British Photographic Industry News – July-August 2020
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ONWARDS & UPWARDS at British Photographic Industry News magazine July-August 2020 Issue
Hope this issue finds you well in the continued unprecedented circumstances we find ourselves in these days – both as regards our own families and the ‘extended family’ of the photo industry. I want to start off by extending our thanks to everyone who has supported our subscription drive this past month – and those who, if feeling they couldn’t quite stretch to the £30 per annum being asked, kindly dug their hands in their pockets and bought us a virtual coffee to keep us in publication. You can still do both of those things by pledging £30 or £3 via www.paypal.me/bpinews While I wouldn’t pretend we’re out of the woods yet, your support (as well as that of the advertisers featured within these pages) has enabled us to return to the printed edition we hope you’re holding as you read this. We’re continuing to push the online version too – June’s digital-only ‘lockdown special’ received tenfold the number of readers who normally digest our regular digital editions, with advertisers telling us they were very happy with the response. So double the reason to get involved with BPI News as the last and only remaining photo trade publication; a key part of the glue that binds our industry together.
If you missed our previous edition in the hubbub of lockdown easing and stores re-opening, you can of course find it in our digital archive at www.bpinews.co.uk. Plus, we’ve updated and re-printed our business advice feature from last month on page 16 of British Photographic Industry News Magazine issue, as not only is most of the advice still fiercely relevant, but we wanted to have a physical record of the industry coming together to combat the effects of the pandemic on livelihoods. Like all national publications, copies of BPI News are sent to and stored by the British Library – so it would be heartening to think that future generations may one day look us up to find out how we coped.
Our main news this month is, unsurprisingly, a mixed bag. On the upside, there are the latest welcome product launches from Canon, Sigma, Fujifilm, Panasonic, Leica and more to indicate that we are getting back to some sort of normality. Set against this is the sell-off of Olympus’ imaging division, the closure of Nikon’s Central London ‘school’ and The Photography Show going online-only for 2020; though of course if we squint hard enough we may be able to find positive spins on these stories too.
Our next scheduled edition is our September 2020 cover, with a copy due date of August 25th. As I said at the start, your support to ensure BPI News can continue to be published is gratefully received and appreciated. So feel free to reach out to us. As one industry veteran kindly noted last month: “the trade needs BPI”.
EDITOR
Gavin Stoker
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