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Independent writing and critique on contemporary photography in Wales. Printed April & October. 2-issue subscriptions available. Editor: Brian Carroll www.offline.wales

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Offline Journal @offline.wales · 09/05/2026
Available to order now via the online store, ships 18 May. offlinejournal.bigcartel.com
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Offline Journal @offline.wales · 09/05/2026
Here’s the new issue #015 of Offline Journal. Cover images by Paul Hurlow ARCHIVE is the theme for this issue – the biggest issue to date with 108 pages of photography and writing on photography in and beyond Wales.
The cover of issue #15 of Offline Journal - the ARCHIVE issue
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Offline Journal @offline.wales · 27/01/2026
And a fascinating intro on the SHED as structural muse in architecture and art from academic and writer Paul Davies. The ‘Box of Zines’ from around Wales will also be out - so have a browse for inspiration and/or add your photozine to the growing collection!
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Offline Journal @offline.wales · 27/01/2026
Then come along on Sunday 8 Feb from 12.30-4pm for a shedload more discussion in the 3rd SIGNATURES: Talks on photobooks event with photographers Pete Davis on his iconic ‘GREAT LITTLE TIN SHEDS OF WALES’ series and book, and Julie Cook on her excellent 'SOME LAS VEGAS STRIP CLUBS' photobook.
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Offline Journal @offline.wales · 27/01/2026
And info on two afternoons of talks in Turner House Gallery, Penarth over weekend of 7-8 February celebrating the humble, practical, utilitarian, sanctuarised and photogenic SHED!
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Offline Journal @offline.wales · 23/06/2025
Now available! The new ‘PORT TALBOT UFO INVESTIGATION CLUB’ catalog that accompanies ROO LEWIS’ latest show in Newport’s CLWB FFOTO gallery is now available from our online store for just £8.00 - and get £1 off shipping this week only by using the code UFO1OFF at: bit.ly/offlinecatalog
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Offline Journal @offline.wales · 26/05/2025
New 40-page Offline Journal issue #014 featuring cover image and 4-page spread article on work by photographer Gareth Phillips in his exploration of dance through collaboration. Available now from www.offline.wales
Spread from the new Offline Journal issue #014 featuring work by photographer Gareth Phillips in his exploration of dance through collaboration. Available from www.offline.walesCover of the new Offline Journal issue #014 featuring work by photographer Gareth Phillips in his exploration of dance through collaboration. Available from www.offline.wales
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Offline Journal @offline.wales · 21/05/2025
The latest issue #014 of Offline Journal has 40 pages on collaboration by/with photographers in Wales and further afield. The new issue marks 7 years of Offline's documentation of the development of photography in, from and of Wales. Content listing / available via offlinewales.bigcartel.com
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Offline Journal @offline.wales · 18/05/2025
Copies of the shiny new ‘COLLABORATE’ issue of Offline Journal are still available - along with a free Offline Essay from the series if ordered before midnight tonight (Sunday 18 May). 40 pages exploring collaborative projects by photographers in and beyond Wales. offline.wales
Cover of the latest Offline Journal magazine issue #014 featuring an image from Gareth Phillips’ ‘INTERMUNDANE’ collaborative project exploring movement Example spreads from the new Offline Journal magazine issue #014 exploring the theme ‘COLLABORATE’ in photography
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Offline Journal @offline.wales · 16/05/2025
Including radio journalists, educators, curators, frame-makers and designers etc. All orders before midnight Sunday 18 May also get a free Offline Essay supplement. Grab a copy of the 40-page issue via offlinejournal.bigcartel.com
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Offline Journal @offline.wales · 16/05/2025
Another batch of orders for new issue #014 of Offline Journal has gone off in post today - thanks to those who ordered. With cover and feature article exploring Gareth Phillips’ ongoing ‘Intermundane’ project on movement, the 40-page issue looks at collaboration examples adopted by photographers…
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Offline Journal @offline.wales · 15/05/2025
The new issue #014 of Offline Journal is back from printers a day early, so first batch of orders will go off in the post today! 60% of the limited print run already gone! Thanks to all who ordered or subscribed! Order a copy of the new ‘COLLABORATE’ issue via offlinejournal.bigcartel.com
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Offline Journal @offline.wales · 14/05/2025
Latest Offline Journal newsletter is out with news on photography exhibitions & events around Wales. And new printed issue #014 ships this Friday with 40 pages on collaborations between photographers & other creatives. Newsletter is free to read & subscribe via offlinejournal.substack.com
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Offline Journal @offline.wales · 09/05/2025
There’s still time to bag a free ticket for tomorrow’s SIGNATURES event on photobooks - guest speakers Phil Cope and @marcwilson.co.uk will be there with latest book titles. Join us at Turner House gallery in sunny Penarth. Doors open 11am for 11.30am start. Free Tickets via: tinyurl.com/2s4fznkc
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Offline Journal @offline.wales · 03/05/2025
Free tickets available for the 2nd SIGNATURES photobook discussion event. Photographer @marcwilson.co.uk and writer and photographer Phil Cope as guest speakers. Saturday 10 May from 11.30am - 3.30pm at the lovely Turner House gallery in Penarth…
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Offline Journal @offline.wales · 02/05/2025
Free tickets available for the 2nd SIGNATURES photobook discussion event. Photographer @marcwilson.co.uk and writer and photographer Phil Cope as guest speakers. Saturday 10 May from 11.30am - 3.30pm at The Turner House gallery in Penarth. Free tickets on Eventbrite tinyurl.com/2s4fznkc
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Offline Journal @offline.wales · 26/04/2025
Pleased to announce the second SIGNATURES photobook discussion event has photographer @marcwilson.co.uk and writer and photographer Phil Cope as guests. Saturday 10 May from 11.30am - 3.30pm at The Turner House gallery in Penarth. Free tickets via www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/signatures...
