JPG Magazine Closes it’s Doors. First of Many?

Not only is it a sad day at JPG Magazine and 8020 Media, it’s a sad day for the rest of us too, and the news is burning up my Twitter stream. 

JPG Magazine is closing their doors, after spending months trying to make the buisness sustain itself. In these economic times, people simply aren’t spending the money they used to on anything that’s not food, shelter, and necessary clothing.  It sucks, because Jpg Magazine did some amazing things for professional and amateur photographers both, but perhaps we’re not strong enough to sustain something like JPG Magazine. 

Laura Brunow Miner, one of the founders of JPG Magazine said, in a statement released on their blog, “We wish we could have found a way to leave the site running for the benefit of the amazing folks who have made JPG what it is, and we have spent sleepless nights trying to figure something out, all to no avail.”

I’m thinking, personally, that the saddest part of this is that 1) a major creative force in our community is closing it’s doors, and 2) that this is a sign of many many more closures of amazing properties to come, and that makes me sad. 

The Flickr site will live on, but for me, it’s just not the same.