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''Light vision: Australia's international photography magazine'' 1977-78 was a bi-monthly Australian photography magazine.<ref>{{Citation | title=Light vision : Australia's international photography magazine | publication-date=1977 | publisher=Light Quest Publications | issn=0314-867X }}</ref> |
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Identified by photojournalist Geoff Strong as “that ''haute couture'' of Australian photographic magazines”,<ref>{{Citation | author1=Bennett, David | author2=Agee, Joyce | author3=Victorian Centre for Photography | author4=Strong, Geoff | title=The thousand mile stare : a photographic exhibition | publication-date=1988 | publisher=The Victorian Centre for Photography Inc | isbn=978-0-7316-2054-8 }}</ref> ''Light Vision'' was glossily printed by Norman J. Field & Co Pty Ltd in [[Richmond, Victoria|Richmond]],<ref>Australian Book Review, Issues 1-27, 1978, p.33. P. Isaacson Publications.</ref> 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).<ref>[https://www.inflationtool.com/australian-dollar?amount=5&year1=1977&year2=2018 InflationTool.com calculation January 2018]</ref> Annual subscriptions within Australia were $15.00 for the six issues, with postage, Air Mail to New Zealand was $A28.00 and to other countries $A34.00. Surface mail to all countries was $A19.00.<ref>{{Citation | title=Light vision | publication-date=1977 | publisher=Light Quest Publications | issn=0314-867X }}</ref> 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 premature demise.<ref name=":0" /> |
Identified by photojournalist Geoff Strong as “that ''haute couture'' of Australian photographic magazines”,<ref>{{Citation | author1=Bennett, David | author2=Agee, Joyce | author3=Victorian Centre for Photography | author4=Strong, Geoff | title=The thousand mile stare : a photographic exhibition | publication-date=1988 | publisher=The Victorian Centre for Photography Inc | isbn=978-0-7316-2054-8 }}</ref> ''Light Vision'' was glossily printed by Norman J. Field & Co Pty Ltd in [[Richmond, Victoria|Richmond]],<ref>Australian Book Review, Issues 1-27, 1978, p.33. P. Isaacson Publications.</ref> 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).<ref>[https://www.inflationtool.com/australian-dollar?amount=5&year1=1977&year2=2018 InflationTool.com calculation January 2018]</ref> Annual subscriptions within Australia were $15.00 for the six issues, with postage, Air Mail to New Zealand was $A28.00 and to other countries $A34.00. Surface mail to all countries was $A19.00.<ref>{{Citation | title=Light vision | publication-date=1977 | publisher=Light Quest Publications | issn=0314-867X }}</ref> 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 premature demise.<ref name=":0" /> |
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The magazine honoured its title ''Australia's international photography magazine'' with representations of American or European photography alongside Australian examples in most issues. More established photographers in their late thirties to late sixties predominated until the double number 6&7 of 1978 devoted to new Australian work. It featured 21 artists born around 1950 and with an average age of 26; the youngest, John Adair, being eighteen and the oldest, John Cerchi, thirty-four. Many, [[Fiona Hall (artist)|Fiona Hall]], [[Sandy Edwards]], [[Bill Henson]], and others, went on to significant careers. |
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During ''[[Creative Camera]]'' editor [[Peter Turner (writer and photographer)|Peter Turner]]’s |
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> |
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Revision as of 06:44, 25 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.
