Jan
01
2012
It’s ironic in a way that the rise of the Internet, a medium so perfect for photojournalism, is in fact putting professional photojournalists out of business in large numbers. How can that be? In short, there’s two factors: More photographers out there with easy access to market. More media work ending up online for free. In short, less revenue shared by more people!It’s both exciting and frightening to watch! On the one hand, there’s more stunning photos being taken, of more subjects, by more talented photographers than ever before. In a few moments it can be put online and made available for the whole world to watch. And by the prevailing norms, it’s all available for free to watch! Whether it’s news coming out of one of the world’s hotspots or a long reportage from the height of the Himalayas or the depth of the Amazon jungle, we expect to
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