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=== Personnel: ===
=== Personnel: ===
Editor and Publisher: Jean-Marc Le Pechoux; Editorial Assistant: Kaili Pulos; Associate Editor: Steven Lojewski; Art Director: David Lancashire; Los Angeles Correspondent: Graham Howe; Paris Correspondent: Dominique Anginot.
Editor and Publisher: Jean-Marc Le Pechoux; Editorial Assistant: Kaili Pulos; Associate Editor: Steven Lojewski; Art Director: David Lancashire, then from issue 2, Lin Bender; Los Angeles Correspondent: Graham Howe; Paris Correspondent: Dominique Anginot; Adelaide: Ed Douglas; Perth: Miles Glanville; Sydney Editor: Steven Lojewski; Hobart: Geoff Parr


==The magazine==
==The magazine==
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|'''2'''
|'''November–December, 1977'''
|'''November–December, 1977'''
|Cover
|William Clift
|''Old St. Louis Courthouse, Missouri''
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|3
|3
|Beatrice Faust
|[[Beatrice Faust]]
|''No more paper''
|''No more paper''
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|24
|Paul Cox
|[[Paul Cox (director)|Paul Cox]]
|Interview and Photographs
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|Calendar
|Calendar
|Exhibitions and Education
|Exhibitions and Education
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|'''January–February, 1978'''
|Cover
|Robert Besanko
|1975, untitled
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|'''4'''
|'''March–April, 1978'''
|Cover
|Christian Vogt
|8x10 [[Polacolor]] 2
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|4
|John Williams
|Folio
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|13
|Bob Pile
|''Redefining the photo essay''
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|Tony Perry
|Book Reviews
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|20
|Eelco Wolf
|Christian Vogt
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|Christian Vogt
|Folio
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|Information
|News
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|Calendar
|Exhibitions
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|31
|Letters
|Readers
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|'''5'''
|'''May–June'''
|Cover
|[[Max Dupain]]
|''The Sunbaker'', 1937
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|4
|Mark Hindraker
|[[Beaumont Newhall]]
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|6
|Max Dupain
|Portfolio
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|25
|[[Gael Newton]]
|Max Dupain
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|Tony Perry and [[Robert Rooney]]
|Book Reviews
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|Information
|News
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|32
|Letters
|Readers
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|'''6 & 7'''
|'''July-October 1978'''
|Cover
|Ian Cerchi
|untitled
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|'''8'''
|'''November–December, 1978'''
|Cover
|Bruno Requillart
|''Versailles'', 1978
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|Robbert Flick
|Midwest and Inglewood
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|[[Max Kozloff]]
|''A Problem of Photographic''


