Lay Flat


Lay Flat is a new print publication devoted to promoting the best in contemporary fine art photography and writing on the medium. Each issue is assembled by Shane Lavalette in close collaboration with a different co-editior. Photographers and writers from across the globe are invited to submit their work to be considered for the publication.

Submissions

Photographic submissions are only considered during biannual "call for entries" periods, while textual submissions are reviewed on a rolling basis by sending your writing and a brief biography to words [at] layflat.org

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Lay Flat is now accepting donations of any amount to go towards the printing and distribution of the first issue. Donators of $20 or more will be thanked in print and receive an advanced mailing about the release of the publication.


Thank you, Humble Arts Foundation, for your generous support.





 


Ridderkerk II, 2003 by Raimond Wouda


Issue One: Remain in Light

Included the inaugural issue of Lay Flat are three essays, an interview and a poem, all accompanied by 20 unbound photographs from a selection of international photographers. This issue was co-edited by Chicago-based photographer Karly Wildenhaus.

Words

One Credo After Another
by Tim Davis

Close Readings
by Darius Himes

The Secessionists Revisited: Artist Collectives in the Age of the Blog
by Cara Phillips

A Telephone Conversation with Mike Mandel
by Shane Lavalette

Castaways vs. Utopians
by Jason Fulford

Photographs

Andreas Weinand
Anne Lass
Coley Brown
Debora Mittelstaedt
Ed Panar
Estelle Hanania
Gustav Almestål
Hiroyo Kaneko
Kamden Vencill
Mark McKnight
Michel Campeau
Nicolai Howalt & Trine Søndergaard
Nicola Kast
Nicholas Haggard
Shawn Records
Raimond Wouda
Richard Barnes
Thobias Fäldt
Whitney Hubbs
Yann Orhan