The Photozine Collective (of which I’m a member) is excited to announce the launch of Opaque — a brand new zine created by 17 analogue photographers who came together to explore the theme of “opaque” in all its forms.
All 17 contributors photographed on the same film, Rollei Retro 400S, and each used image and text to bring their own unique interpretation to the idea of “opaque.”
The zine runs to 116 pages, with images from around the world. Opaque isn’t about explaining or clarifying; it’s about feeling, wondering, and letting the unknown sit with you for a while.
100% of the proceeds, after printing and distribution costs, are being donated to Asthma+Lung UK.
Here’s an image from my contribution…
Opaque is available worldwide for £9 plus shipping through the collective’s Ko-Fi shop. You can also find it for $15 at Underdog Film Lab in Oakland, California (our exclusive North American stockist! which also still has a couple of copies of my book, Returning to the Unimagined); and in the UK at Open Eye Gallery in Liverpool and Parallax Photographic Coop in London.
Opaque is the Photozine Collective’s third collaborative zine. What has become a series is a tribute to John Whitmore, a photographer, photography podcaster, and maker of photo zines who died suddenly in 2021. A group of seven people who eventually became the collective decided to publish a zine in John’s memory using film that had been in his stock and using a title that he had planned to publish himself. This was the group’s first zine, Lucid. Five more people joined the group, which then made Ambiguous. All proceeds from the zines, after printing and distribution costs, are donated to Asthma+Lung UK.