Outdoor Photographer

Outdoor Photographer is an American nature photography magazine.[1][2] It is published eleven times per year, monthly, save for a combined January/February issue.[3]

Outdoor Photographer
Frequency11 per year
FounderSteve Werner
Founded1985
CompanyMadavor Media
CountryUnited States
Based inBraintree, Massachusetts
LanguageEnglish
ISSN0890-5304
OCLC14255205

History and profile

Outdoor Photographer was founded by Steve Werner and first published in 1985.[4] In 2000, it had roughly 172,000 regular subscribers.[5] Regular contributors have included Galen Rowell,[6] Frans Lanting,[7] Dewitt Jones,[8] 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.[9] 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.[9] The headquarters of the magazine is in Braintree, Massachusetts.[10]

In 2023, it was revealed that multiple contributors had not been paid for months.[11] In February of that year, the BeBop Channel Corporation Corporation acquired Madavor Media,[12] 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.[13] BeBop subsequently announced the sale of all their photography-related publications to Giggster Inc. [14], however the sale fell through, and in June BeBop filled a massive lawsuit against Giggster Inc. for breach of contract and fraud.[15]

References
  1. Hoffman, David (7 February 1992). "Magazine Viewpoint". Washington Post. Archived from the original on 5 August 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
  2. Geographic, National (21 April 2009). National Geographic Ultimate Field Guide to Photography: Revised and Expanded. National Geographic Books. p. 381. ISBN 9781426204319. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
  3. Mettee, Stephen Blake; Doland, Michelle; Hall, Doris (1 December 2006). The American Directory of Writer's Guidelines: More Than 1,700 Magazine Editors and Book Publishers Explain What They are Looking for from Freelancers. Quill Driver Books. p. 461. ISBN 9781884956584. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
  4. "George D. Lepp". Linkedin. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  5. Sonneberg, Sabine (June 1, 2000). "Outdoor Photographer Magazine.(Brief Article)". Target Marketing. Archived from the original on April 14, 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
  6. "Legacy Of Galen Rowell". Lewiston Morning Tribune. 11 May 2003. p. D1. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
  7. Phelan, Sarah (10 December 2003). "Frans Lanting/Chris Eckstrom". Metro Silicon Valley. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
  8. Carr, Kathleen (1 June 1997). Polaroid Transfers: A Complete Visual Guide to Creating Image and Emulsion Transfers. Random House Digital, Inc. p. 157. ISBN 9780817455545.
  9. Michael Zhang (9 July 2015). "Outdoor Photographer Isn't Dead, But It Was Sold". PetaPixel. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  10. "Contact". Outdoor Photographer. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  11. "Outdoor Photographer 'Grossly Mismanaged' as Contributors Go Unpaid for Months". 18 May 2023.
  12. "'BeBop' Acquires Madavor Media - JazzTimes, Outdoor Photographer and Other Leading Media Properties". 16 February 2023.
  13. "Outdoor Photographer magazine just fired all their staff and are selling up". 20 May 2023.
  14. "Giggster Has Acquired Imaging Resource from BeBop". 31 May 2023.
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