POP magazine goes triannual

[tigerrouge]

As reported today in an article about the magazine at media.guardian.co.uk, POP is to come out three times a year, with the next issue due in UK shops this Friday.

With regards to posting a link to the article, the Media Guardian site is a subscription site - subscription is entirely free, but it means a direct link to the site may not work for most people, and as I don't come around here that often, I also don't know if thefashionspot would be happy for someone to cut and paste the entire article onto this site, even with full credit given - so the next best thing is to go read it in my thread at fashist, so thefashionspot can't get the blame for reproducing the article verbatim...

http://www.b2g3.com/boards/board.cgi?action=read&id=1156769319&user=fashistinfo

 

[nqth]

^ thanks for the article:-)

 

[susie_bubble]

Doesn't surprise me at all........but triannual is a funny arrangement - might as well go quarterly really....

 

[Dark Noire]

for me, this is great news, if they can keep up the standard!!!

 

[fleur137]

great! love POP

 

[|PerfectTonight|]

I adore PoP hopefully this will not contribute with a negative effect on the magazine's quality. I'm truly happy.

 

[tigerrouge]

Over the past year or two, I've started to become less and less impressed with POP's efforts - I recently posted to fashist about how I'd love to see them go quarterly, if only to inject the magazine with a bit more of a sense of urgency. I frequently look at POP and think "OK, so this comes out every six months... so why isn't it better?"

I get a feeling of self-indulgence from POP, and not the 'arty' type of self-indulgence, but the 'lazy' one. Also, I used to look to POP to be my main source for work by Mert & Marcus, but ever since they've gone mainstream and work everywhere, I don't derive anything unique from POP anymore... just "more of the same".

This is something I'd level at any of the 'alternative' magazines - that over the years, they too, fall into being formulaic in their own ways. However, that shouldn't stop POP from... shaking up their roster of contributors, taking a risk on some new photographers, opening up their circle to fresh blood to stop things becoming stale - because I keep buying this magazine, I keep turning the pages, and I feel like I keep seeing the same thing. The models' faces might change, but it seems to be like nothing else does. And I didn't feel like this about POP a few years' back. I adored it. I religiously bought every issue from the first one, yet I know the new one is out any day now... and I can't seem to summon up enough enthusiasm over yet another Kate Moss cover (or two) complemented with a Stephen Sprouse-style scrawl all over the front, reminding me of an outdated Louis Vuitton bag. Please POP, prove me wrong and make me eat my words!

 

[Acid]

i love pop and everything katie grand does but i think mert&marcus need to go to be honest...
their shoots are all 'handbags and shoes' and dont really convey any excitemement or emotion.

 

[iluvjeisa]

I didn't like the SS06 issue much (didn't get it) and the Kate covers look like uglier, and dated, versions of Vogue Paris Dec/Jan covers which presented the same general theme much more elegantly. I definitely have to agree that Pop is on a down slide since the FW05/6 issue which was awesome (obviously).

 

[Pedro]

but i think mert&marcus need to go to be honest...
their shoots are all 'handbags and shoes' and dont really convey any excitemement or emotion.

Unfortunately Mert & Marcus are a fraud! they keep copying over and over Guy Bourdin, Helmut Newton, Steven Meisel, Hurrell, Herb Ritts, and everybody seems to cooperate with that! Such a shame!

 

[iluvjeisa]

Unfortunately Mert & Marcus are a fraud! they keep copying over and over Guy Bourdin, Helmut Newton, Steven Meisel, Hurrell, Herb Ritts, and everybody seems to cooperate with that! Such a shame!

I disagree about that. I think they can be a tad too "cold" but they create hybrids between Bourdin and Newton (recent W issue w/ Gemma/Du/Stam) which are remarkable. And the Cavalli ads, don't get me started....

My personal favourite photographer of the last few years is probably Nathaniel Goldberg, though. He has a consistent style that I appreciate, but also lends inspiration from the greats.

 

[Pedro]

I disagree about that. I think they can be a tad too "cold" but they create hybrids between Bourdin and Newton (recent W issue w/ Gemma/Du/Stam) which are remarkable. And the Cavalli ads, don't get me started....

Mert & Marcus photographs are all poor imitations from the real originals!

 

[Lena]

i love pop and everything katie grand does but i think mert&marcus need to go to be honest...
their shoots are all 'handbags and shoes' and dont really convey any excitemement or emotion.

agreed sean , they are a bit stuck..
like susie said, tri-anual sounds like a weird timetable

 

[matthaeus123]

does pop have a website?