Comments on: Can Photographers Succeed Without Gatekeepers?

By: Wisit Rujira Thompson

Wisit Rujira Thompson — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 04:36:45 +0000

Specifically to stock and assignment, the gatekeepers are also the paymasters. Obviously not so for the likes of fine art and weddings, etc.

I believe that the real gatekeepers that the market needs to usurp are the powerful agents and stock companies. I see models such as photoshelter and license stream creating the new market (if the buyers allow).

By: ian campbell

ian campbell — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:16:31 +0000

I grow more and more convinced the future for photographers is within the pages of inexpensively produced books. Something cheap enough to be disposable-income friendly, which means we have to think in terms of the mechanics of book printing rather than fine art printing.
Because whatever else is happening, books are still being printed, and more importantly, being sold.