesser known, photographers to a wide audience.
Snap Magazine
Aims to showcase some of the best photography and photo manipulation, articles and tutorials.
Pixel Press
PixelPress encourages documentary photographers, writers, filmmakers, artists, human rights workers and students to explore the world in ways that take advantage of the new possibilities provided by digital media.
Everywhere Mag
A brilliant travel magazine relying on user submissions from the publishers of JPG Mag. They published a few issues of this magazine but since mid 2008 it has just been an online magazine.
Cultures on the Edge
Dynamic quarterly magazine dedicated to supporting cultural diversity through education.
Last Click
Burn Magazine
Burn Magazine is an evolving journal for emerging photographers, the brainchild of Magnum photographer David Alan Harvey. As you’d expect from a photographer of this calibre, the magazine is excellent.
Resources
You’ve read the online photography magazines, now check out some of the best print versions.
- Practical Photography (UK)
- EOS magazine (UK)
- Amateur Photographer (UK)
- Photo (France)
- Vis a Vis (France)
- American Photo (United States)
- PDN (United States)
- Rangefinder (United States)
- Foto 8 (UK)
- Daylight Magazine (United States)
- British Journal of Photography (UK)
- Black and White Magazine (United States)
- Blind Spot (United States)
- JPG Mag (United States)
- Hotshoe International (UK)
- PhotoIcon (UK)
Articles
Andrew Gibson is a photographer and writer. He runs Magical Places Fine Art, an online photography magazine and another great photography resource.
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- 2April 17th, 2009 3:51 pm
Amazing post and great inspiration, I have bookmarked a couple of these sites to check them out later. Photos are stunning, very inspirational work.
- 3April 17th, 2009 4:07 pm
Great list! Bookmarked a few of these already
- 4April 17th, 2009 4:58 pm
Another great list from Smashing! But how could you forget The Big Picture? http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/
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- 6April 17th, 2009 10:44 pm
Ben is right how could you forget the big picture ? The series on this site are so great. Photography Server is nice to even if it isn’t a “magazine”
Great list !!!!
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- 8April 18th, 2009 2:00 am
Great list, I hadn’t seen some of these before!
No love for http://www.smashandpeas.com :(
- 9April 18th, 2009 2:15 am
wow!!!! Great post.
Best resource for design and inspiration.Thanks.
- 10April 18th, 2009 2:29 am
Thank, cool list.
- 11April 18th, 2009 2:54 am
What about Production Paradise?.
They have lots of magazines featuring the best photographers around the world.
- 12April 18th, 2009 3:40 am
thanks
- 13April 18th, 2009 5:25 am
amazing…as usual
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- 15April 18th, 2009 9:36 am
Great list. I am an aspiring documentary photographer and these are very inspirational.
- 16April 18th, 2009 10:02 am
Don`t forget about one of the best magazines about documentary photography [and it`s free!], polish “5klatek” [5exposures]. http://5klatek.pl/ . enjoy !
- 17April 18th, 2009 10:05 am
Nice Magazines!
- 18April 18th, 2009 10:28 am
Thanks for including Fraction Magazine
- 19April 18th, 2009 2:06 pm
Perfect ones :)
Hope to see advance articles about photography and techniques… - 20April 18th, 2009 2:16 pm
Woot my mag made the list!
Way to go Home Photography Team! - 21
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- 23April 19th, 2009 2:55 am
Really inspiring…
Thanks
- 24April 19th, 2009 8:00 am
what do you think about Camera Obscura Camera Obscura online photo magazine? i wish to be in that list!
- 25April 19th, 2009 8:17 am
Great article. However i am missing mine favorite: Photo 360 magazine.
http://www.photo360mag.com/ - 26April 19th, 2009 10:27 am
Technical photography magazine (a reference in the industry): dpreview.com
And a famous photo site that has a monthly magazine: pbase.com
Enjoy – Gilles
- 27April 19th, 2009 6:05 pm
Thanks for the great list. Please take a moment to check my new photo magazine 100Eyes I think you will enjoy it. The current issue is “Our Children.”
- 28April 19th, 2009 6:28 pm
Great list. I dodn’t know that these existed.
Good job. Keep pushing the limits. Keep thinking outside the box :D
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- 30April 19th, 2009 11:41 pm
thank u VERY much for posting this!
