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Camera Magazine August 1974 No. 8. Theme: Orientation. Printing: High quality duplex offset. Photographers: 33 international newcomers with biographies and technical data. Softcover, 56 pages. Camera Magazine founded in 1922 was dedicated to the art of photography for almost 60 years. Under the editorship of Alan Porter from 1966 to 1981, it provided a showcase for historic photographs, the work of established world renowned photographers and up-and-coming new talent. Owned by the C.J. Bucher publishing company of Lucerne, Switzerland, the magazine was acclaimed for its reproduction quality utilizing the sheet-fed gravure process and after 1973 a duplex offset system that maintained the quality while reducing printing costs. Camera Magazine was purchased by the Ringier Printing Company in 1973 which continued publication until December 1981.