Personnel
It was largely a one-person operation, with editorial assistance from Kalli Pulos and never more than four paid casual staff alongside correspondents from Europe and America and an increasing number of advisors, national and international: Associate Editor and 'Sydney 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; Hobart: Geoff Parr
The magazine
Identified by photojournalist Geoff Strong as “that haute couture of Australian photographic magazines”,[7] Light Vision was glossily printed by Norman J. Field & Co Pty Ltd in Richmond,[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] Annual subscriptions within Australia were $15.00 for the six issues, with postage, Air Mail to New Zealand was $A28.00 and to other countries $A34.00. Surface mail to all countries was $A19.00.[10] 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 premature demise.[3]
Content:
The magazine honoured its title Australia's international photography magazine with representations of American or European photography alongside Australian examples in most issues. More established photographers in their late thirties to late sixties predominated until the double number 6&7 of 1978 devoted to new Australian work. It featured 21 artists born around 1950 and with an average age of 26; the youngest, John Adair, being eighteen and the oldest, John Cerchi, thirty-four. Many, Fiona Hall, Sandy Edwards, Bill Henson, and others, went on to significant careers.
| Issue # | Date | Page | Author/Photographer | Item |
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| 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 |
| 3 | Reviews | MAG News | ||
| 4 | Robert Besanko | Folio | ||
| 13 | Peter Burch | Photography Auction | ||
| 14 | Peter Perry | Onto the curator's desk | ||
| 19 | Graham Howe | Sneaker in the Sky | ||
| 30 | Calendar | Exhibitions and Education | ||
| 31 | Anouncement | Singular Visions | ||
| 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: Special Australian Edition | Cover | Ian Cerchi | untitled |
| 4 | Memory Holloway | Introduction | ||
| 7 | Photographers | Biographies | ||
| 9 | Photographers | Plates | ||
| 50 | Tony Perry and Robert Rooney | Book reviews | ||
| 52 | Information | Directory | ||
| 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[11] 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,[12] with Dupain himself contributing an essay in Light Vision issue 5.[13] Such exposure, and that of the young Bill Henson in two issues[14] raised the profile of Australian photography in the UK.[15] The magazine played a role in setting Australian photography and photographers in an international context[2] and in publicising their work overseas[16] in a quality publication.[17][18]
References
- ^ Light vision : Australia's international photography magazine, Light Quest Publications, 1977, ISSN 0314-867X
- ^ a b Visual Studies Workshop (1977), Afterimage, vol. 5, Visual Studies Workshop, p. 133, ISSN 0300-7472
- ^ a b Print Letter No.25 Jan/Feb. 1980, Vol 5, No.1, 8-9
- ^ Downer, Christine. "Photography in Australia: a select bibliography." History of Photography 23, no. 2 (1999): 192-197.
- ^ Ely, Deborah. "The Australian centre for photography." History of photography 23, no. 2 (1999): 118-122.
- ^ Browne, Turner; Partnow, Elaine (1983), Macmillan biographical encyclopaedia of photographic artists and innovators, Macmillan ; London : Collier Macmillan, ISBN 978-0-02-517500-6
- ^ 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
- ^ Australian Book Review, Issues 1-27, 1978, p.33. P. Isaacson Publications.
- ^ InflationTool.com calculation January 2018
- ^ Light vision, Light Quest Publications, 1977, ISSN 0314-867X
- ^ Gaskins, Bill 'PHOTOGRAPHY IN AUSTRALIA’. The British Journal of Photography, Mar 10, 1978; 125
- ^ Batchen, G. (1995). Max Dupain: Sunbakers. History of Photography, 19(4), 349-357.
- ^ Online version of the 1978 essay originally published in Light Vision issue 5 provided by Gael Newton
- ^ Light Vision, Nos. 6-7, 1978.
- ^ Batchen, Geoffrey (2000), Each wild idea : writing, photography, history, MIT Press, p. 100, ISBN 978-0-262-26789-2
- ^ Sontag, Milar, Brohaugh, Carroll, Frobisch, Lamprecht, . . . The Nikon Manual. (1978). Photography. Communication Booknotes, 10(1), 16-19.
- ^ Ennis, Helen (2007), Photography and Australia, Reaktion Books, p. 115, ISBN 978-1-86189-323-9
- ^ Pam, Max, 1949- (1989), Visual instincts : contemporary Australian photography, AGPS Press, ISBN 978-0-644-10597-2
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