Every class of magazines uses photographs: Literary magazines, Women's, Farm journals, Juvenile, Religious, Outdoor, Photographic, Theatrical, Musical, Art, and Trade publications. The following notes generalize the needs of each of these fields.
General Magazines
This excludes most fiction magazines; those which do use photographic illustrations buy the work of professional studios already established and perhaps specializing in that type of illustrating. The beginner may develop into one of these illustrators—many magazines use them, as Love Stories, Cosmopolitan for special articles, National Pictorial Monthly, etc.,—but these markets are not open to the free-lance photographer.
Current History, Times Building, New York, New York, is an example of a news-magazine which uses timely photographs of wide interest.
The Literary Digest is of similar nature, but this second magazine does not buy photographs from the open market.
The Curtis Publishing Company occasionally uses photographs of a scenic or artistic nature as fillers. These magazines comprise The Saturday Evening Post, The Ladies' Home Journal, The Country Gentleman. These are always available, and a glance through several numbers of each will disclose the type of photograph wanted.
Grit, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, uses many photographs, and short articles written around them. This publication wants common, human-interest subjects treated carefully.
The needs of The Illustrated World, Popular Mechanics and Popular Science have been made very clear in previous portions of this book.
The Scientific American always wants photographs of new inventions of wide interest, accompanied by brief articles. Address 233 Broadway, New York, New York.
Physical Culture, 119 West 40th Street, New York, New York, always wants photographs of persons having splendid physical development. A glance through this magazine will disclose the types of poses desired. Straight front, back, etc., views are never used; action in the picture is essential.