Journal tagged by At work with

Ghislain Pascal has been promoting and supporting photographers and their work since the nineties, as agent, publicist, gallerist and now magazine publisher. He answers our weekly Q&A as the third issue of his magazine Boys! Boys! Boys!, dedicated to work by queer and gay photographers, appears in shops.

Ella Paradis launched The Black Explorer in 2020 partly in response to her experience as a black woman working in the travel industry. As she starts to prepare the third issue, she discusses her working process and the origins of her magazine in the racism she faced as a Black tourist.

Data visualisation has a big role today—our digital lives are built on it, and we see ever more complex information expressed in print. Yet there’s little coverage of the form as a creative medium. An exception is Market Cafe Market, produced by a pair of data viz specialists in London and Amsterdam.

Pocket-sized mag Desired Landscapes has a unique approach to travel, exploring the visual culture of cities and asking ‘What is a city (now)?’ As founder Natassa Pappa answers our weekly Q&A, she ponders whether a regular Zoom call might be considered a city.

Advertising art director Adam Hunt describes the ups and downs of publishing This Way Up, an occasional magazine that practices what it preaches, celebrating self-initiated creative projects. He shares his work environment, his inspirations and his week ahead.

Paris-based Profane presents work by amateurs—‘anonymous connoisseurs and artists hidden from official circles’—in a beautifully curated and designed quarterly. Co-founder Charlotte Halpern discusses her week ahead and her magazine’s part in the French indie rennaisance.