{"title":"Hotshoe","description":"\u003ch2\u003eHotshoe: Independent Photography Publishing Since 1977\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHotshoe is one of the longer-running independent photography publications in print, established in 1977 and reinvented in 2002 as a platform for photographic portfolios, critical writing, and editorial perspectives on contemporary photography. It operates outside the mainstream press, maintaining a position as a genuinely independent voice in photography publishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach issue is organised around a specific movement, figure, or moment in the photographic canon — from street photography to documentary traditions, portraiture to landscape — and draws on contributions from photographers with significant standing in the field. The publication has featured work by Todd Hido, Rinko Kawauchi, Martin Parr, Samuel Fosso, Trent Parke, Anna Fox, Chris Killip, Joel Meyerowitz, and others. Issues are produced as collectible objects, with an emphasis on portfolio presentation and sustained critical engagement rather than news or trend coverage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLokator100, an independent bookstore dispatching from Germany, stocks selected Hotshoe titles alongside artist publications and photography books. Each title is accurately documented with full bibliographic information, and condition is stated clearly. Orders are sent with tracked shipping. For related material, see the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/photography-photobooks\" title=\"Browse the full photobook collection at Lokator100\"\u003ePhotobooks\u003c\/a\u003e collection.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"hotshoe-issue-209-an-emotional-landscape","title":"Hotshoe Issue 209: An Emotional Landscape","description":"\u003ch2\u003eHotshoe Issue 209 – An Emotional Landscape\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/hotshoe\" title=\"Browse all Hotshoe magazine issues at Lokator100\"\u003eHotshoe\u003c\/a\u003e Issue 209, titled \u003cem\u003eAn Emotional Landscape\u003c\/em\u003e, addresses our interdependence with the non-human world — whether experienced in urban or rural settings. The editorial focus holds throughout: nature as a condition of feeling and perception, not merely as subject matter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eContributors\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe issue brings together thirteen photographers working across distinct visual registers. Portfolios are contributed by Trent Parke, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/stephen-gill\" title=\"Browse Stephen Gill titles available at Lokator100\"\u003eStephen Gill\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/mimi-plumb\" title=\"Browse Mimi Plumb titles available at Lokator100\"\u003eMimi Plumb\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/pia-paulina-guilmoth\" title=\"Browse Pia-Paulina Guilmoth titles available at Lokator100\"\u003ePia-Paulina Guilmoth\u003c\/a\u003e, Jem Southam, Yana Wernicke, Rinko Kawauchi, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/takashi-homma\" title=\"Browse Takashi Homma titles available at Lokator100\"\u003eTakashi Homma\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/masahisa-fukase\" title=\"Browse Masahisa Fukase photobooks at Lokator100\"\u003eMasahisa Fukase Photography – Photobooks\u003c\/a\u003e, Jack Davison, Robbie Lawrence, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/michael-lundgren\" title=\"Browse Michael Lundgren titles available at Lokator100\"\u003eMichael Lundgren\u003c\/a\u003e, and Gregory Crewdson. The range spans quiet observation, constructed cinematic scenes, lyrical documentary, and work rooted in atmosphere and the natural world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eEditorial Structure\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeyond the portfolios, the issue includes an extended Q\u0026amp;A that deepens the thematic context. The \u003cem\u003eCrude Metaphors\u003c\/em\u003e section presents a short story by Cal Brocket written in response to photographs by Robin Schwartz — a format that positions text and image as mutual commentary rather than caption and illustration. Four photobook reviews round out the issue, offering a compact survey of recent publishing in the field.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis copy is available from Lokator100, dispatched from Germany with tracking and careful packaging. Further issues are listed in the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/photography-photobooks\" title=\"Explore the photobook collection at Lokator100\"\u003ePhotobooks\u003c\/a\u003e collection.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hotshoe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53394139742554,"sku":"HOTSHOE-209","price":32.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0946\/3359\/1130\/files\/hotshoe-issue-209-cover-spider-web.jpg?v=1778420298"},{"product_id":"hotshoe-issue-214-stephen-shore","title":"Hotshoe Issue 214: Stephen Shore","description":"\u003ch2\u003eA Monograph Issue on Stephen Shore's Conceptual Colour Photography\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/hotshoe\" title=\"Browse all Hotshoe publications at Lokator100\"\u003eHotshoe\u003c\/a\u003e Issue 214 is devoted entirely to \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/stephen-shore\" title=\"Browse all Stephen Shore titles at Lokator100\"\u003eStephen Shore\u003c\/a\u003e, structured as a monograph issue examining his practice across conceptual colour photography, diaristic seeing, and the road-trip work that defined much of his output in the 1970s. The issue brings together a conversation with Todd Hido, texts by Shore himself, and an essay by Tom Cornelius — positioning the editorial around Shore's sustained and methodical engagement with colour as a primary pictorial language.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Todd Hido conversation provides a sustained dialogue between two photographers whose approaches to colour and American space share certain affinities, while remaining formally distinct. Shore's own texts offer direct access to his thinking, unmediated by critical apparatus. Tom Cornelius's essay situates Shore's practice within the broader field of conceptual colour photography, drawing on the arc of work from \u003cem\u003eAmerican Surfaces\u003c\/em\u003e through \u003cem\u003eUncommon Places\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe issue's editorial angle is precise: it treats Shore not as a historical figure to be commemorated but as a working intelligence whose decisions about colour, framing, and subject matter remain analytically productive. The New Topographics context — the 1975–1976 exhibition in which Shore's work appeared alongside that of other photographers renegotiating landscape and the built environment — is part of the critical frame without being the whole of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt 191 pages, the issue runs at the longer end of Hotshoe's format, allowing the editorial to develop Shore's practice with some depth rather than reducing it to a portfolio survey.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hotshoe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53399248208218,"sku":"HOTSHOE-214","price":32.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0946\/3359\/1130\/files\/hotshoe-issue-214-stephen-shore-cover.jpg?v=1769087434"}],"url":"https:\/\/lokator100.store\/collections\/hotshoe.oembed","provider":"Lokator100","version":"1.0","type":"link"}