Zines (short for “fanzines”) have been a vehicle for self-publishing since the 1930s, evolving through punk subculture, underground art scenes, and DIY communities before photographers claimed the format as their own. In the 1990s and 2000s, photographers like Wolfgang Tillmans, Daido Moriyama, and Ryan McGinley — and a generation of Japanese photobook makers — showed what could be done when images were freed from gallery walls and put between cheap, folded pages. Today the photo zine sits at the intersection of photography, print culture, and artist publishing — democratic, affordable, and entirely on your terms.