Popular Photography
 First issue, May 1937 | |
| Editor-in-Chief | Miriam Leuchter |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Publisher | Steven B. Grune |
| Total circulation (December 2012) | 359,818[1] |
| Year founded | 1937 |
| Final issue | March/April 2017 |
| Company | Bonnier |
| Country | United States |
| Based in | New York City |
| Language | English |
| Website |
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| ISSN | 1542-0337 |
Popular Photography, formerly known as Popular Photography & Imaging, also called Pop Photo, was a monthly American consumer magazine that at one time had the largest circulation of any imaging magazine, with an editorial staff twice the size of its nearest competitor.[citation needed]
History[edit]
The first issue of Popular Photography was published in 1937. It was based in New York City[2] and owned by a number of companies during its lifetime, including Ziff Davis.[2] It was sold by Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S. to Bonnier Corporation in 2009. The magazine's last publisher was Steven B. Grune and its last editor-in-chief was Miriam Leuchter.[3]
One of its most well-known editors was American photographer and writer Norman Rothschild, who Edward Steichen once called "the man who makes rainbows."[4]
In early March 2017, the magazine folded, owing to declining advertising revenues from the consumer-camera industry.[5] The March/April 2017 issue was its last. In May 2017, Bonnier was offering to fulfill PopPhoto subscriptions by sending other magazines.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ "eCirc for Consumer Magazines". Alliance for Audited Media. December 31, 2012. Retrieved June 21, 2013.
- ^ a b "Publication information". Popular Photography. 91 (3). March 1984. p. 6. ISSN 1542-0337. Retrieved 7 February 2016 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Popular Photography". Popular Photography. 76 (9). September 2012.
- ^ Durniak, John (December 20, 1992). "From Mind's Eye To Abstract Print". The New York Times.
- ^ Gampat, Chris (6 March 2017). "Bonnier Folds Popular Photography and American Photo Magazines". The Phoblographer. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
- ^ Horgan, Richard. "Bonnier Shutters Popular Photography Magazine". Adweek. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
