Revelation: Book 1
Written by John Macpherson“It’s our opinion that story-tellers should focus on their project, and editors and publishers have a responsibility to work out how they can make money from the content and pay the story-tellers.
One of our strongest founding principles is that in order for independent reportage to survive, it must be valued and appreciated. This magazine has been created by journalists and photographers so we know that it isn’t possible to survive on by-lines and oxygen. We will always strive, as a priority, to pay our contributors as much as we can afford.”
Amen to that.
And if you agree, Auto de Fe awaits you.
Author — John Macpherson
John MacPherson was born and lives in the Scottish Highlands. He trained as a welder in the Glasgow shipyards, before completing an apprenticeship as a carpenter, and then qualified as a Social Worker in Disability Services. Along the way he has cooked on canal barges, trained as an Alpine Ski Leader & worked as an Instructor for Skiers with disabilities, been a canoe instructor, and tutor of night classes in carpentry, stained glass design and manufacture, and archery. He has travelled extensively on various continents, undertaking solo trips by bicycle, or motorcycle. He has had narrow escapes from an ambush by terrorists, been hit by lightning, caught in an erupting volcano, trapped in a mobile home by a tornado, kidnapped by a dog's hairdresser, rammed by a basking shark and was once bitten by a wild otter. He has combined all this with professional photography, which he has practised for over 35 years. He teaches photography and acts as a photography guide & tutor in the UK and abroad. His biggest challenge is keeping his 30 year old Land Rover 110 on the road. He loves telling and hearing stories.
Discussion (3 Comments)
Hey John & Duckrabbit,
Thanks for this post, it’s much appreciated.
Glad you like what we’re doing and hope you enjoy the magazine. We launched our first iPad edition yesterday (you can download it here: http://autodefemag.com/)and the response has been lovely. Downloads all over the world!
We look forward to sharing the stories online this weekend too, for those people who don’t have iPads.
Cheers again!
J
You are most welcome.
We love good writing. We love good photography. We really love people who do both and try to enable others to do it too. And we utterly adore those who make a huge effort to pay people for their creative endeavours.
Good work should be rewarded whenever possible, because it encourages everyone to try harder. And from that we all benefit.
Indeed… Amen to that! And thanks again 🙂