We are thrilled to be heading to the LA Art Book Fair next week. Our table will feature a few new releases: Solar Recordings by Bart Urbanski, Handbook by Aishwarya Arumbakkam, and Shadow Shape by Abby Banks. Plus zines by Bob George, Sarah LaPonte, Helen Jones and plenty of Incandescents! If you are in the area, please stop by and say hi. If not we will be updating our online shop with some fresh zines after the fair!
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Hello friends, for many of you, the holiday season is approaching. At this time, Pine Island Press is still between homes and unable to run our online shop. However, much of the Incandescent catalog is in stock and even on sale from our friends at the Antiquated Future distro, along with many other goodies. Check it out!
We are so excited to hold Issue Twenty, “Shadow Matter,” in our hands! Edited by Aishwarya Arumbakkam and Helen Jones, Issue Twenty features an introduction by Abby Flanagan, cover image by Elizabeth McGrady, and beautiful work by 17 artists—a complete list of contributors can be found here. Browse or buy in our shop at pineislandpress.com and stay warm out there, folks!
We are happy to share this list of Issue 20 contributing photographers. Look out for a sneak peek of the cover and a release date for the issue, it’s gonna be stellar! Happy New Year y’all.
Incandescent was created as a space to foster emerging photographers and get their work into print without paying submission fees. To date, we have featured over 350 outstanding photographers from almost 50 countries around the world.
I want to express my sincere gratitude to the editors, writers, and photographers who have been involved through the years. It has been a joy, as well as a struggle, to keep it up. This zine was never intended to make money, and no one that works on it has ever been paid for their efforts.
Over time printing costs have almost doubled, collaborators have moved on to new endeavors, and a pandemic has disrupted all of our lives. Issue Twenty seemed like an appropriate time to pause and work on making this project more sustainable for the future. Most importantly, how not to lose money on each pressing.
As Issue Twenty may be the last time Incandescent comes out in its current format, we wanted to give everyone a chance to get their submissions in. The Issue Twenty deadline is now September 15th. Please spread the word about this call.
We are thrilled to be working with the upcoming guest editor Aishwarya Arumbakkam. Aishwarya is an incredible photographer, and her keen eye for editing and sequencing will be sure to make it a stellar issue.
After Issue Twenty is released, we will take about a year off from publishing Incandescent to consider and implement changes. If you have ideas, feel free to share them with us. Do you know of a good grant for us? Places to sell the zine or to share calls? Would you like Incandescent to include black and white or digital work? Please keep in touch. We would love to hear from you.
Running this project for the last decade has been a tremendous honor that would not have been possible without our supporters, so thank you!
-Helen Jones, editor
We are so excited to share this fantastic work with you. Issue Nineteen was edited by Anna Knecht Schwarzer and Helen Jones; it features stunning work by 16 talented photographers, an insightful introduction by Heather M. O’Brien, and a beautiful cover image by Erika Nina Suárez. A complete list of contributors can be found here. Browse or buy in our shop at pineislandpress.com
The deadline for Issue 20 is coming and we are very excited to welcome Aishwarya Arumbakkam as a guest editor for the issue! Get your submissions in by on August 31st!
Aishwarya Arumbakkam is a multidisciplinary visual artist working across photography, filmmaking and drawing. Emerging from her interest in cultural narratives, her work finds expression in mythological and personal stories.
Issue Nineteen is almost here! We would like to share a preview of the cover, featuring an image by Erika Nina Suárez. Stay tuned in the next couple weeks for the zine release!
We are grateful to have Heather M. O’Brien’s writing and reflections to carry us into the images in the upcoming issue.
An artist, filmmaker, and Assistant Professor of Cinema and Photography at Southern Illinois University, Heather’s work builds encounters with familial archives, constructs of nationhood, and the illusion of accurate memory. Research interests include expanded cinema, photographic histories, and the contemporary essay film. She received an MFA in Photography & Media from California Institute of the Arts, and a Director’s Fellowship from the Creative Practices Program at the International Center of Photography New York; her projects have been featured in numerous publications. More at heathermobrien.com
Test printing is about to start! Keep an eye out for a sneak peek of the cover next week and the release of Issue Nineteen in early August!
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