Popular Photography

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Popular Photography
Popular Photography May 1937 Cover.jpg
First issue, May 1937
General ManagerAdam Morath
FrequencyFully digital
Total circulation
(December 2012)
359,818 [1]
Founded1937
Company Recurrent Ventures [2]
CountryUnited States
Based inNew York City
LanguageEnglish
Website www.popphoto.com
ISSN 1542-0337

Popular Photography, formerly known as Popular Photography & Imaging, also called Pop Photo, is a monthly American consumer website and former 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 ] The magazine ceased print publication in early 2017 but began publishing as a web-only magazine in June 2018. It officially relaunched in December 2021 [3] . It has stopped publishing as of December 2023.

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History

The first issue of Popular Photography was published in 1937. It was based in New York City [4] and owned by a number of companies during its lifetime, including Ziff Davis. [4] 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. [5]

One of its most well-known editors was American photographer and writer Norman Rothschild, whom Edward Steichen once called "the man who makes rainbows." [6]

In early March 2017, the magazine folded, owing to declining advertising revenues from the consumer-camera industry. [7] The March/April 2017 issue was its last. In May 2017, Bonnier was offering to fulfill PopPhoto subscriptions by sending other magazines. [8]

PopPhoto soft-relaunched as an online-only publication in June 2018, and officially relaunched in December 2021 [9] . It has stopped publishing as of December 2023.

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