| C-ing is believing. The inaugural issue of C-ing Magazine, a quarterly publication dedicated to Canadian photojournalism, recently rolled off the presses.
Created by former Calgary Herald staff photographer Keith Morison and his life/business partner Colleen Hughes, the "C" in C-ing refers to "compassionate compelling creative camerawork."
Where many in photography believe the heyday of photojournalism is gone with the advent of a corporate-controlled media seemingly fixated on the bottom line, Morison and Hughes remain convinced they can attract a loyal base of subscribers willing to pay $26.75 per year to look at the work of Canadian photojournalists. "We’re filling a niche," says Hughes.
Where many magazines in North America and abroad are abandoning in-depth, photo-based journalism – projects that can take weeks, if not months or years to complete – C-ing is being launched as a new showcase for such work.
Included in the first issue is a story by managing editor Hughes titled "The First 20 Days," about African refugees who have recently arrived in Calgary and are initially housed at the Margaret Chisholm Resettlement Centre.
A recent graduate of SAIT’s photojournalism program, Hughes says she faced considerable obstacles in trying to get the article published. And that frustration is part of the motivation for the two photographers to launch their own publication. "We said, ‘Let’s make a magazine, let’s pretend,’" she says.
Other stories in the first issue of C-ing include a piece about women in medicine featuring images by legendary photojournalist Ted Grant (with accompanying text by Judith Finlayson) and an item about the Day of the Dead ritual celebrated in Mexico, with text and photographs by Toronto-based photographer Brennan O’Connor.
For more information about C-ing, go to www.C-ingMagazine.ca. |
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