CREATED BY - STEFANO SAMA
GENRE - BRUTALIST ARCHITECTURE
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN - UNITED KINGDOM
24 PAGES OF B&W PHOTOGRAPHS
120gsm PAPER IN 300gsm CARD COVERS
ISSUES LIMITED TO 50 COPIES
PRICE - £5.00 + SHIPPING
AVAILABLE FROM THE UHMZINES ETSY STORE https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Uhmzines?ref=simple-shop-header-name&listing_id=909355538
I love a bit of brutalism, me.
Once much-maligned, a decaying vestige of the utopian dreams of housing planners of the '60s and '70s to create affordable inner-city housing that unfortunately looked more like George Orwell's wet-dream, brutalist architecture has enjoyed a renaissance in recent years. These concrete monstrosities have a charm and power all of their own, evoking a lost future whilst being rooted in the past. Yet, people still live and work in these buildings.
Started in the grim days of 2020 and now in its tenth issue, "Brutal" is a simple, uncluttered zine featuring atmospheric and suitably stark monochrome photos of brutalist buildings in London,(including the "A-listers" of the capital's brutes,Trellick Tower and the Barbican Estate), and other cities like Leeds, Birmingham and Liverpool in later issues. The photos are uncompromising in their realism with a calming vibe; there is no text to spoil the architecture porn. I like that, but some may prefer a bit of detail about the buildings. There is a list of the locations in the back of the zine, however, and details of the cameras used can be found on the Etsy store page for those who are interested in that kind of info.
If you have an interest in brutalist architecture then "Brutal" is a beautiful, pure distillation of all that's good (and bad) about it.
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