Photozine Resources
I’ve created a list of resources that I hope you will find useful in your own photo zine exploration. I do not have professional relationships with any of these companies, products or other resources on this on this page. It’s all just stuff that has helped me with my zine making journey. I hope you find them useful, too.
Upcoming Zinemaking Workshops
Creating Your Own Zine with Jeff Phillips
September 14 and 21, 2023 | 11:00 a.m. — 2:00 p.m. CT (online)
Southeast Center for Photography
Photo Zines 101: Put Your Work Out Into the World!
September 28, 2023 | 2:00 — 4:00 p.m. CT (in person)
FILTER PHOTO Festival 2023
From A to Zine: A Supermassive Four-Hour Photo Zine Crash Course
Saturday, October 21 | 12:00 noon – 4:00 pm CT (online)
Santa Fe Workshops
Every now and then I teach a zine making course at amazing arts education organizations like FILTER PHOTO, Los Angeles Center of Photography, Santa Fe Workshops, Maine Media Workshops and College, and others.
If you have any questions about attending a course or are interested in hosting my workshops, send a note to jeff@jeffphillips.me.
Here’s a 45-minute photo zine webinar I did during 2020, produced by New Orleans Photo Alliance as part of their #quarantivity webinar series. Like me, it’s a bit old now—but still relevant!
Check out this full-length, free video of the workshop:
Zinemaking Overview
Vice: A Beginner’s Guide to Making Zines
Creative Independent: How to Make a Zine
The Public: Comprehensive Guide to Developing, Making, Printing, and Distributing Zines
Layout Guides I’ve Made
8-Page Mini Zine (4.25 x 2.75 in)
with Poster on back
InDesign | Photoshop | PDF | Google Slides | Apple Keynote | Powerpoint
Half-Page Zine (2-page spread, 5.5 x 8.5 in) for printing imposed pages at home
Photoshop | PDF | JPEG | Powerpoint
Quarter-Page Zine (2-page spread, 5.5 x 4.25 in)
Photoshop | PDF | JPEG | Google Slides | Apple Keynote | Powerpoint
Zinemaking Costs
The “Real” Cost to Plan, Shoot, Edit, Design, and Print a Photozine
(Come Thru, It’s Lit example)
Download
Paper Resources
Red River Paper: 32 lb. Double-sided matte paper
Smartpress: Print on Demand, Free paper sample book
Teaching about Zines
Aimée Beaubien: Syllabus for Structure, Sequence, and Series
MFA Thesis: Return to the Tangible? The Photozine in the Digital Age
Dissertation: In the ruins of zine pedagogy: a narrative study of teaching with zines
See or Buy Zines
Chicago Zine Fest and Zine Mercado
Joan Flasch Artists Book Collection at School of the Art Institute, Chicago
Zine Festivals and Small Press Fairs
Broken Pencil Magazine: Zine Reviews and Culture