Eat A Book
As far as art-zines go, it seems to be a little bit of a saturated scene, and an identity can hard to form for the writer/publisher. Luckily Eat A Zine #1 looks unique in every way it could.
A very small-sized, haggard-looking zine by Chaz from Eat A Book Records, this short-but-sweet rag, entitled “Carefully Planned…” is a modest collection of black-and-white photographs from various places in England and America, mainly focused on places near Birmingham (UK) and Chicago, but also pictures from New York, Indiana and London.
Each photo has a level of destruction about it within its quality, which makes even the blandest photos (the “Back Garden” in Selly Oak for example) interesting to look at. The majority of them are quite minimal and very tastefully-shot photos of a variety of things from either side of the Atlantic. A far stretch from the attempted-pretentiousness of amateur photographers, and instead a stylistically-complementing collection that looks far more profound, and even professional.
The zine itself has a very idiosyncratic image in itself; very loosely-fit, haggardly-stapled pages, where the individual pieces of paper used have been simply folded over and stapled down to make separate pages rather than being printed on either side of the paper. As DIY as they come.
They’re limited to a generous 100 copies too, so pick up one of these beauties sharpish, even if you‘re not a huge follower of art-zines like myself.
Rating: 7/10
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