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'''I am a Camera''' (1999-) is a [[Perzine|personal zine]] created by [[Vanessa Berry]], a writer based in Sydney, NSW, Australia.  
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'''I am a Camera''' (2000-) is a [[Perzine|personal zine]] created by [[Vanessa Berry]], a writer based in Sydney, NSW, Australia.  
  
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The content varies but '''I am a Camera''' is generally focused on memories, secondhand objects, everyday life and photography. It was first published in 1999, and is now produced annually.
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The content varies but '''I am a Camera''' is made up of autobiographical stories, focused on memories, secondhand objects, and everyday life. It was first published in 2000, and is now produced annually.
  
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The author describes the impetus for the creation of this zine on her website as follows:
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The author described her choice of the name 'I am a Camera': "The sentence inspired me because it seemed a good description of what I have always tried to do in my writing, highlight details, as if they were a photograph being scrutinised."
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"I started I am a Camera in 1999, naming it after a newspaper headline (although I didn't know it at the time, it is also the name of a Christopher Isherwood play, and many other things, even a single by The Buggles). The sentence inspired me because it seemed a good description of what I have always tried to do in my writing, highlight details, as if they were a photograph being scrutinised."
 
  
 
===Issues===
 
===Issues===
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*No. 14 (2010)  
 
*No. 14 (2010)  
 
*No. 15 (2011) "In Dunedin"
 
*No. 15 (2011) "In Dunedin"
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*No. 16 (2011)
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*No. 17 (2014)
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*No. 18 (2016)
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*No. 19 (2017)
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*No. 20 (2020)
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*No. 21 (2021)
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*No. 22 (2022)
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*No. 23 (2023)
  
 
==External Link==
 
==External Link==
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*[http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~howodd/ Vanessa Berry World]
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*[https://vanessaberryworld.wordpress.com/i-am-a-camera/]
 
*[http://grrrlzines.net/interviews/vanessaberry.htm ''Vanessa's world in more than 100 zines: An interview with Vanessa Berry''], Sydney, Australia, by Elke Zobl, November 2002
 
*[http://grrrlzines.net/interviews/vanessaberry.htm ''Vanessa's world in more than 100 zines: An interview with Vanessa Berry''], Sydney, Australia, by Elke Zobl, November 2002
  
 
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[[Category:Zine]] [[Category:Zines from Australia]] [[Category:New South Wales Zines]] [[Category:2000's publications]] [[Category:Perzine]]

Revision as of 03:49, 26 December 2023

I am a camera #11

I am a Camera (2000-) is a personal zine created by Vanessa Berry, a writer based in Sydney, NSW, Australia.

The content varies but I am a Camera is made up of autobiographical stories, focused on memories, secondhand objects, and everyday life. It was first published in 2000, and is now produced annually.

The author described her choice of the name 'I am a Camera': "The sentence inspired me because it seemed a good description of what I have always tried to do in my writing, highlight details, as if they were a photograph being scrutinised."

Issues

  • No. 8 (2005) "Disasters"
  • No. 9 (Summer 2005)
  • No. 10 (2006) "Portugal Postcards"
  • No. 11 (March 2007)
  • No. 12 (2008) "Peacock"
  • No. 13 (2009) "Pocket Watch"
  • No. 14 (2010)
  • No. 15 (2011) "In Dunedin"
  • No. 16 (2011)
  • No. 17 (2014)
  • No. 18 (2016)
  • No. 19 (2017)
  • No. 20 (2020)
  • No. 21 (2021)
  • No. 22 (2022)
  • No. 23 (2023)

External Link

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