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Last night I went to YMC for a talk by The Plant magazine. It is one of my favourite magazines even though I didn't know until Issue 3. It includes documentary of the plants , illustrations, do it yourself , recipes,artists,neighbours' gardens...etc in the magazine. Really don't know why but I am always drawn to certain Spanish aesthetics. Probably because their use of light in photography and the appreciation of everyday life very fascinates me.Another magazine is called Apartamento which is so far my ultimate favourite of all.And they are all good friends.

The editors of The Plant are Carol Montpart (London) and Chris Merino (Barcelona). And last night was a talk by Carol Montpart. The Plant originally started by someone suggested "Why don't we make a magazine about plants?" while they were just bunch of friends drinking and chatting about their love of plants.Carol talked about how they started the magazine which I found interesting because I've never heard it before. They gathered all their ideas into a pdf file and sent them to all the people they think that would be amazing contributors.She said it was a very special issue for her because it was hard to ask for people to contribute when the magazine isn't even published yet ,and she felt so glad that there are many people liked their ideas and willing to contribute.And they were really lucky to get photographers like Wolfgang Tillmans, Mark Brothwick , and all kinds of people from all over the world to help this magazine become better and better.

"We documented what has happened". Unlike fashion magazines or any sort which predicts future or something like that. They documents plants , which is unpredictable and they get what they get.I think it's such a good thing as they documented the plants that we may or may not see or not see in the future , and they have the images of them.It is kind of like dry flowers.Which they also taught how to do it in there Do It Yourself session.I've learnt a lot about the magazine after the talk and the editor Carol is such a nice person.I'm really excited and wish them good luck on the future issues of The Plant.

The Plant (magazine)

Carol Montpart (editor at London)

Coke Batrina (photographer who shot both The Plant and Apartamento

Images via Carol Montpart