- 31April 20th, 2009 7:05 am
Thank You for this Great List.
I know about a few of these sites. This list list will surely be a great inspiration to many.
- 32April 20th, 2009 7:14 am
A great list, but to leave LensWork (lenswork.com) off the printed or web list borders on criminal (not seriously, but you get the point). Not only is the photography excellent, but the magazine it is exquisitely printed, the ‘Extended’ DVD issues have even more content and thoughtful interviews with the photographers. The website has the best podcasts/commentary on the fine art photo world going. Check it out.
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- 34April 20th, 2009 9:32 am
Also, check out Feature Shoot [http://www.featureshoot.com] for interviews with emerging photographers.
- 35April 20th, 2009 3:50 pm
Thanks a lot!
GC
Posi+tive Magazine Editor - 36April 21st, 2009 12:38 am
Why on POSI+TIVE you write “It’s in Italian, but the photos are amazing.” ?
- 37April 21st, 2009 2:19 am
GReat!
Other magazine!!
www,lapsusmaazine.com
by: Ana Hime & Carlos Albalá - 38April 21st, 2009 6:38 am
I like productionparadise.com Spotlight magazine, an overview of fashion photographers, food photographers, car photographers… a great compilation of images and you can see who is the photographer behind a famous campaign.
- 39April 21st, 2009 6:46 am
Great feature, why not check http://www.dcmag.co.uk
Great mag with a lot of online content and my mate is the Art editor.
Cheers, M. - 40April 21st, 2009 11:44 am
Excellent resource you folks have put together. Please have a look at my photozine Eleanor http://www.eleanormag.com.
Cheers,
-M
- 41April 23rd, 2009 1:02 am
great magazines!
- 42April 23rd, 2009 7:00 am
Excellent collection!
Thx! - 43April 23rd, 2009 1:17 pm
You just missed the biggest Dutch e-magazine, dslr.nl. Great list by the way, thanks.
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- 45April 23rd, 2009 4:51 pm
Great Collection!..i love photography!..
- 46April 24th, 2009 12:55 pm
Thanks Sebnem for the link..
- 47April 26th, 2009 6:18 am
Such a cleaver way to find online-photography magazines…
- 48April 26th, 2009 1:01 pm
Thanks Sebnem:)
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- 50May 4th, 2009 1:45 pm
Great list!
Would like to suggest DOUBLEtruck Magazine (http://www.DTzine.com) an quarterly magazine, in both print and online form. It has won Best of Photojournalism – Best Picture Magazine and numerous editorial, design and photographic excellence awards at POYi, too during its’ 5 year history.
Check it out:) thanks… - 51May 4th, 2009 1:51 pm
Super list, kudos, bravo Smashing.
One that you might consider is a Weekly eZine, doing multimedia pieces long before the term MM was trendy.
Weekly over 250 stories to view, from a huge cross-section of photojournalists, been kicking butt for over 5 years: zReportage (http://www.zReportage.com) winner of numerous awards.
New story every Tuesday, stories that need to be told (and seen). hope you enjoy it and add us on to the great list you have going. - 52
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- 54June 3rd, 2009 4:15 pm
Bravo!!!! excellent job of putting together such a list…
Best regards
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- 56July 1st, 2009 6:31 am
Don’t forget GUP magazine:
What’s GUP?
GUP Magazine is a bimonthly, internationally distributed magazine, which is available in over 17 countries worldwide. GUP devotes each issue to a specific theme, featuring every angle of photography. From extensive portfolios of respected photographers and young talent to a complete international gallery and museum exhibition guide. 2009 is the fourth year GUP is published. English written GUP targets an audience of 20-50 year young people, who are open to new trends and new forms of art in which photography claims a prominent spot. This, and more, makes GUP a smart and inspirational guide for photo-graphers, professionals in the business and all those interested in the art of photography. (www.gupmagazine.com)
- 57July 8th, 2009 2:01 am
tank you
i am from iran - 58
- 59August 24th, 2009 11:44 pm
Check this web magazine on photography and human landscape.
http://www.urbanautica.com/
http://www.facebook.com/pages/urbanautica/84597496009
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great list!
i was using some from this source(), but some of them are not active or it’s a multi-theme zine, not photo only.