''Perception''
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|Tony Perry
|Books
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|Suzanne Hampel
|Venice Biennale 1978
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|Bruno Requillart
|''Versailles''
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|29
|Information
|News
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==Influence==
==Influence==
During ''[[Creative Camera]]'' editor [[Peter Turner (writer and photographer)|Peter Turner]]’s  visit to Australia in 1977<ref>Gaskins, Bill 'PHOTOGRAPHY IN AUSTRALIA’. The British Journal of Photography, Mar 10, 1978; 125</ref> he met Jean-Marc Le Pechoux and significantly, [[Max Dupain]]’s ''The Sunbaker'' was featured on the covers of both ''Light Vision'' and ''Creative Camera'' in 1978,<ref>Batchen, G. (1995). Max Dupain: Sunbakers. History of Photography, 19(4), 349-357.</ref> with Dupain himself contributing an essay in ''Light Vision'' issue 5.<ref>[https://www.photo-web.com.au/dupain/lightvison/default.htm2017 Online version of the 1978 essay originally published in ''Light Vision'' issue 5 provided by [[Gael Newton]]]</ref> Such exposure, and that of the young [[Bill Henson]] in two issues<ref>Light Vision, Nos. 6-7, 1978.</ref> raised the profile of Australian photography in the UK.<ref>{{Citation | author1=Batchen, Geoffrey | title=Each wild idea : writing, photography, history | publication-date=2000 | page= 100 | publisher=MIT Press | isbn=978-0-262-26789-2 }}</ref> The magazine played a role in setting Australian photography and photographers in an international context<ref name=":1" /> and in publicising their work overseas<ref>Sontag, Milar, Brohaugh, Carroll, Frobisch, Lamprecht, . . . The Nikon Manual. (1978). Photography. Communication Booknotes, 10(1), 16-19.</ref> in a quality publication.<ref>{{Citation | author1=Ennis, Helen | title=Photography and Australia | publication-date=2007 | page=115 | publisher=Reaktion Books | isbn=978-1-86189-323-9 }}</ref><ref>{{Citation | author1=Pam, Max, 1949- | title=Visual instincts : contemporary Australian photography | publication-date=1989 | publisher=AGPS Press | isbn=978-0-644-10597-2 }}</ref>
During ''[[Creative Camera]]'' editor [[Peter Turner (writer and photographer)|Peter Turner]]’s  visit to Australia in 1977<ref>Gaskins, Bill 'PHOTOGRAPHY IN AUSTRALIA’. The British Journal of Photography, Mar 10, 1978; 125</ref> he met Jean-Marc Le Pechoux and significantly, [[Max Dupain]]’s ''The Sunbaker'' was featured on the covers of both ''Light Vision'' and ''Creative Camera'' in 1978,<ref>Batchen, G. (1995). Max Dupain: Sunbakers. History of Photography, 19(4), 349-357.</ref> with Dupain himself contributing an essay in ''Light Vision'' issue 5.<ref>[https://www.photo-web.com.au/dupain/lightvison/default.htm2017 Online version of the 1978 essay originally published in ''Light Vision'' issue 5 provided by [[Gael Newton]]]</ref> Such exposure, and that of the young [[Bill Henson]] in two issues<ref>Light Vision, Nos. 6-7, 1978.</ref> raised the profile of Australian photography in the UK.<ref>{{Citation | author1=Batchen, Geoffrey | title=Each wild idea : writing, photography, history | publication-date=2000 | page= 100 | publisher=MIT Press | isbn=978-0-262-26789-2 }}</ref> The magazine played a role in setting Australian photography and photographers in an international context<ref name=":1" /> and in publicising their work overseas<ref>Sontag, Milar, Brohaugh, Carroll, Frobisch, Lamprecht, . . . The Nikon Manual. (1978). Photography. Communication Booknotes, 10(1), 16-19.</ref> in a quality publication.<ref>{{Citation | author1=Ennis, Helen | title=Photography and Australia | publication-date=2007 | page=115 | publisher=Reaktion Books | isbn=978-1-86189-323-9 }}</ref><ref>{{Citation | author1=Pam, Max, 1949- | title=Visual instincts : contemporary Australian photography | publication-date=1989 | publisher=AGPS Press | isbn=978-0-644-10597-2 }}</ref>

Revision as of 10:26, 21 November 2019

Light vision : Australia's international photography magazine 1977-78 was a bi-monthly Australian photography magazine.[1]

Foundation

Light Vision magazine, subtitled ‘Australia’s international photography magazine’, was launched in September 1977[2] and though it lasted only eight issues, it made a more lasting impression on Australian photography than previous periodicals.[3][4][5]

Editor Jean-Marc Le Pechoux (1953—), who had studied at Stage Experimental Photographique and who, from 1971 to 1974, was a freelance photographer in Paris, came to Australia and taught at Photography Studies College in Melbourne from 1974 to 1976.[6] Deciding to make the southern city his home, he recognised the need for a high quality magazine. He taught himself the trade of editor/publisher and set up Light Quest Publications at 75 Wilson Street, South Yarra. It was largely a one-person operation, with assistance from Kalli Pulas and never more than four paid casual staff.

Personnel:

Editor and Publisher: Jean-Marc Le Pechoux; Editorial Assistant: Kaili Pulos; Associate Editor: Steven Lojewski; Art Director: David Lancashire, then from issue 2, Lin Bender; Los Angeles Correspondent: Graham Howe; Paris Correspondent: Dominique Anginot; Adelaide: Ed Douglas; Perth: Miles Glanville; Sydney Editor: Steven Lojewski; Hobart: Geoff Parr

The magazine

Identified by photojournalist Geoff Strong as “that haute couture of Australian photographic magazines”,[7] Light Vision was glossily printed in Australia,[8] reproducing photographers' prints full page, and tackling photographic theory in essays, and in reviews of such contemporary texts as Susan Sontag's On Photography (1977). However, as a result of the cost of such support for local industry, its cover price was $5.00 which was at the high end of affordability at the time ($A30 equivalent in 2018).[9] Its cost, and its removal after issue 4 from the stock of the bookshop of a major public gallery on the basis of an unfavourable book review, contributed to its early demise.[3]

