Noel Rivera - 2018 Photographers Market

CINCINNATI, OHIO
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Grooms attire by Natalie Marquis

Intense black makeup and brunette locks appear in sharp contrast to the pale horns and lace in this foggy image from Laura Darks Floating series.

In this 2017 senior school photo, Jaky Janine and her client hiked to a wooded location near her studio in Climax, Michigan.

Change takes place in every industry, and photography is no exception. This edition of Photographers Market looks at some of the new challenges and advances in the market with articles that address changes in the technology and the language of photography.

Youll also find features on core topics such as working with galleries, marketing yourself, knowing your rights, and determining what photos will sell and re-sell. Interviews with four successful freelance photographers will inspire you while providing food for thought when it comes to your own photography business.

As always, weve included more than 1,500 individually verified market contacts (complete with payment information). So dont wait! Get started now.

Keep creating and good luck!

Noel Rivera

www.artistsmarketonline.com

P.S. Dont forget to register at Artists Market Online, which you get FREE for a year with the purchase of this book. With your free 1-year subscription, youll be able to search market contacts, track your submissions, read up on the latest market news, and much more. Use the activation code from the front insert to access your free subscription today.

The first thing youll notice about most of the listings in this book is the group of symbols that appears before the name of each company. Scanning the listings for symbols can help you quickly locate markets that meet certain criteria. (Youll find a quick-reference key to the symbols as well as a sample listing on the back inside cover of the book.) Heres what each symbol stands for:

This photo buyer is new to this edition of the book.

This photo buyer is located in Canada.

This photo buyer is located outside the U.S. and Canada.

This photo buyer uses only images created on assignment.

This photo buyer uses only stock images.

This photo buyer accepts submissions in digital format.

This photo buyer uses film or other audiovisual media.

This art fair is a juried event; a juror or committee of jurors views applicants work and selects those whose work fits within the guidelines of the event.

We asked photo buyers to indicate their general pay scale based on what they typically pay for a single image. Their answers are signified by a series of dollar signs before each listing. Scanning for dollar signs can help you quickly identify which markets pay at the top of the scale. However, not every photo buyer answered this question, so dont mistake a missing dollar sign as an indication of low pay rates. Also keep in mind that many photo buyers are willing to negotiate.

Pays $1150

Pays $151750

Pays $7511,500

Pays more than $1,500

We also asked photo buyers to indicate their level of openness to freelance photography. Looking for these symbols can help you identify buyers who are willing to work with newcomers, as well as prestigious buyers who publish only top-notch photography.

Encourages beginning or unpublished photographers to submit work for consideration; publishes new photographers. May pay only in copies or have a low pay rate.

Accepts outstanding work from beginning and established photographers; expects a high level of professionalism from all photographers who make contact.

Hard to break into; publishes mostly previously published photographers.