The second issue is out.

I wrote about the free ‘teaser’ issue of the iPad photography magazine Once here. The second issue is just out and it’s a bargain at $2.99.

There is a startling documentary photography piece by Matt Eich on alligator farming in Louisiana. I don’t know what these tough men get for doing this job, but you can bet it’s a lot less than Bottega Veneta gets for the handbags which result.

A bayou alligator is shot prior to becoming a handbag.

The other two pieces illustrate the Bay of Bengal’s increasing salt content, a result of global warming, and Chernobyl’s catastrophic aftermath, including an outstanding interactive map showing areas with stil dangerous radiation levels around the blast site.

‘Once’ is recommended to all iPad users who enjoy documentary photograhy with a powerful message. Mine is an iPad 1 running the latest iOS5 and I rout the pictures and videos to a big screen to which an AppleTV is connected. A great way of seeing photographs, though display on the iPad’s screen is almost as good.

At $3 an issue you are not adding to the world’s recycling problem while supporting great artists.