I was sad to see the passing of Borders Bookstores here in the UK. My local store always had a good range of photography books, plus there was a large shelf dedicated to international magazines, things like Excellence, the USA Porsche mag and some great film and photo mags. So my post-Christmas wandering took me to WH Smith where I found the silver lining for my cloud.
100 Best Pictures is published by the newly renamed “Aircraft’ magazine, formerly Aircraft Illustrated. It’s a good buy at £8.99 with some of the best known aircraft shooters in the world featuring, but when I was in store this week, it had 50% off, making it a no-brainer. Lovely and glossy, with that new-magazine smell, it proved to be a good read. There’s some well known names, but my favourite is Japanese shooter Katsuhiko Tokunaga with his killer shots and distinctive style.
If you don’t have a branch of WH Smith near you, grab a copy online at the publisher’s website I’ve only one grumble – the spine bound format makes it difficult to open out fully, making some of the full bleed, double page shots hard to view, but then, for a fiver, you can’t grumble!
