Since 2002, Montreal’s annual Expozine has brought thousands of visitors together for two days in November for Canada’s largest zine fair. Expozine’s 2013 edition took place this past weekend in the basement of the Église St-Enfant Jésus church, exhibiting small run publications from zines to books with diverse content ranging from left wing literature to graphic art, poetry,photography, art theory, and countless others.

We were in attendance and are happy to present to you our favorite publications below in no particular order.

Jurgen Maelfeyt, Breasts, 2013

Published by Art Paper Editions, Jurgen Maelfeyt’s Breasts presents 32 pages of just that – breasts. An edition of 250, the pages in Breasts consist of uncensored, grainy black-and-white photos of female breasts. Cropped from the rest of the body, Maelfeyt’s images confront the viewer directly, creating a voyeuristic relationship between the viewer and the photographs. This results in a certain level of objectification, where one must evaluate his or her own gaze in relation to the breasts, while simultaneously illustrating the natural beauty of the female form.

eil, Jon Estwards, 2013

eil by Montreal-based photographer Jon Estwards consists of 24 colour pages of Polaroid and 35mm photographs. Many of the images in the zine display Estward’s self-taught fibre process, which gives the images an organic feeling – bridging the gap between those depicted in the images and the natural settings they are photographed in.

Alexandre Lemire, “– – – IS – – WAS”, 2013

Published in an edition of 40, the opening page of Alexandre Lemire’s “– – – IS – – WAS” states “TURNED FROM AN IS TO A WAS BEFORE HE EVEN HIT THE GROUND.” The title of the zine seems to suggested a shortened and cryptic form of this quotation. Like the title, Lemire’s photographs are equally mysterious. Printed entirely in colour, Lemire’s photographs consistently display and reference the human presence in the urban landscape, while at the same time, are entirely devoid of people.

Tomé Duarte, Nome de Doenca Rara, 2012

Tomé Duarte’s 2012 zine Nome De Doenca Rara displays what is perhaps the epitome of the homemade zine aesthetic – raw, no nonsense, black-and-white xeroxed pages. Published in an edition of 100, Duarte’s zine consists of 35mm photographs, collage, drawing, Polaroid photos, and contact sheet scans. With content ranging from photos of a dead body in a casket to various instances of nudity, Nome De Doenca Rara presents a gritty slice of life through this Porto-based photographer’s point of view.