Mary Burzlaff Bostic - 2016 Photographers Market

CINCINNATI, OHIO
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Love it or hate it, dealing with money is a key component of running a successful photography business. While your passion for shooting is why you became a photographer, competently handling your income and outgo allows you to keep doing what you love.

If handling money isnt your strength, were here to help. This edition of Photographers Market includes articles on pricing your work, selling without begging, obtaining micro funding for your business, and options for accepting payment from your clients.

Youll also find features on a variety of topics to help keep your business running smoothly and inspiring interviews with three successful photographers. And, as always, weve included more than 1,500 individually verified market contacts (complete with payment information!). So, whats holding you back?

Keep creating and good luck!

Mary Burzlaff Bostic

www.artistsmarketonline.com

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.

May pay at the top of the scale. Closed to unsolicited submissions.

Each listing is broken down into sections to make it easier to locate specific information (see sample listing on the back inside cover of this book). In the first section of each listing youll find mailing addresses, phone numbers, e-mail and website addresses, and the name of the person you should contact. Youll also find general information about photo buyers, including when their business was established and their publishing philosophy. Each listing will include one or more of the following subheads: