Popular Photography
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.
![]() First issue, May 1937 | |
Editor-in-Chief | Miriam Leuchter |
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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 | www |
ISSN | 1542-0337 |
History
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]
See also
References
- "eCirc for Consumer Magazines". Alliance for Audited Media. December 31, 2012. Archived from the original on April 18, 2014. Retrieved June 21, 2013.
- "Publication information". Popular Photography. 91 (3). March 1984. p. 6. ISSN 1542-0337. Retrieved February 7, 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 (March 6, 2017). "Bonnier Folds Popular Photography and American Photo Magazines". The Phoblographer. Retrieved April 28, 2017.
- Horgan, Richard (March 8, 2017). "Bonnier Shutters Popular Photography Magazine". Adweek. Retrieved March 12, 2017.