A5 Zines
4pp Cover onto 250gsm Silk
Matt Lamination to outer
40pp Text onto 130gsm Silk (4mm Spine)
Four colour print throughout
Trimmed, collated and perfect bound
Across The Pond: Volume 2 is an A5 street photography zine by photographer and filmmaker Mike Chudley. Shot over six days in New York City in April 2025, it captures American city life, skyline views and small human moments with a warm, cinematic feel. We produced the zine as a compact, perfect bound book that keeps his images crisp, colour-rich and ready for collectors, friends and followers of his work.
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Across The Pond: Volume 2 continues Mike’s ongoing exploration of life in the United States, this time focusing on New York City. Inside, readers move from intimate portraits to wide park vistas and classic city landmarks, echoing the pace of wandering the streets with a camera.
The opening spread sets the tone: a quiet waterfront view of Manhattan opposite a clean title page, “New York City – April 2025”, giving the project a clear time and place. From there, the sequencing feels like a walk: doormen and security staff, bridges and brownstones, flag-lined streets and lazy afternoons in the park.
We printed Across The Pond: Volume 2 as an A5 zine – a handy, bag-friendly format that’s ideal for street photography and easy to ship. The compact size keeps production efficient while still giving each image room to breathe.
The 4pp cover is on 250gsm silk with matt lamination to the outer. The silk stock supports rich, smooth image reproduction, while the matt laminate protects the book from scuffs and adds a modern, understated finish that suits the photography. Inside, 40 pages run on 130gsm silk with four colour print throughout, delivering clean detail and consistent colour from full-bleed skylines to darker street scenes.
Perfect binding gives the zine a neat square spine of around 4mm. It feels more like a small photobook than a throwaway pamphlet, which is ideal for collectors and for a series that may grow over time.
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On the cover, two figures sit with their backs to the camera, framed by blossom and branches, one wearing a large white hair bow. The image is soft, warm and slightly nostalgic – a gentle way into what is otherwise a very urban body of work. Simple sans serif typography across the top keeps the focus firmly on the photograph while clearly stating “ACROSS THE POND – VOLUME 2”.
The back cover switches to a classic slice of Americana: a flag billowing above a tall building against a clear blue sky. This pairing of tender, almost filmic portraiture with bold architectural imagery runs throughout the zine. Inside, Mike alternates full-bleed spreads – such as a sweeping Central Park panorama – with white-bordered images that echo a print laid on a gallery wall.
Portrait spreads of uniformed New Yorkers sit alongside infrastructure – bridges, pylons and elevated train tracks – giving the zine structure and rhythm. The clean white margins and consistent type keep everything cohesive and let the photographs do the heavy lifting.
For Volume 2, Mike already had a clear visual story from his six-day trip; our job was to make sure the physical book matched the quality of his images. Our team confirmed the A5, 40-page, perfect bound spec, advised on silk paper weights that would keep colours punchy without the pages feeling too heavy, and handled all pre-press checks before going to print.
As with all photography and zine projects, accurate colour reproduction was key. We worked within a CMYK workflow optimised for image-heavy layouts, so film-like tones, skin detail and deep shadows held up across the run. Throughout, Mike had account-managed support from our studio – one point of contact for timelines, proofs and delivery – so he could focus on editing, sequencing and promoting the zine to his audience.
