Creative Camera, February 1969, Number 56. Duane Michals, Bill Brandt, et al.

Edited by Bill Jay. Published by Colin Osman. Cover photo by Duane Michals. Includes Duane Michals, Photo-Sequences; Paul Strand, Mexican Portfolio; Ken Heyman, dislocated photographs; Inge Morath & Saul Steinberg, anti-photographer masks; Rene Magritte, painted collages; John Szarkowski, Photography and Mass Media; Peter Bunnell, The Photographer as Printmaker. Other photographers include Edward Weston, Lee Friedlander, Atget; Man Ray; Jerry Uelsmann; and Colin Osman. Cover crimps, crease on back cover, a couple of small light brown stains on back cover, internal pages have some crimps at margins but overall a near very good copy. Summary:

Creative Camera (Issue No. 56, February 1969), edited by Bill Jay and published by Colin Osman, is a notable issue of the influential British photography magazine that highlights avant-garde narrative techniques, fine art portfolios, and seminal essays on photographic theory.

Key Summary & Contents

• Duane Michals & Sequential Narrative: Featuring a cover photo by Duane Michals, the issue highlights Michals' pioneering Photo Sequences. His multi-frame visual narratives expanded traditional photography by using staged sequences to explore psychological, poetic, and philosophical themes.

• Paul Strand's Mexican Portfolio: The issue features selection work from Paul Strand’s celebrated Mexican Portfolio (originally Photographs of Mexico, 1940), showcasing his rich photogravures capturing the land, architecture, and people of Mexico.

• Experimental Collaborations & Portfolios:

  • Inge Morath & Saul Steinberg: Features their collaborative "anti-photographer masks," combining Morath's photography with Steinberg's whimsical drawings.

  • Ken Heyman: Showcases his "dislocated photographs," exploring abstraction and visual displacement.

  • René Magritte: Includes coverage of the Surrealist artist's painted collages and photographic experiments.

• Essays by Modern Curators: Contains major critical essays from leading photo-historians and curators:

  • John Szarkowski on "Photography and Mass Media."

  • Peter Bunnell on "The Photographer as Printmaker."

• Masters Showcase: Additional portfolios and commentary include work by master photographers such as Bill Brandt, Eugène Atget, Edward Weston, Man Ray, Lee Friedlander, and Jerry Uelsmann.