Fotograf Magazine

2020
Redesign and art direction of an iconic contemporary Eastern-European visual culture magazine.

The design concept of Fotograf magazine emphasizes captions as they contrast with images and photos. These are long, descriptive, and accurate—that's why we enlarge them. Fotograf is a rich theme-based magazine bringing the latest visual trends and photographers' portfolios through critical and theoretical "not-only-Western" perspectives.

  • Fotograf Magazine: a white rooster eyes a green F on the iconic blue #35 cover, caption label 'Žít s lidmi', on marbled paper
  • Fotograf Magazine: a portfolio spread on marbled paper, crumpled photos, a bird and a red-tongued snout, nest in green leaves
  • Fotograf Magazine: cover #36, a figure in green holds a book atop a rooftop under an orange F, enlarged caption 'New Utopias'
  • Fotograf Magazine: cover #37, sausage slices freckle a squinting face under a purple F, enlarged caption 'Uneven ground'
  • Fotograf Magazine: cover #39, four lighters flare at a figure's cigarette under a beige F, enlarged caption 'Slast, bolest.'
  • Fotograf Magazine: cover #40, gold-draped figures sit by windows over a bay under a teal F, enlarged caption 'Earthlings'
  • Fotograf Magazine: cover #35, a white rooster's red comb curls beside a green F on blue, enlarged caption 'Žít s lidmi'
  • Fotograf Magazine: cover #36, a bread loaf masks a figure in navy at sea under an orange F, enlarged caption 'Nové Utopie'
  • Fotograf Magazine: cover #37, a newborn's creased face rises from the dark under a purple F, enlarged caption 'Nerovný terén'
  • Fotograf Magazine: cover #35, a figure nuzzles a shaggy white dog under a green F, enlarged caption 'Living With Humans'
  • Fotograf Magazine: text-heavy intro 'An Encounter on Uneven Ground', photos in contrast, a pier couple, a veiled embrace
  • Fotograf Magazine: Polina Davydenko's portfolio in brown, a coal lump hovers over red quarry cliffs, captions run sideways
  • Fotograf Magazine: Natália Trejbalová's portfolio in salmon, glass spheres and droplets dot grey grids, captions sideways
  • Fotograf Magazine: three arched photos top an olive spread, big glasses, a white gadget, a stone embrace, long captions below
  • Fotograf Magazine: text-heavy profile 'Futurefarmers, Amplifying the Invisible', a sailboat drifts in haze over long captions
  • Fotograf Magazine: three arched photos, lightning over a figure in briefs, a dripping face, a glass vase, long captions below
  • Fotograf Magazine: a pink axolotl amid black coils and a resin pyramid, two photos flank the enlarged heading 'Nomadic State'
  • Fotograf Magazine: a text-heavy essay, bathers crowd a rocky cove under a cliff, caption 'Naïve Utopia' between long columns
  • Fotograf Magazine: text-heavy interview 'On Storytelling', a figure peers from pink blooms beside long descriptive captions
  • Fotograf Magazine: a geodesic dome rises in black and white over enlarged captions, spread titled 'Hazel Larsen Archer'
  • Fotograf Magazine: text-heavy reviews spread, book covers, long captions, green banner reads 'Covid-19 rule for booklovers'