{{Short description|British magazine}} {{Infobox magazine | title = 125 Magazine | image_file = 125 Magazine Autumn-Winter 2012 cover.webp | image_caption = Cover of issue 20 (Autumn–Winter 2012) | editor = Perry Curties, Rob Crane, <br /> Jason Joyce, Martin Yates | editor_title = Founders | frequency = Twice yearly | circulation = | category = Adult/Photography/fashion/art/ideas | founded = 2003 | firstdate = | finaldate = 2013 | finalnumber = 21<ref name="About">{{cite web |author= <!-- none --> |date= n.d. |title= About |website= 125 |url= http://www.125world.com/about-1 |access-date= 2024-06-04 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240601042812/http://www.125world.com/about-1 |archive-date= 2024-06-01 |url-status= live}}</ref> | country = United Kingdom | based = London | language = English | website = {{URL|http://www.125world.com/}} }}
'''''125 Magazine''''' was a London, England, based publication for work and ideas by photographers, illustrators and artists around the world.
==Background== ''125 Magazine''{{'}}s founding partners and the core editorial team were photographers Perry Curties and Jason Joyce, and art directors Rob Crane and Martin Yates who started ''125'' in 2003<ref>{{cite news|author=Jennifer Gilligan|title=125 Magazine|url=http://magpile.com/reviews/2012-10-08/125-magazine-autumn-12/|accessdate=26 January 2017|work=Magpile|date=8 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202042437/http://magpile.com/reviews/2012-10-08/125-magazine-autumn-12/|archive-date=2 February 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> after the realization that no unbiased platform for new work by both established and emerging talent existed. The first issue (themed Fashion) was released in the UK and received a nomination in the Magazine Design Awards but was not a commercial success. The magazine grew to a 300-page, 2 kg 'gallery' of new work and ideas by photographers, stylists and illustrators around the world.
In 2013, the publishers and advertisers shut down ''125''. The magazine reached distribution in 23 countries, with 21 issues and 2 books.<ref name="About" />
==Print sales== ''125'' had a print-sales service which makes all the photography in the magazine available as limited edition art prints through its website. Inclusion in the service is not compulsory but all contributors were offered the chance to participate, with income divided equally between photographer and ''125''. According to the ''125'' website they sold in excess of 8000 prints online and through exhibitions with companies and galleries including Paul Smith and St. Lukes advertising agency.
==Contributors== Each issue had a theme and contained the work of 20-25 contributors as well as interviews with creative talents such as Nick Knight, Glen Luchford, Sean Ellis, Don McCullin Rankin (photographer), and Magnum Photos.
High-profile names were commissioned to shoot for ''125'', such as Rankin, Richard Kern, Perou, Christopher Griffith, Alice Hawkins, Mick Rock, Shinichi Maruyama, Ernst Fischer, and Tim Simmons.
==Influences and competitors== The ''125'' founders have cited I-D, and particularly Rankin's ''Rank Magazine'' which was a short-lived independent showcase as proof that such a magazine was a viable proposition. In 2003 ''Tank'', ''Exit'' and ''Big Magazine'' were the closest rivals to ''125''.
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==External links== * {{Official website|www.125world.com}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20090114221241/http://www.designtaxi.com/news.jsp?id=7809&monthview=1&month=3&year=2007 ''125''/Paul Smith Collaboration] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080530023946/http://www.colophon2009.com/archive/?mag_id=1115 Colophon, Luxembourg]
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