Black+White Photography Magazine March 2013 Back Issue

Experience the unique vision of Pentti Sammallahti as we take a look inside the Finnish photographer’s wonderful major retrospective book; we delve into the world of self-publishing and unearth the story of an unusual photo book; Colin Ford concludes his series on influential Victorian photographer Julia Margaret Cameron with her departure from England (complete with coffin) and her last years in Ceylon; and Roderick Field produces striking images on location in the California desert.
In a new series, we chart the ups and downs of a film novice learning the mystical ways of the darkroom; Tim Clinch has more handy Lightroom tips; Eddie Ephraums considers whether smartphones make us better photographers; Lee Frost goes in search of the perfect print; and Tim Daly experiments with hand tinting.
Landscape photographer Chuck Kimmerle comes under the B+W spotlight as he talks artists’ statements and kit disasters; Susan Burnstine focuses on Henry Horenstein’s images celebrating the peculiarly American phenomenon of country music; Colin Harding reveals the work of a pioneering astronomical photographer through the National Media Museum’s archives; and Tim Clinch reflects on the pleasures of picture taking.
Plus, Andy Luck puts the Olympus OM-D to the test, we checkout six of the best portable hard drives, news, exhibitions, the 46th book to make it into our classic library, your monthly photographic challenge and our favourite readers’ images.