World's biggest photography show will return in 2020.
Photokina 2019 has been cancelled, in a surprise announcement by its German organisers. Photokina has long been regarded as the world’s premiere photographic trade fair. It’s been taking place at Koelnmesse in the city of Cologne every two years since 1966 and has become a regular fixture for the whole camera industry.
Last year the organisers announced it would double in frequency to become an annual event taking place in May rather than the traditional September, and this meant that Photokina 2019 would have taken place in May 2019, just eight months after the previous event.
This produced some surprise and concern amongst exhibitors and visitors. Could the industry prepare for another major exhibition so soon after the last one? Would there be enough new products to attract visitors?
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