Vintage Magazine Challenge
Last quarter our Vintage Magazine was ‘Charles Buchan’s Football Monthly’ published between 1951 - 1974. This magazine, although niche in topic, hosted a wide range of high quality photographs, advertisements, and typography all to utilise in the challenge.
By Celeyce Matthews • @cyeeece
"When I approach making a collage, I always start with color; this vintage magazine only had a few pages with color so I started with those luscious, dusky blues. I also added color with acrylic paint to the pages that were the original vintage sepia for contrast. I was challenged by this magazine from 1963 as I usually work with found images from the 1970s to contemporary sources and I didn’t want the collages to read as early ‘60s kitsch. The intense masculine subject matter of the magazine, British football, was also new for me and led me toward a touch of commentary and narrative than my usual intuitive, abstract approach. It was a great challenge that definitely stretched my creativity!"
By Elizabeth Gourlay • @imaginedcollectedandmade
By Julie Richards • @jrichards3500
“My approach to the challenge was to represent the essence of the magazine, from the action of the player on the field, to the observer.
I am new to doing collage and this is my first submission for any type of challenge.”
By Monica Manghi • @monicamanghi
Collages by Susana Delgado • @su_dlgd
Collage By Darren Herridge • @short_circuit_control
I used the magazine like a box of orders: ads, slogans, proud faces. Brion Gysin’s cut-up idea is simple - cut the message, shuffle it, and the hidden meaning shows. I kept to the rule: only this magazine, no extra imagery, just scissors and glue.
I pulled the loud bits - brands, club talk, ‘soccer all year round’ - and rebuilt them into something slightly wrong on purpose. Big heads on borrowed bodies, the pointing finger, the ball held out like a deal. the red blocks act like alarms. It turns the team photo into a ‘soccer sideshow’: less hero worship, more question mark.
The aim wasn’t nostalgia. it was to break the old script and show the seams - how the page tries to steer you, and how easy it is to rewire it.
A huge thank you to everyone who took part in this challenge, it was so great to see your creative responses to this magazine! If you want to take part in this challenge yourself simply click HERE!