Or – “A reminder of this social network origins”
It’s 2017 and Instagram is now 600 million users strong, that’s a lot of new images/videos and stories each day. An effervescent but non-curated activity.
Besides all the personal accounts and brands, there are a few magazines. Some of them revolve around the third art: photography. Let’s get a deeper look…
Noice magazine
Noice is an online and paper publication for photographers. It has a very meticulous style when it comes to minimalism. Line, colors and light are key elements of Noice publications. They have a limited paper zine.

Left and right: Cody Cobb
- Instagram: @noice_mag #noicemag
- Website: noicemagazine.com
Paper journal
Paper journal is an online magazine based in London with contributors from all over the world. It creates a series of independent exhibitions, printed publications, talks and events. It is updated weekly with interviews, features, studio visits and photobook reviews and aim to bring the best of contemporary visual arts.

Left: Olga de la Iglesia — Right: Max Marshall
- Instagram: @paperjournalmag #paperjournalmag
- Website: paper-journal.com
Archive Collective
Archive collective is an online magazine, a printed publication and a platform that promotes the talents of a global creative community. It is heavily photography based and everything is curated with a very high attention to details and aesthetics. Definitely a must of this list.

Left: — Right: Gregory Halpern
- Instagram: @archivecollectivemag #archivecollectivemag
- Website: thearchivecollective.com
Somewhere magazine
Somewhere is an online lifestyle magazine based in Stockholm, Sweden, with a focus on Photography, fashion, film, travel and design. They publish both on Instagram and on their website.

Left: Lane Coder— Right: James Nizam
- Instagram: @somewheremagazine #somewheremagazine
- Website: somewhere-magazine.com
Subjectively Objective
Online gallery (on Instagram and via their exclusive newsletter) and books; mini monographs of artists or books + prints. Subjectively objective has a particular focus on contemporary landscape and conceptual photography.

Left: Luca Tombolini — Right: Christopher Shaw
- Instagram: @subjectivelyobjective #subjectivelyobjective
- Website: subjectivelyobjective.com
Fujifeed
Fujifeed is an online magazine publishing the work of both emerging and established photographers around the world. Daily on Instagram and weekly through articles and interviews. Fujifeed publish photographers working with the Fujifilm cameras system.

Left: Noel Dong!— Right: Elham Ehsas
- Instagram: @fujifeed #fujifeed
- Website: fujifeed.com
YET magazine
YET is a triannual photography publication which showcases editorials and photographic series from artists worldwide. They publish both emerging and well-known photographers, taking into account the quality of the submitted project.

Left: Andy Feltham — Right: John MacLean
- Instagram: @yetmagazine #yetmagazine
- Website: yet-magazine.com
Burn
Edited by Magnum photographer David Alan Harvey, Burn is an evolving journal for emerging photographers. It was launched in December 2008. They publish new stories on their website at least two times per week.

Left: Giovanni Cocco — Right: Guia Besana
- Instagram: @burnmagazine #burnmagazine
- Website: burnmagazine.org
Street photography international
A collective of street photographers and an online magazine promoting the best of street photography. Their Instagram is a very good source on that particular genre.

Left: Emily Garthwaite — Right: Alan Schaller
- Instagram: @streetphotographyinternational #spicollective
- Website: streetphotographyinternational.com
Aperture
A quarterly photography magazine and a book publisher based in New York. The magazine is published by the Aperture Foundation, a non-profit organization devoted to fine art photography.

Left: Paolo Ventura — Right: Sally Mann
- Instagram: @aperturefnd #aperturefoundation
- Website: aperture.org
Minimal Zine
Minimal zine is an independent platform to share a minimal view on contemporary visual culture. They publish regularly on Instagram and they recently started doing interviews with photographers on their Tumblr.

Left: Kadiya Qasem — Right: Ben Thomas
- Instagram: @minimalzine #minimalzine
- Website: minimalzine.tumblr.com
Phroom magazine
Phroom is an online exhibition space dedicated to contemporary fine-art photography. Running on Instagram, Tumblr and Facebook but also on their website. They have a very distinct curation style.

Left: Matteo Meoni— Right: Leonardo Magrelli
- Instagram: @phroom_magazine #phroommagazine
- Website: phroommagazine.com
Of the Afternoon
Launched in 2012, of the afternoon started out as a one-off printed publication then expanded as a bi-annual print magazine distributed in 21 countries. Their aim is to share the very best of photography, art and visual culture in an accessible way.

Left: Fernando Samalot— Right: Isabella Stahl
- Instagram: @oftheafternoon #oftheafternoon
- Website: oftheafternoon.com
If you leave
Started in 2009 by Laurence Von Thomas, this photography blog has gone from strength to strenght. They’re simply one of the most visually appealing curated stream of contemporary photographers around the web. If you have to follow only one zine, this is the one.

Left: Elsa Bleda — Right: Joe Greer
- Instagram: @ifyouleavestagram #ifyouleave
- Website: if-you-leave.tumblr.com
Feature shoot
Feature shoot showcases the work of international emerging and established photographers. With contributing writers from all over the world, they feature contemporary work in all genres of photography. From documentary to landscape.

Left: Ernst P.Sanz — Right: Manon Gillet
- Instagram: @featureshoot #myfeatureshoot
- Website: featureshoot.com
About the Author
Samuel Zeller is a freelance photographer based in Switzerland, an ambassador for Fujifilm and the editor of Fujifeed magazine. You can contact him here and follow his recent work. This article was also published here and shared with permission.
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