Outdoor Photographer
{{Short description|American nature photography magazine}}
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| frequency = 11 per year
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| founder = Steve Werner
| founded = 1985
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| company = Titles JCMJ, LLC
| country = United States
| based = Cambridge, Massachusetts
| language = English
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| issn = 0890-5304
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Outdoor Photographer is an American nature photography magazine.{{cite news|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-989539.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805180950/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-989539.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 August 2016|title=Magazine Viewpoint|last=Hoffman|first=David|date=7 February 1992|newspaper=Washington Post|accessdate=8 August 2012}}{{cite book|last=Geographic|first=National|title=National Geographic Ultimate Field Guide to Photography: Revised and Expanded|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aW1TIzeTiDAC&pg=PA381|accessdate=8 August 2012|date=21 April 2009|publisher=National Geographic Books|isbn=9781426204319|page=381}} It is published eleven times per year, monthly, save for a combined January/February issue.{{cite book|last1=Mettee|first1=Stephen Blake|last2=Doland|first2=Michelle|last3=Hall|first3=Doris|title=The American Directory of Writer's Guidelines: More Than 1,700 Magazine Editors and Book Publishers Explain What They are Looking for from Freelancers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ek960DxJ9Z0C&pg=PA462|accessdate=8 August 2012|date=1 December 2006|publisher=Quill Driver Books|isbn=9781884956584|page=461}}
History and profile
Outdoor Photographer was founded by Steve Werner and first published in 1985.{{cite web|title=George D. Lepp |url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/george-d-lepp-6536b213|work=Linkedin|accessdate=13 April 2020}} In 2000, it had roughly 172,000 regular subscribers.{{cite news|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-63509296.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414014732/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-63509296.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 14, 2016|title=Outdoor Photographer Magazine.(Brief Article)|last=Sonneberg|first=Sabine|date=June 1, 2000|work=Target Marketing|accessdate=8 August 2012}} Regular contributors have included Galen Rowell,{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=471eAAAAIBAJ&pg=3698,3163675&dq=galen+rowell+outdoor+photographer+column&hl=en|title=Legacy Of Galen Rowell|date=11 May 2003|work=Lewiston Morning Tribune|page=D1|accessdate=8 August 2012}} Frans Lanting,{{cite news|url=http://www.metroactive.com/papers/cruz/12.10.03/lanting-0350.html|title=Frans Lanting/Chris Eckstrom|last=Phelan|first=Sarah|date=10 December 2003|work=Metro Silicon Valley|accessdate=8 August 2012}} Dewitt Jones,{{cite book|last=Carr|first=Kathleen|title=Polaroid Transfers: A Complete Visual Guide to Creating Image and Emulsion Transfers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZylBNsfv_FwC&pg=PA157|date=1 June 1997|publisher=Random House Digital, Inc.|isbn=9780817455545|page=157}} William Neill, Amy Gulick, Justin Black, and QT Luong.
In July 2014, columnist Bob Krist revealed that he was not paid by the magazine in over a year. Many other contributors were awaiting payment as well, and the magazine stopped responding to payment requests. In July 2015, an announcement was made that the magazine was acquired by the Boston-based publishing company Madavor Media.{{cite news|author=Michael Zhang|title=Outdoor Photographer Isn't Dead, But It Was Sold|url=http://petapixel.com/2015/07/09/outdoor-photographer-isnt-dead-but-it-was-sold/|accessdate=20 December 2015|work=PetaPixel|date=9 July 2015}} Shortly after the announcement, former contributors were contacted and promised that information would soon be provided about how to recover fees owed by the former owner. The headquarters of the magazine is in Braintree, Massachusetts.{{cite web |title=Contact|url=https://www.outdoorphotographer.com/contact/|work=Outdoor Photographer|accessdate=9 August 2020}}
In 2023, it was revealed that multiple contributors had not been paid for months.{{cite web | url=https://petapixel.com/2023/05/18/outdoor-photographer-grossly-mismanaged-as-contributors-go-unpaid-for-months/ | title=Outdoor Photographer 'Grossly Mismanaged' as Contributors Go Unpaid for Months | date=18 May 2023 }}
In February of that year, the BeBop Channel Corporation acquired Madavor Media,{{cite web | url=https://www.accesswire.com/739564/BeBop-Acquires-Madavor-Media--JazzTimes-Outdoor-Photographer-and-Other-Leading-Media-Properties | title='BeBop' Acquires Madavor Media - JazzTimes, Outdoor Photographer and Other Leading Media Properties | date=16 February 2023 }} including all its photography-related publications: Outdoor Photographer, Digital Photo Pro, Digital Photo, the Image Creators Network, and Imaging Resource. In May, Outdoor Photographer Magazine Editor-in-Chief Dan Havlik confirmed that all the magazine's staff had been laid off and that the June/July issue would be Outdoor Photographer's final issue.{{cite web | url=https://www.diyphotography.net/outdoor-photographer-magazine-just-fired-all-their-staff-and-are-selling-up/ | title=Outdoor Photographer magazine just fired all their staff and are selling up | date=20 May 2023 }}
BeBop subsequently announced that on February 29, 2024, it transferred ownership of Outdoor Photographer, along with several other former Madavor Titles to "Titles JCMJ, LLC"{{cite web |url=https://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/BBOP/news/Termination-of-Material-Definitive-Agreement?id=432147 | title=Bebop Channel Corp. press release |date=29 February 2024}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.outdoorphotographer.com/}}
- [http://www.madavor.com/articles/50-madavor-media-llc-acquires-media-properties-from-werner-publishing Mavador Media acquisition press release]
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