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[led•light] noun

Decorative, coloured sections of glass leaded together to form a window. A mosaic of perspectives, fused into a single frame.

WHAT IS LEADLIGHT?

Leadlight is a digital and print magazine made up of many lenses. It is a patchwork of perspectives, providing a space for voices on art, science, culture, and philosophy to live side by side.

Each story represents a fragment of humanity navigating what it means to live, through whatever means or medium necessary.

This is a magazine focused on 'seeing', in looking both out and in, in shattering and reassembling how we see the world and ourselves.

An elderly man standing at a window with a partially closed metal shutter, looking outside.
Bus stop sign with route number 1, showing bus destinations at 242 St-Broadway, Bronx and South Ferry, Manhattan, viewed through a window with people inside.
Two women sitting on a train, seen from the back through a window. One has pink hair and the other has long dark hair tied back.
A person with black hair and a jacket sitting inside a bus near a window, seen from outside through the window, with safety sign icons and an SOS sign visible inside.
A person standing in front of a mirror, looking at their phone. The reflection shows a large wall clock behind them, with a woman wearing a dark shirt and carrying a handbag.
Black and white photo of a woman sitting inside a room, viewed through a window with four panes, showing the silhouette of her profile against the light.
Silhouette of a person with glasses inside a room, viewed through a window with a grid pattern. Outside the window, parked vehicles and a brick wall are visible, with a faint silhouette of a tree and a streetlight illuminated in the distance.

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fiction & poetrY

opinion pieces & reviews

art, music, & film

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Contact Us

A person standing on a dirt path in a dense forest with sunlight filtering through the trees and some red light glare.

Leadlight is created and published on the sovereign land of the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to Elders past and present, as well as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander members of our creative community. The practice of storytelling has been an essential part of Indigenous culture for millenia, as First Nations’ histories, educational stories, and stories of country, creation and tradition have been passed down through generations.

As this magazine weaves together our own collection of stories and philosophies, we acknowledge the powerful role of this tradition, creating a safe space for a diversity of perspectives to be heard and explored. We are committed to a practice of storytelling that stands in solidarity with First Nations’ efforts towards decolonisation, acknowledging the historical and continued silencing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives.

Sovereignty was never ceded. Always was and always will be Aboriginal land.