Contents:
Issue # Date Page Author/Photographer Item
1 September-October, 1977 Cover John Cato Untitled 3
4 Peter Turner Ralph Gibson interview
5 Ralph Gibson Images from Days at Sea
10 Rennie Ellis On looking at photographs
12 John Cato Proteus
21 Athol Shmith John Cato
22 Dominique Anginot Arles
24 Philip Quirk From Kipling to the Letter
30 Review Two photographic schools
32 Calendar Exhibitions and Education
2 November–December, 1977 Cover William Clift Old St. Louis Courthouse, Missouri
3 Beatrice Faust No more paper
4 Peter Turner On Quality
12 George Hampel Court room reflections
13 William Clift Court-house series
22 John Riches The Print
24 Paul Cox Interview and Photographs
30 Deborah Guyon Sydney, a conference
32 Calendar Exhibitions and Education
3 January–February, 1978 Cover Robert Besanko 1975, untitled
4 March–April, 1978 Cover Christian Vogt 8x10 Polacolor 2
4 John Williams Folio
13 Bob Pile Redefining the photo essay
18 Tony Perry Book Reviews
20 Eelco Wolf Christian Vogt
21 Christian Vogt Folio
30 Information News
31 Calendar Exhibitions
31 Letters Readers
5 May–June Cover Max Dupain The Sunbaker, 1937
4 Mark Hindraker Beaumont Newhall
6 Max Dupain Portfolio
25 Gael Newton Max Dupain
28 Tony Perry and Robert Rooney Book Reviews
30 Information News
32 Letters Readers
6 & 7 July-October 1978 Cover Ian Cerchi untitled
8 November–December, 1978 Cover Bruno Requillart Versailles, 1978
4 Robbert Flick Midwest and Inglewood
13 Max Kozloff A Problem of Photographic

Perception

16 Tony Perry Books
18 Suzanne Hampel Venice Biennale 1978
20 Bruno Requillart Versailles
29 Information News

Influence

During Creative Camera editor Peter Turner’s  visit to Australia in 1977[10] he met Jean-Marc Le Pechoux and significantly, Max Dupain’s The Sunbaker was featured on the covers of both Light Vision and Creative Camera in 1978,[11] with Dupain himself contributing an essay in Light Vision issue 5.[12] Such exposure, and that of the young Bill Henson in two issues[13] raised the profile of Australian photography in the UK.[14] The magazine played a role in setting Australian photography and photographers in an international context[2] and in publicising their work overseas[15] in a quality publication.[16][17]

References

  1. ^ Light vision : Australia's international photography magazine, Light Quest Publications, 1977, ISSN 0314-867X
  2. ^ a b Visual Studies Workshop (1977), Afterimage, vol. 5, Visual Studies Workshop, p. 133, ISSN 0300-7472
  3. ^ a b Print Letter No.25 Jan/Feb. 1980, Vol 5, No.1, 8-9
  4. ^ Downer, Christine. "Photography in Australia: a select bibliography." History of Photography 23, no. 2 (1999): 192-197.
  5. ^ Ely, Deborah. "The Australian centre for photography." History of photography 23, no. 2 (1999): 118-122.
  6. ^ Browne, Turner; Partnow, Elaine (1983), Macmillan biographical encyclopaedia of photographic artists and innovators, Macmillan ; London : Collier Macmillan, ISBN 978-0-02-517500-6
  7. ^ Bennett, David; Agee, Joyce; Victorian Centre for Photography; Strong, Geoff (1988), The thousand mile stare : a photographic exhibition, The Victorian Centre for Photography Inc, ISBN 978-0-7316-2054-8
  8. ^ Australian Book Review, Issues 1-27, 1978, p.33. P. Isaacson Publications.
  9. ^ InflationTool.com calculation January 2018
  10. ^ Gaskins, Bill 'PHOTOGRAPHY IN AUSTRALIA’. The British Journal of Photography, Mar 10, 1978; 125
  11. ^ Batchen, G. (1995). Max Dupain: Sunbakers. History of Photography, 19(4), 349-357.
  12. ^ Online version of the 1978 essay originally published in Light Vision issue 5 provided by Gael Newton
  13. ^ Light Vision, Nos. 6-7, 1978.
  14. ^ Batchen, Geoffrey (2000), Each wild idea : writing, photography, history, MIT Press, p. 100, ISBN 978-0-262-26789-2
  15. ^ Sontag, Milar, Brohaugh, Carroll, Frobisch, Lamprecht, . . . The Nikon Manual. (1978). Photography. Communication Booknotes, 10(1), 16-19.
  16. ^ Ennis, Helen (2007), Photography and Australia, Reaktion Books, p. 115, ISBN 978-1-86189-323-9
  17. ^ Pam, Max, 1949- (1989), Visual instincts : contemporary Australian photography, AGPS Press, ISBN 978-0-644-10597-2{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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