Shoot - Paul Mpagi Sepuya

Shoot was a self-published zine produced by photographer Paul Mpagi Sepuya from 2005–2008. Each of the zine’s issues was an experiment by the artist in conceiving of an extended portrait, using contact sheets, outtakes, and text. The subjects were Sepuya’s friends, muses, and collaborators. Like many zines made at the time, these were photocopied on the job and at various copying centers and the magazine retains much of the artist’s hand as well as the idiosyncratic hallmarks of the copy machine that have come to define Queer zines since the 1970s. This book brings together, for the first time, all seven issues of the magazine, which are highly sought-after due to the scarcity of the originals today.