In 2015, I started exploring the liberating world of self-publishing after a year of browsing zines, poking around events, and doing personal photography projects. It took me months of choosing photos, designing, and fine-tuning before I published my first photo zine called Wayward. It was one of the biggest creative projects I did, and it made me curious about the biggest creative projects that people would come up with if they were uninhibited.
Now, in this part of my adventure, I want to feed that curiosity further. I want to see more zines, get to know the stories and inspirations behind them, and share my insights about them in this little space. Hell, I even want to try helping other people make their own zines, if they’d let me.
So, despite an unplanned and extended hiatus, I hope you can all visit The Zinery, which houses my zine reviews + self-publishing resources + zine culture stories + more (hopefully). If you like what you find there, I hope you can support me here as well, as I currently can't receive payments through Substack. I'm planning to post something soon, so stay tuned!