On paper

First of all, Happy new year to everyone! As I wrote in my previous journal it's gonna be an exciting one for me and I hope it will be for you too!

So this journal is dedicated to the newest addition to my inspirational library. There is something I have to tell first before going to the actual magazines and books though...
So the studio moved a few weeks ago and thus the library had to move as well. Because this new location is a bit smaller than the previous one I wasn't able to move the massive bookcase itself. Which means that the pile of Vogues, fantastic magazines and photography bibles had to get a new place...

It became this tiny tiny old table. Below the table is a small wooden cube with my most precious magazines and books (like the McQueen book, Love Magazine and the Lagrange books).

And the tabletop is covered with the rest of the magazines and books. I tried to neatly stack it, I swear.

The newest additions.

First one is The Sartorialist by Scott Schuman. I am a fan of his blog. Not only because of the photography, but also because of the fashion. I knew the book exsisted and looked it up before on sites such as Bol.com or Amazon, but never really intented to buy it. Then I stumbled upon this copy in Bruges a week before Christmas. Ding, bought it.

GLAMCULT, an independent style paper. 

I have a few of these. They're free and spread all over the country at different kind of locations. It used to lie on a table at the lobby of the Fotovakschool, but I also found two copies at SPRMRKT and I found this last one at Lantaren Venster a few weeks ago during a school assignment. I'm never seeking for it and trying to get every issue, but when I do find one I'll gladly take one with me.

Rinko by Kishin Shinoyama and Rinko Kikuchi.

After lurking around for more than an hour at Selexyz Donner in Rotterdam and wanting to go home I stumbled upon this Japanese book. I have never heard of neither Rinko or Kishin before, but the photography was really intriguing nevertheless.

The actual reason I went to Selexyz however, was to treat myself with a magazine haha. I had a hard time picking a magazine because the section with magazines is HUUUGE. In the end I bought Wonderland and Dazed & Confused. I liked the content of Wonderland a lot and the cover of D&Z caught my eye right away (the editorial inside are bloody amazing).

This is one of those magazines which I recommend to anyone who's into portrait- and/or fashionphotography. Noi.Se Magazine. Looove it.

And ofcourse XXML by Marc Lagrange which I bought at the exhibition.

At the moment there are no books on my wishlist. I went to the Slegte in Bruges a few days ago and managed to walk away with no books! There simply wasn't anything interesting for me.

Actually there is one book on my wishlist, but it isn't released yet and I have no clue what exactly the content will be either. But since it's Lara Jade's upcoming book, I'm sure it'll be worth buying it.

And now I'm going to open a magazine and feast my eyes on Wonderland! Or maybe Dazed & Confused, or Lula or an old Vogue, or....

Viorella