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Volume 1 of the #MonochromeMarch e-zine is now available for download.
Click on the link and it should immediately download (thanks to @benbradley for the Dropbox tip!)
Links for Volumes 2 and 3 will be posted on the next two Fridays.
Thank you for making the event such a success, your enthusiasm and images were inspiring.
Please see the comments for a few notes on the curation process, and I'd love to hear any feedback. Boosts appreciated.
Steven
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/kj6dh3qgi0yzjvhmjwdpx/Monochrome-March-Volume-1.pdf?rlkey=ehvrjddfyb93j7u6g3vam4lql&st=19bbqqws&dl=1

Steven Lawson Photography 22h ago

Notes on the curation of the #MonochromeMarch zine images:
There are around 150 of MY favourites but I'm not Ansel Adams, I'm just an ordinary bloke, so please don't be offended if your work isn't used.
I chose images for many reasons - subject, composition, creativity, tone, light, shadow, contrast, quirkiness, etc.
The zines are free, all permissions have been granted and if you want to print them, go ahead, but please don't sell them.
We'll do it again in 2027, with a few minor admin tweaks.

Steven Lawson Photography 21h ago

Here's how to bypass the Dropbox login, sorry about the scruffy notes!

Bob Horowitz 21h ago

@StevenLawsonPhotography
Quick note:

When I clicked on your link, I landed in my own Dropbox files, with no obvious way to get to your shared doc. Dropbox is stupid that way. Worst interface ever.

The solution: in Chrome, I opened an incognito tab and pasted your link in there. That took me directly to your file. 👍

Nice zine! I'm glad you put this together.

Steven Lawson Photography 20h ago

@BobHorowitz Thanks for that Bob, I will have to stick with Dropbox for now but next year I will find a more elegant download solution.

@BobHorowitz @StevenLawsonPhotography Another great tip!

Ben Bradley 20h ago

@StevenLawsonPhotography there's a quicker way to share Dropbox links without needing to jump through these hoops. If the URL ends dl=0 change it to dl=1 and it will immediately download.

Steven Lawson Photography 20h ago

@benbradley I didn't know that, thank you for the tip! I've edited the download link.

@benbradley @StevenLawsonPhotography Huzzah!

🍉 wimi 22h ago

@StevenLawsonPhotography Fantastic collection! Thank you again for your idea and tremendous effort. ☺️

@StevenLawsonPhotography Thank you once again, and what an exciting selection! I’m already looking forward to next year!

olafgroetz 22h ago

@StevenLawsonPhotography this looks great! I love the way you arranged the pictures in nice matching pairs, so they can produce extra feelings.

@StevenLawsonPhotography You Rock! Thank you!

But on my iPhone I can’t get the download unless I sign up or give my email for a link by email later. Is that as you thought? I haven’t been able to select download.

Sabrina 21h ago

@cobalt123 @StevenLawsonPhotography You have to open it in Safari, then you have a tiny arrow at the bottom left to download.
When I just click the link it takes me to another browser (from Mastodon?) and that doesn’t work, but there is the Safari logo that you can click on.

Sabrina 21h ago

@cobalt123 @StevenLawsonPhotography

@Steinwaelzer yay thank you!!!!

Sabrina 21h ago

@StevenLawsonPhotography Thank you, that looks phantastic! So many wonderful pictures, a great collection!

Mike Hindle 20h ago

@StevenLawsonPhotography What an incredible collection of images 🖤 Amazing work here, Steven, you've got a good eye for curation.

And of course, thanks for including one of mine 🤩🙏🏻

Steven Lawson Photography 20h ago

@mikehindleuk Wait until you see Vol. 2 😉

Mike Hindle 20h ago

@StevenLawsonPhotography Can't wait 🤩🙌🏻

SallyABL 20h ago

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Wow. Steven! 💪
What a triumphant effort to bring folk together for the #MonochtomeMarch challenge and then to showcase a snapshot of the amazing contributions in such a fabulous way. I love the e-zine and am enjoying checking out the images that caught your eye!

🙏 For the setting the challenge, for shepharding us to maintain momentum throughout March, and for collating the e-zine. #Legend

🌻

What a great selection, really shows what a range of excellent images got submitted. Glad to hear that it's coming back next year. 😁

@StevenLawsonPhotography awesome! Well done and also well done every one who contributed photos!

