It showcases contemporary photography from a pan Asian point of view. Each issue aims to present at least fourteen photo essays by Asian photographers, accompanied by texts that reflect on the reality expressed by the images. Printed and designed in India and distributed by Idea Books, UK, it has an international presence and consists of an expert team of guest photo editors which brings us the be
st from 14 odd Asian countries twice a year. Photo essays are accompanied by text by leading authors from around the world, and we have been supported by Casa Asia, the Prince Klaus Fund, the Japan Foundation and the British Council, among others. We have launched issues at the first Delhi Photography Festival and Bombay Electric, one of the boutique outlets which sells our publication. PUNCTUM will explore and enhance awareness of contemporary Asian photography in all its forms (reportage, artistic and fashion) internationally. PUNCTUM will develop a platform for critical discussion of contemporary Asian photography. PUNCTUM aspires to act as a link between Asia and the West to follow trends and developments in Asian photography. Why the name Punctum? What is Punctum? Punctum is a term coined by the celebrated critic Roland Barthes in his classic essay “Camera Lucida”. Through this name, the magazine pays tribute to Barthes’ invaluable contributions to photography.
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PRAISE FOR PUNCTUM
'It’s beautiful. There’s a real variety in both topics and photographic approaches.' - Dvafoto
'Its editors appear to retain an openness towards a wide range of photographic practice, from the stark and unannotated beauty of documentary work like Geric Cruz’s pictures of Sitio Damayan, a community of charcoal makers in Manila, to the Cambodian photographer Samnang Khvay Tay’s quirkily masked portraits of his neighbours in their own homes: a remarkable series of images that reveals much more than it conceals... Perhaps magazines like Pix and Punctum, in their own small ways, will find a way to reassert that enduring power of the image.' - The Caravan
'A great initiative' - GUP
