I picked up a few zines last month. All of them are amazing and linked up below. I highly recommend spending the tiny amount of money needed to get these in your possession.
Partner in Crime by Austin McManus. Really nice offset zine about vandalism stereotypes. Awesome stuff.
^A place dear to my heart
MUX issue 2 from Tj Nelson. Came out fantastic.
seriously sorry about this toe shot.
Never heard of it by Brad Westcott through Blood of the Young. Incredible Train traveling pics.
Got word from TJ Nelson, that the second Issue of MUX magazine is out! Unfortunately the first run already sold out, but the second run can be pre ordered here. Really good looking stuff, hats are off. "The idea for MUX came from a desire to connect to photography in a tangible manner. Because of pocket-sized digital cameras and smartphones, we are amongst an unstoppable flood of images on the internet. Which, in its own way, is wonderful, but I find it difficult to connect to images on a screen. I created MUX because I wanted to act as a curator to gather the talent of my peers, and then encourage people to take a minute to hold a collection of work that deserves to be pondered on."
MUX issue 02 04.2013. 8.5" x 5.5". 84 pages. Design by TJ Nelson. Photos by matt bublitz, grant hatfield, sam milianta, josh anthony, ephraim chui, spencer davis, charlie wray, trever hadley and brandon getty. $20.
grant hatfield
matt bublitz
brandon getty
spencer davis
I saw online that Sam Milianta was sending out zines to whomever wanted one, so I raised my hand, and was sent two: Alone with Everyone, and One Day it'll All Make Sense (Or Maybe Not) Conclusion: Sam rules. Get your hands on one.
A sneak peek of our book PANACEA, available Feb 1st @ MUA. The book features photos from 37 photographers, printed 4-color offset, 8.5″ x 11″ and limited to 100 copies; Available for $15.00. Come check out the photo show and grab a book. See you this Friday! Available for purchase online. —Over the last year, I’ve been working with Elias Carlson, who runs awesome blog, Ladder to the Stars. Early on, we found that exploring nature was a common thread in our photography. We discussed our need to get outside and take photos, and we decided to make a publication about it.
We knew that we wanted to publish a collaborative book featuring photographers that we both respected and that shared this common theme. We worked on the idea of the “need” to get outdoors and found a definition that we felt summed up this idea; “PANACEA” which is defined as “a solution or remedy for all difficulties or diseases.” The ring to it was nice, but the definition really hit home for us, as it summed up the feeling that we both had: Exploring nature as a cure.
photos courtesy Elias Carlson
Happy to announce the release of PANACEA, a collaborative photography book, published by BIT BY ZEUS and Ladder to the Stars. The book features photos from 37 photographers and will be released Feb 1st 2013 @ Mua Oakland. PANACEA is printed color offset, 8.5″ x 11″ and will be limited to 100 copies. In addition, there will also be photo show hanging at MUA, featuring the photographers from the book. It'll be first friday: Oakland Art Murmur; Check out the art downtown, come say hi, grab a drink (and a book) and check out the show.
—Over the last year, I've been working with Elias Carlson, who runs awesome blog, Ladder to the Stars. Early on, we found that exploring nature was a common thread in our photography. We discussed our need to get outside and take photos, and we decided to make a publication about it.
We knew that we wanted to publish a collaborative book featuring photographers that we both respected and that shared this common theme. We worked on the idea of the "need" to get outdoors and found a definition that we felt summed up this idea; "PANACEA" which is defined as "a solution or remedy for all difficulties or diseases." The ring to it was nice, but the definition really hit home for us, as it summed up the feeling that we both had: Exploring nature as a cure.
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—Also, want to say thank you to anyone who visits, supports, or submits to BIT BY ZEUS. for real. Running this photo zine/blog is a blast; sharing good photos, putting out projects when we can, and meeting great photographers along the way. In the New Year, we plan on keeping this little photo community going. I want to continue to put up more found photography, try to blog (use words), document events and things in the area, and also focus on publishing my and other's work. That's all, hope to see you on the 1st, It's gonna be a great night out.—Tim
My friend Casey's new project is now available at bookletpress. It looks great, you should probably buy one. —Tim
from bookletpress:
Consumed Into Oblivion Chelsea Limbird & Casey Ramirez
日本語 / Consumed Into Oblivion is a correspondence between two lives across a country. By documenting sound and its description—by rationing emotion with ideas of space and representation—the authors translate one through the other. Time and distance are effectuated as medium for understanding an intimate distrust and an ambiguous commitment. 2 booklets; 92 pg total, ea. 10.8 x 16.5cm, enveloped (12 x 18.5cm) laser & risograph print, staple bound numbered edition of of 50 +3AP, 2012
日本語 / Three years ago, someone told Chelsea Limbird that people who live their lives deeply entrenched in reality have dreams based in fantasy, and that for those who live everyday in a dreamworld, conjure a reality in their sleep. East Harlem, NYC
Casey Ramirez values the vibration that occurs when contrasting colors are in close proximity to each other.San Francisco, CA
Elias Carlson of Ladder to the stars and BIT BY ZUES are teaming up to create a photo zine/book. We’d like you to be a part of it. Click through to read all the details. Feel free to reblog/share if you know people who would like to submit.
Here is a few zines that I have bought or received in the last month or so. The first one I received through the power of the internets all the way from Spain! Here's a few pictures of Humectante #5 by Helena Exquis.
next, some Hamburgereyes zines that I bought. One of a Kind by SF's legendary Michael Jang,
and finally, this sweet zine, 777 by David Potes.
all super affordable and fun to have around the house, go get some! –Tim
I FEEL BETTER is a zine containing twelve mounted 5x5" color prints of mostly recent photography by Tim Gatto. Edition of 20, hand bound—hand pulled silkscreen cover, 5.4" x 8.5". $5.00 flat. Now available for purchase here.
A few weekends back, BIT BY ZEUS had a table at this year's SFzinefest. Met a bunch of cool people and sold some zines.
tabled next to these rad gals, and no cash comics. Great company over the weekend
this dude liked our zine.
these girls kinda did. i guess.
Amy, from 1984 printing, who printed our zine, was there and had a sample copy of Issue #1 at her booth!
the zine reading room had some awesome old punk zine's on display.
Ended the weekend, donating a copy of issue #1 to the reading room. All around great event. See you next year!
BIT BY ZEUS will be at this year's SF ZINEFEST!!!. If you haven't picked up one of our zines, come by the weekend of Sept. 4th and 5th and say hi to the two of us, grab a zine, and check out a bunch of other great work.
It has been almost a decade since we learned about the now demolished Skaggs island. The once thriving naval base, is now a flattened landscape, which will soon be flooded and returned to its natural wetland state. We recently went to pay our last respects to such an inspirational spot.
Check out our shop to own the last documented account of Skaggs in all its decaying glory.
We are very excited to see BIT BY ZEUS Issue #1 on BLOOD OF THE YOUNG ZINE. Thanks guys!
Issue #1 is now available for purchase on our website via paypal for everyone that cannot purchase one locally. The magazines are 5$, plus shipping ($3.50 US/CANADA, 14.00 International)
Buy Issue #1->
Thanks to our friend Ryan Gelow for posting up a great review of our zine on his blog. Check it out.
