Innovative Approaches to Funding Your Photography

B&H Photography Podcast

Jill Waterman

Podcast, Photography, Arts, Visual Arts, Bh, Photo

4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2016

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

With the prevalence of “staff” photography jobs dwindling and the number of “photographers” increasing, finding regular freelance work and funding your own project is more complicated than ever. Yes, the tried-and-true rules of self-motivation and hustle are still the fundamentals, but today’s guests offer solutions to put photographers together with those who will support their work, regardless of the photographic discipline. Matt Craig, of blink, and Theresa Hubbard, of Fractured Atlas, discuss their organizations’ novel approaches and, together, we talk technology, content marketing, crowd sourcing, and what’s available in the new marketplace to monetize your photographic efforts. Guests: Matt Craig and Theresa Hubbard

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0:00.0	You're listening to the B&H Photography Podcast.
0:04.0	For over 40 years, B&H has been the professional source for photography, video, audio, and more.
0:09.6	For your favorite gear, news, and reviews, visit us at bnh.com or download the B&H app to your
0:15.6	iPhone or Android device.
0:17.6	Now here's your host, Alan White.
0:21.2	Welcome to the B&H Photography Podcast.
0:23.8	Today, John Harrison, I will be exploring new avenues available to photographers for
0:28.2	finding work and project funding.
0:30.6	Before we begin, I'd like to remind you, you, our listeners, to take a few moments and let us know how we're doing.
0:36.2	Your feedback is important to us and it enables us to further increase the value of our show.
0:41.6	Tweet us at bhphotovideo with the hashtag bhphotopodcast or email us at podcastatbhphoto.com.
0:51.8	The traditional methods photographers have used to secure work have gone the way of payphones and free peanuts in the airlines.
0:58.1	For years, it was pretty straightforward.
1:00.7	Editors would use staff photographers to cover stories, while artists and documentarians typically self-funded their projects with the hope of recouping the costs and maybe even making a profit from gallery sales or magazine spreads.
1:14.2	Then little things like the internet and mobile and digital technologies came along and before you know it, Humpty Dumpty fell off the wall.
1:20.7	Since then, we've been busy picking up the pieces while trying to figure out how to find another day's pay.
1:26.5	Our guests today are already on the case.
1:29.1	Their organizations are providing innovative ways to put photographers together with those that can hire them or fund their work.
1:36.5	Matt Craig is a former photo editor at the Wall Street Journal and co-founder of Blink, a real-time location platform that enables editors and potential clients to locate photographers and vice versa.
1:48.9	Teresa Hubbard is a program specialist of the Fiscal Sponsorship Program at Fractured Atlas, an organization that eliminates the practical barriers to artistic expression.
1:59.1	The Fiscal Sponsorship Program works by enabling artists to utilize fractured atlases, non-profit status to raise funds that would otherwise be unavailable to them.
2:09.5	Welcome to both of you.
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