Tag: Photokina
Selective Focus: Support for the Photo Arts = Growth in the...
There’s lots of talk about how to grow the photo industry. While there are a few observations I’d like to share on that front,...
Selective Focus: Welcome to the New Normal
Everybody’s chattering about a new normal. Climate change; the shift from commuting to working remotely; and the elephant in the room, the effect of...
In Search of an Imaging Trade Show
The photo and imaging trade show has fallen off the calendar. This was driven mainly by postponements and cancellations caused by the pandemic and...
Selective Focus: Restart. Some Thoughts on the Post-Pandemic Photo Industry
It would be an easy write to go over what brought us to this state, one where camera shipments are down 50% from last...
photokina Is Suspended Indefinitely
Cologne, Germany—The organizers of what was to be the first annual photokina photo-imaging show announced that now photokina is suspended indefinitely.
“We can join the...
Selective Focus: The Industry and the Coronavirus . . . and...
While the subject of this column was to be the transformation of photokina in its 2020 manifestation, those considerations are moot. According to a...
photokina 2020 Canceled: Rescheduled for May 2022
Cologne, Germany—After intensive consultation, Koelnmesse GmbH has canceled photokina 2020, which was planned for May 27–30, 2020. The next photokina, a leading international trade...
Editor’s Note: Are Trade Shows Worth It?
As we come off another CES and head into some of the more active imaging industry trade shows (Imaging USA, WPPI, NAB and photokina,...
Koelnmesse Names New Director for photokina
Las Vegas, NV—Fabian Ströter, 37, an internationally experienced trade fair manager, will assume the position of director for photokina. His appointment is effective May...
Koelnmesse & PIV Reschedule photokina for May 2020
Las Vegas, NV—Following a successful photokina 2018 this September, the imaging show’s sponsor, German Photo Industry Association (PIV), and organizer, Koelnmesse, moved photokina from...