Amateur Photographer is a British photography magazine, published weekly by Kelsey Media.

Amateur Photographer was first published on 10 October 1884 by Hazell, Watson and Viney, making it over 140 years old.

Some of the most renowned photographers such as Alfred Stieglitz, Frank Meadow Sutcliffe, David Bailey and Bob Carlos Clarke have written for the magazine over the years.

[2] This magazine is now owned by Kelsey Media which acquired it (with World Soccer) from Future plc (owner of competing titles Digital Camera and Digital Photographer) after Future acquired TI Media, the previous owner of the magazine.

AP (as it is referred to) is usually based around the following items: APOY is an annual competition run by Amateur Photographer, and is open to anyone that earns less than 10% of their yearly salary from photography.