What is dayfour?
Dayfour is a magazine of personal work, mainly by photographers. Like any magazine, it has a variety of contributors, runs collections of (visual) articles, and is printed and published periodically. Some people call it a book, because, well, it looks like a book. In fact it is produced more like an album: issues are put out once a year, each one built around a theme. Dayfour magazine is printed digitally in a very small, numbered, limited edition (we don't have much money). It is produced annually so we can put lots of thought into each issue (and carry on with the day job). The worldwide publishing industry does a great deal of damage to the environment, and so dayfour makes a virtue of being small and an effort to be beautiful.

Why 'dayfour'?
In an ideal world, we could work for a living three days a week. On the fourth day we'd work on whatever we are drawn to, intrigued or fascinated by. Personal stuff. The work we do for love. Dayfour is all about working for love. (And having a three-day weekend.)

What's the background?
Dayfour was launched in London in 2002. The idea for a magazine of photographers' personal work came out of many years' experience in editorial art direction. Often the pictures photographers took for themselves were more exciting than those they were commissioned to do. We started to put together collections of photographs, based around themes, and to show these collections to people who might commission the photographers. So far there have been seven issues, produced out of London and Munich, Germany.

Where can I see a copy?
Dayfour is stocked in various high-quality photographic outlets, like the Photographers Gallery Bookshop, London; Modern Art, Oxford; and Soda, Munich. Each contributor gets copies of the issue their work appears in, and issues are given to selected art directors, pictures editors, art buyers, mainly in Europe and the US.

What are dayfour's upcoming projects?
Dayfour number eight is Ulysses II, a follow-up to our original Ulysses issue, five years on. We shot D4U2 in June 2009, with many of the original contributors plusquite a few new ones. The issue will be published in 2010.

Can I link my website to dayfour?
Tthe dayfour website doesn't have a permanent page of external links. Instead, we run 'links of the month' on the home page. This is a specific project or site we like, which is relevant to the magazine, its fans and contributors. Anyone is welcome to submit their site or project for consideration.

How can I get involved?
Dayfour magazine is open to all contributors, regardless of professional status, age, or geography. We ask our contributors to think and write, as well as take pictures. Both the magazine and the website are, however, edited, designed and published by one person, so please be understanding if it takes time to get your enquiries answered. To get in touch, email contact@dayfour.info

 

Fiona Hayes, editor / art director dayfour, London

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