About EmpathyPic
EmpathyPic is a slow journal of documentary photography. We publish four issues a year, each built around a small number of essays we've worked on for months, plus a short weekly note for subscribers who like to read at the pace of one cup of coffee.
Why we exist
Most photography online competes for half a second of attention. We wanted a quiet place to do the opposite — to give photographs the room they need to be looked at properly, and the words to sit honestly alongside them. That's the whole project.
What you'll find here
- Quarterly essays — long-form visual stories from photographers we trust, edited carefully, presented without ads or tracking pixels in the body.
- The weekly note — a short Sunday email with one image, one paragraph and one link worth opening.
- The archive — every previous issue stays online, free to read, in its original form.
Who we are
EmpathyPic is a tiny team — an editor, a designer, a copy editor and a handful of contributing photographers — distributed across Europe and the UK. We don't take outside investment, and we don't run advertising on the essays themselves. Issues are supported by a small Patrons programme and by clearly-marked partner notes in the weekly email.
How we work with contributors
If you're a photographer with an essay you've been carrying around for a while, we'd love to hear about it. We commission a small number of new essays each year, pay flat per-essay rates we publish transparently, and don't ask for exclusivity beyond the issue's launch window.
Stay in touch
You can write to us at hello@empathypic.com for editorial pitches, partner notes or simply to say hello. To stop receiving the weekly note at any time, use our unsubscribe page — requests are processed within 48 hours.