Camera (Japanese magazine)
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, or Ars Camera , Arusu Kamera), is one of the older and longer running of Japanese camera magazines. It was published by the company Ars.
The first issue of Ars Camera is dated April 1921: predating Asahi Camera
by five years. With a mixture of photographs, material about cameras, and contests, it set a pattern for mainstream camera magazines that has continued to the present day. It managed to keep publishing despite the Tokyo earthquake of 1923, but from January 1941 was forced to merge with Shashin Salon , Shashin Saron) and Camera Club to form Shashin Bunka .
Camera was quick to reemerge after the war, with an issue dated January 1946. For some years it was edited by Kineo Kuwabara
. Its last issue was dated August 1956.
The first issue of Ars Camera is dated April 1921: predating Asahi Camera
Asahi Camera
is a Japanese monthly photographic magazine.The first issue was that for April 1926. It has from the outset been published by Asahi Shinbun-sha, publisher of the newspaper Asahi Shinbun....
by five years. With a mixture of photographs, material about cameras, and contests, it set a pattern for mainstream camera magazines that has continued to the present day. It managed to keep publishing despite the Tokyo earthquake of 1923, but from January 1941 was forced to merge with Shashin Salon , Shashin Saron) and Camera Club to form Shashin Bunka .
Camera was quick to reemerge after the war, with an issue dated January 1946. For some years it was edited by Kineo Kuwabara
Kineo Kuwabara
was a Japanese editor and photographer, known for photographing Tokyo for over half a century.Kuwabara was born in Tokyo in 1913. He started taking photographs around 1931 with a Vest Pocket Kodak, but his interest increased as a result of an invitation by his neighbor Hiroshi Hamaya to go to a...
. Its last issue was dated August 1956.
External links
- "Ars Camera" at Camerapedia.