page_title: Epoca (magazine)
section_title: History and profile
hierarchical_section_title: Epoca (magazine) / History and profile
caption_attribution_description: Italiano: Copertina del primo numero della Rivista "Epoca" (14 ottobre 1950 - Italy) Con la pubblicazione di "Epoca", nel 1950, la Mondadori porta anche in Italia il modello americano di giornalismo illustrato, con una redazione che annovera nomi come Biagi, Del Buono, Spadolini, Zavattini. Immagine concessa con licenza English: Cover of Magazine "Epoca" (14 October 1950 - Italy)
context_page_description: Epoca was an Italian illustrated weekly current events magazine published between 1950 and 1997 in Milan, Italy.
context_section_description: Epoca was first published on 14 October 1950. The magazine was modelled on Life and Paris Match. The magazine was part of Mondadori and was based in Milan.
  Its first editor was Alberto Mondadori who was succeeded in the post by Enzo Biagi in 1953. The magazine sold 500,000 copies in 1955.
  During the period until 1960 when Enzo Biagi edited Epoca the magazine covered current affairs news, social attitudes as well as TV news. The magazine also included frequent and detailed articles about Hollywood stars of the period and Italian movie stars such as Gina Lollobrigida. The weekly had offices in New York, Paris and Tokyo. From June 1952 to the late 1958 the Cuban-Italian writer Alba de Céspedes wrote an agony column, called Dalla parte di lei, in the magazine.
  Then Epoca became part of Rizzoli Editori and began to cover travel and nature news with photographs and scientific articles. The magazine had a section called I bei posti (meaning Beautiful Places in English) where the photographs of unknown places such as Bahamas, Marrakesh and Acapulco by Mario de Biasi, Alfredo Panucci and Giorgio Lotti were published.
  During the 1960s Epoca had a moderate political stance, but was extremely anti-communist. The circulation of the magazine was 400,000 copies in 1963. It was 305,000 copies in 1964.
  In 1970 Epoca sold 350,000 copies. The weekly had a circulation of 120,046 copies in 1984. Epoca was closed down in 1997 due to low circulation.
caption: October 1950 issue of Epoca
exif: {"Image ImageDescription": "<ame_info>\n<codice_db>AA205702</codice_db>\n<nome_db>cucina</nome_db>\n<larghezza_hres_mm>200</larghezza_hres_mm>\n<altezza_hres_mm>266</altezza_hres_mm>\n<risoluzione_hres_dpi>300</risoluzione_hres_dpi>\n<pixel_x_hres>2362</pixel_x_hres>\n<pixel_y_hres>3147</pixel_y_hres>\n<metodo_colore_hres>CMYK</metodo_colore_hres>\n</ame_info>", "Image Make": "NIKON", "Image Model": "E5700", "Image Orientation": "Horizontal (normal)", "Image XResolution": "300", "Image YResolution": "300", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Image Software": "Adobe Photoshop CS2 Macintosh", "Image DateTime": "2007:11:13 19:57:31", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Co-sited", "Image Copyright": "Mondadori Press", "Image ExifOffset": "592", "Thumbnail Compression": "JPEG (old-style)", "Thumbnail XResolution": "72", "Thumbnail YResolution": "72", "Thumbnail ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormat": "1310", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormatLength": "0", "EXIF ExposureTime": "10/19", "EXIF FNumber": "29/5", "EXIF ExposureProgram": "Aperture Priority", "EXIF ISOSpeedRatings": "400", "EXIF ExifVersion": "0220", "EXIF DateTimeOriginal": "2007:02:08 14:29:37", "EXIF DateTimeDigitized": "2007:02:08 14:29:37", "EXIF ComponentsConfiguration": "YCbCr", "EXIF CompressedBitsPerPixel": "3", "EXIF ExposureBiasValue": "0", "EXIF MaxApertureValue": "3", "EXIF MeteringMode": "CenterWeightedAverage", "EXIF LightSource": "Unknown", "EXIF Flash": "Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode", "EXIF FocalLength": "273/10", "EXIF FlashPixVersion": "0100", "EXIF ColorSpace": "Uncalibrated", "EXIF ExifImageWidth": "2362", "EXIF ExifImageLength": "3147", "EXIF FileSource": "Digital Camera", "EXIF SceneType": "Directly Photographed", "EXIF CustomRendered": "Normal", "EXIF ExposureMode": "Auto Exposure", "EXIF WhiteBalance": "Auto", "EXIF DigitalZoomRatio": "0", "EXIF FocalLengthIn35mmFilm": "106", "EXIF SceneCaptureType": "Standard", "EXIF GainControl": "Low gain up", "EXIF Contrast": "Normal", "EXIF Saturation": "Normal", "EXIF Sharpness": "Normal", "EXIF SubjectDistanceRange": "0"}