Scuba_Zeus 19h ago

@StevenLawsonPhotography @benbradley wondeful! Thank you very much. I look forward to seeing the other two volumes

Bob Tregilus 19h ago

@StevenLawsonPhotography Super collection of monochrome images, Steven! Very nice zine! I look forward to volumes 2 & 3!

Love it @StevenLawsonPhotography and thank you for the event @benbradley 👍

@StevenLawsonPhotography

Looks great Steve! Terrifically executed. Thanks again for providing the impetus!

NYSloth 19h ago

Wow! Thank you for assembling these beautiful works by the Fediverse’s own collection of decentralized Federated monochrome aficionados!

Steven Lawson Photography 18h ago

@NYSloth I like that description but it doesn’t quite roll off the tongue! 😂

deerbard 19h ago

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What a great collection!
I completely overlooked the hashtag and whole event ^^ Next year maybe. Would be also great for #bwPhotoCollective game as it lost it’s momentum in recent months.

deerbard 19h ago

@StevenLawsonPhotography
Also many of these I recognize from my feed :)

Cognissart 19h ago

@StevenLawsonPhotography @benbradley 👏👏 brilliant! Thank you for organising this - and making decisions 🤣 It's been great just to follow but this beautifully curated collection is 🧁

On a Third Photography 18h ago

@StevenLawsonPhotography fantastically put together Steven, thank you for all your efforts

gusseting 18h ago

@StevenLawsonPhotography Thanks for the idea and your effort!
How can it be I missed so many of theses pictures in my timeline? Need to follow more folks

Steven Lawson Photography 17h ago

@mamue The best way to keep up to date is to follow the #MonochromeMarch hashtag, or any hashtag for that matter, then those posts will automatically appear in your daily timeline.

@StevenLawsonPhotography
Sure. Maybe I got an overdose of black and white and unfollowed the tag 🤔 I can't remember... 😅

Chris Koester 16h ago

@StevenLawsonPhotography @benbradley Great, thanks! 👍

@byAndreas🤟😌✨15h ago

@StevenLawsonPhotography @benbradley Very nice photo zine :) I loaded your zine into a free comic book reader on my iphone and it looks really nice. Maybe look into uploading it to https://archive.org and get a nice flip flip book too :) there are a ton of older zines there so tag it as such and add to the stacks. (I have been down a zine rabbit hole and think we need more of them!)

Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine

Steven Lawson Photography 15h ago

@byandreas @benbradley Sounds interesting, I will look into that, thanks.

Anemone Nemorosa 15h ago

@StevenLawsonPhotography

Beautifully done. I really like the pairing! It really adds another dimension. Looking forward to vol 2 & 3! 😊

aboutgrau 15h ago

@StevenLawsonPhotography @benbradley it‘s finally out and looking gorgeous! what a wonderful selection, so much diversity in there

ghostdancer 14h ago

Thank you very much. Great work. 👏👏👏

@StevenLawsonPhotography @Billthoo @benbradley Great collection!

@StevenLawsonPhotography

Just a FYI:

"Link temporarily disabled
This can happen when the link has been shared or downloaded too many times in a day.
Check back later and we’ll open access to more people."

Also, are you doing these monthly with different themes or is this a once-a-year thing?

Steven Lawson Photography 10h ago

@beep Yes, I was aware and have upgraded my account from the free one to a professional one at a cost of £19.99 a month, so that should solve the issue. This was a once a year event, but I am considering doing something in August, too.

@StevenLawsonPhotography @benbradley
this is pretty damned cool.
thanx

deer witch 8h ago

@StevenLawsonPhotography It's phenomenal!!

I love your abstract water zine and used it as an example for how page layouts impact our understanding of visual content, and you nailed it again with this. I adore the image pairings.

I hope you do this again next year ~

@StevenLawsonPhotography @benbradley Wow, I'm amazed at the quality! It's awesome!

The Learning Curve Photography 7h ago

@StevenLawsonPhotography @benbradley Nicely done Steven. Great work 😊 👍

DragonFlame 4h ago

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@SallyABL Congrats on your cactus 😊 Great collection of photos here.

SallyABL 4h ago

@RHW @StevenLawsonPhotography 🤭 Thanks! Totally unexpected. So delighted to have been included given all the fabulous contributions to the challenge. And more to be shown in vols 2 and 3.

🌵 Taken at the arboretum, no less. 🌵