Zine 01: My First Photo Zine, Made From One Sheet of Paper
I’ve been shooting photos around Washington state for a while, and my photos mostly lived on Instagram and my hard drive. A feed scrolls past in a second. I wanted something you could hold, so I made a zine.
Zine 01 is eight pages, and the whole thing folds from a single sheet of 8.5×11 paper with one cut. The cover is a field of pink tulips. Inside there’s a train at night, a squirrel sitting in a flower pot, yellow flowers in golden sunset light, and a couple of concert shots with the stage lights blown out in yellow and green. It’s a mix because that’s how I shoot. I don’t stick to one subject, so I put the pictures I liked best next to each other and let them sit.
The photo selection is random for this one, but photos that I love and which also received a lot of attention on Instagram. I hope you enjoy them as well!
I sell it as a $5 digital download so you can print it yourself. It’s one PDF. Print it at full size with no borders, on letter or A4. The listing includes a folding diagram, but here’s the short version:
- Fold the sheet in half the long way, then the short way, and unfold both creases.
- Fold the short sides in to the center crease.
- Fold it the short way again and cut one panel deep along the center crease. The cut will span two panels/photos.
- Open it into a plus shape, then collapse it into a little booklet.
The back cover has a QR code to my Instagram, @gerry_creighton, so if you like what you see, there’s more there.
Get Zine 01 on Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/listing/4584624007/gerry-creighton-photography-zine-01
