![]() ![]() They answered my doubts saying: “We know that in USA newspapers are closing but all that is so far away…”. ![]() Yesterday I was talking with two editors of local (small town in Northern Italy) newspapers: they just implemented an online version of their journals, but this was considered a NOT strategical development (since most of the revenues are still coming from the paper). The tough part is that in general it’s still difficult to figure out who will pay for what… Burn is for sure a hell of an interesting experiment from this point of view. I’m rather optimistic by nature (pheraps because I don’t have to make a living out of my photography ): in general for media this is a time for exploring new way of doing/sharing things imo content is king, but there are continuous leaps in how content can be put together and distributed. How do you see it? bad times, or just time to clean house? ![]() So many photographers and so few resources to finance them as professionals will lead many to search for other sources of income….however, the true visionaries will do just fine….and it has always been so…. Wherever i go now photographers are flat out scared…fearful of the future….businesses are closing down everywhere…magazine circulations have dropped leaving little money for assignments, galleries are not selling as before, advertising agencies no longer have big budgets for photography, and newspapers are cutting their photo staffs drastically, if not going out of business entirely….i do not know one single professional photographer who is not affected by our global financial crises….Īt the very same time i see amazing work being done…one way or another, the best will thrive in the long run….photographers and agencies who can move with stealth will move forward…those with too much overhead will have to do serious “spring cleaning” in order to survive….this is our new reality…Īs i start now to look through the 1,029 entries that came in for the Emerging Photographer Fund grant, i am so so impressed with the high standard of work being done by so many….a truly staggering tour de force of worthy work was submitted to me here on BURN….to choose only one seems right off the top somehow unfair, since i would so love to help so many more….i am not the chooser, and i am pleased to not be the chooser of the recipient for this grant because i would be very hard pressed to make a decision among so many worthy photographers…i will do all i can to at least give those who do not receive this funding at least as much opportunity as i can give them with some solid exposure here on our forum in the coming months…ĭo i see a solid future for these emerging photographers as we go through these difficult times? of course i do…hard times befall almost every generation…and harder times than these to be sure….now is just the time to share…band together…for mutual benefit and creative growth….and we must all throw away what we do not need which is historically what led the citizens of Valencia, Spain (above) to create the spring Fallas… Right_middle_container = Geyser.Finally….springtime…i do not know about you, but for me spring just does not come quite quick enough….spring brings hope and promise and well, just warmer weather is just fine with me….and spring is just the time to clean house….throw out all the junk one accumulates over the winter…both physical and psychological ….time for us to begin anew….this spring brings challenges for all of us….with the lovely green of spring, this year brings us to face a world where we might all just have to do with less…. Right Middle Container - This container is empty for now Right_top_container = Geyser.Container:new(, right_container) - this is the important bit - it says that right_top_container should be inside right_container Code: Select all -Right Top Cointainer - This container is empty for now
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