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Time pays $30.00 for cover - Photographer Ecstatic | Lightstalkers
- otoburb 17y agoI don't quite understand why the photographers aren't seeing this from the point of view of the amateur photographer that made the deal. The bragging rights would be worth it alone, and if this budding amateur wanted to go down a (semi-)professional path, then they've landed a shot with a reputable magazine and can place that in their portfolio.
- noodle 17y agoi'm not sure what there is to complain about. its stock, put up on a stock website. edit: this supposed to be a referendum on stock photography?
- theorique 17y agoThere seems to be a lot of anger among the photographers on the message board - anger that they are competing with 'enthusiastic amateurs' with high quality digital cameras. The question that comes to mind is, why would Time pay $2500 if they can pay $30?
- trafficlight 17y agoExactly. Time doesn't care how much it costs. They just want a good looking photo. Ultimately, the photographers on that site are in denial. They believe that nobody should be capable of putting out a quality photo but them. It's the same denial newspapers and record labels are in.
- ja27 17y agoAnd buggy whip manufacturers, telegraph operators, Java coders, etc.
- alaskamiller 17y agoThe work of an artist is to change the value of things. --Yoko Ono (http://twitter.com/yokoono/status/2498738317 http://twitter.com/yokoono/status/2498738317)
- rms 17y agoOriginal source: http://www.modelmayhem.com/po.php?thread_id=480730&page=1 http://www.modelmayhem.com/po.php?thread_id=480730&page=...
- yangyang 17y agoThis really winds me up. Pro photographers seem to have a complete lack of understanding of competition. Their industry is becoming commoditised. The amateurs aren't going to go away, and they're going to produce better and better quality work. The only way for the pros to continue getting paid more is to differentiate themselves somehow. It's a familiar story that's happened in many industries - they need to wake up to it.
- dev 17y agoThe part that most people fail to see is that regardless of the profession, it's hard to compete with someone who don't need to make money.