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| + | ==History== | ||
| + | American Photography was a magazine for amateur photographers. It was formed in 1907 through the merger of three other magazines, [[American Amateur Photographer]] (1889-1907), [[Camera and Dark Room]] (1898-1907), and [[Photo Beacon]] (1889-1907). Volume 1 began with the July 1907 issue. American Photography was published by the American Photographic Publishing Company of New York and Boston. Contributors to the magazine included the Camera Club of New York, the Boston Photo-clan, and Photo-Pictorialists of Boston. The magazine also solicited paid editorial contributions from photographers throughout the United States. In addition to photography and editorial content, the magazine included period advertising from photographic equipment manufacturers and distributors. | ||
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| + | The magazine had a complicated publishing history. Not only was it formed from the union of three existing photography magazines but it continued to absorb others throughout its lifetime. In 1909, it absorbed [[Camera Notes]] (1897-1909), in 1917 it absorbed [[Popular Photography (1912–1917)|Popular Photography]]<REF>This is not the [[Popular Photography]] magazine published beginning in 1937 by Ziff-Davis, and continuing to the present.</REF>, in 1919 it absorbed [[Amateur Photographer's Weekly]], in 1920 [[Photo-craft]], in 1932 [[Photo-Era Magazine]], in 1939 [[The Photo Miniature]], in 1942 both [[Photo Technique]] and [[Camera Craft]]. | ||
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| + | American Photography ceased publishing in 1953 when it was itself absorbed into Photography magazine. | ||
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| + | ==Issues== | ||
| + | Early issues of the magazine are now in the public domain and some have been scanned as part of the Google Books initiative and can read or downloaded. | ||
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| + | * [http://books.google.com/books?id=grqvmOaXhEAC&dq=editions%3AUOM39015023568275&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false Volume 1 Issues 1 (July 1907) - 6 (December 1970)] | ||
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Revision as of 22:43, 15 May 2012
American Photography was a magazine for amateur photographers.
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History
American Photography was a magazine for amateur photographers. It was formed in 1907 through the merger of three other magazines, American Amateur Photographer (1889-1907), Camera and Dark Room (1898-1907), and Photo Beacon (1889-1907). Volume 1 began with the July 1907 issue. American Photography was published by the American Photographic Publishing Company of New York and Boston. Contributors to the magazine included the Camera Club of New York, the Boston Photo-clan, and Photo-Pictorialists of Boston. The magazine also solicited paid editorial contributions from photographers throughout the United States. In addition to photography and editorial content, the magazine included period advertising from photographic equipment manufacturers and distributors.
The magazine had a complicated publishing history. Not only was it formed from the union of three existing photography magazines but it continued to absorb others throughout its lifetime. In 1909, it absorbed Camera Notes (1897-1909), in 1917 it absorbed Popular Photography[1], in 1919 it absorbed Amateur Photographer's Weekly, in 1920 Photo-craft, in 1932 Photo-Era Magazine, in 1939 The Photo Miniature, in 1942 both Photo Technique and Camera Craft.
American Photography ceased publishing in 1953 when it was itself absorbed into Photography magazine.
Issues
Early issues of the magazine are now in the public domain and some have been scanned as part of the Google Books initiative and can read or downloaded.
Notes
- ↑ This is not the Popular Photography magazine published beginning in 1937 by Ziff-Davis, and continuing to the present.
Sources
- American Photography v4, 1910, Google Books
- American Photography, OCLC 1480563