Promo image for the second SIGNATURES photobook talk event taking place at The Turner House gallery in Penarth, 11.30am to 3.30pm on Saturday 10th May
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Offline Journal @offline.wales · 19/01/2025
News and audio on the launch of Clwb Ffoto gallery in Newport, and Magnum photographer David Hurn tells the story behind his 1980 Arizona image that features on the brand new Manic Street Preachers album. Read/listen free on the latest Offline Newsletter: offlinejournal.substack.com/p/newsletter...
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Offline Journal @offline.wales · 19/12/2024
A new (free!) Offline Journal newsletter has just gone live. Reflecting on the first SIGNATURES photobook talks event last weekend, and a look at, and audio conversation with, ‘ONLY VANS’ photozine creator @opritchard.bsky.social Read via: offlinejournal.substack.com
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Offline Journal @offline.wales · 16/12/2024
BIG thanks to everyone who came along to the first SIGNATURES photobook talk event on Saturday, and for making it a great afternoon. Special thanks to guests Robert Greetham & David Hurn - with Hurn’s new book ‘ON READING’ having its first appearance in public and proving popular on the day!
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Offline Journal @offline.wales · 08/12/2024
Offline Essay #7 - ’Bargoed’ to Bargoed Essay centres on the story of a painting made by artist L.S. Lowry on a visit to the South Wales mining area of Bargoed, framed within photography writer Ian Walker’s own history with the area, past & present. A4 / 16 pages / colour £5.00 + P&P
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Offline Journal @offline.wales · 07/12/2024
We also encourage photographers to bring along a few copies of their own zines to this and future SIGNATURES events - to show, discuss and sell/exchange with other attendees!
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Offline Journal @offline.wales · 07/12/2024
The 'Box of Zines' is a growing collection of photozines self-published by photographers from around Wales and beyond - each zine is donated to the box and travels to photography events around Wales for others to discover new photographers and their work. Feel free to add your own on the day!
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Offline Journal @offline.wales · 07/12/2024
Doors open 12 noon. Grab a free ticket for a great afternoon of talks on photobook publishing and self-publishing. Copies of both books will be available to purchase at the event. This is the first public showing of Hurn's latest book. Plus - we'll have the ever-expanding 'Box of Zines' on show...
Promo image for the first 'SIGNATURES - Conversations on Photobooks' event at The Turner House gallery in Penarth, just outside Cardiff. These SIGNATURES talks are a collaboration between Offline Journal and The Turner House gallery.
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Offline Journal @offline.wales · 07/12/2024
Just 6 (free) tickets remaining for the first SIGNATURES photobook talk event at The Turner House gallery in Penarth, Cardiff 12.30-4pm Saturday 14 December. 1. ROBERT GREETHAM on his self-published 'Rites & Traces'; and 2. DAVID HURN on his new 'On Reading' published this month by RRB Photobooks
Cover of Robert Greetham's 'RITES & TRACES' photobook. elf-published in 2021.Cover of David Hurn's new 'ON READING' photobook. Published this week by RRB Photobooks
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Offline Journal @offline.wales · 03/12/2024
Doors open 12 noon. Grab a free ticket for a great afternoon of talks on photobook publishing and self-publishing. Some copies of both books will be available to purchase at the event. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1100829493...
promo image for the first in a series of new 'SIGNATURES' - conversations on photobooks, events starting at The Turner House gallery in Penarth, Cardiff 12pm - 4pm saturday 14 December 2024. Guest speakers will be Robert Greetham and David Hurn discussing their photobooks.
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Offline Journal @offline.wales · 03/12/2024
Free tickets now available for the first SIGNATURES photobook talk event at The Turner House gallery in Penarth, Cardiff 12.30-4pm Saturday 14 December. 1. ROBERT GREETHAM on his self-published 'Rites & Traces'; and 2. DAVID HURN on his new 'On Reading' published this month by RRB Photobooks
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Offline Journal @offline.wales · 28/11/2024
Bring along your own photozine or book dummy to show or offer for sale. The ever-expanding box of self-published photozines from around Wales will be there to look through and/or contribute a copy of your zine to the growing collection that we take along to photography events around Wales!
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Offline Journal @offline.wales · 28/11/2024
2. Magnum Photos’ DAVID HURN and @rrbphotobooks publisher Josie Atkinson will unveil Hurn’s brand new ‘ON READING’ photobook – inspired by an early book by photographer André Kertész. Talks start 12.30pm. Free entry.
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Offline Journal @offline.wales · 28/11/2024
1. ROBERT GREETHAM and @offlinejournal publisher Brian Carroll will discuss Greetham’s ‘RITES & TRACES’ self-published photobook featuring an ongoing series of photographs, paintings and mixed-media work made since 2004 on Semana Santa, the Holy Week celebrations in Malaga Spain…
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Offline Journal @offline.wales · 28/11/2024
Two great photobook talks coming to The Turner House gallery in Penarth @Tyturnerpenarth 12-4pm on Saturday 14 December. Come along to hear…
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Offline Journal @offline.wales · 10/11/2024
Down to last dozen copies remaining of the latest issue #013 of Offline Journal - ‘CAUSE & EFFECT’. offline.wales
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