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Learn MoreNo one’s career looks the same. What other pathways can lead to a success within the photographic industry?
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Learn MoreReceive key feedback and guidance on next steps with your photographs and stories from ICP staff and faculty!
Learn MoreHear from the photographers engaged in disseminating industry guidance and insights about what to say and not say as you navigate your photography business.
Learn MoreIt’s the big open secret of the photography community: everyone does side work. Come and hear how different rockstar photographers subsidize and develop their careers with work that’s not just editorial photography.
Learn MoreThe Photoville Freelance Safety Clinics are an opportunity for freelance photojournalists and documentary photographers to receive free, expert, one-on-one advice on safety and security topics.
Learn MoreHave you discovered you love prop styling through Instagram? Do you want to know how to make a career out of it? There’s no shortage of opportunities—so it’s time to seize them, present yourself as a professional with versatile styling chops, and wow potential clients. I’ll show you how!
Learn MoreDiscover how to use photography as a form of self-care and embrace the challenges encountered as opportunities
Learn MoreLearn how to write successful grants, proposals, and pitches and what it takes to become a photo editor.
Learn MoreJoin celebrated photographer Janette Beckman and curator Julie Grahame as they dive into the fundamentals of building your brand and photography business.
Learn MoreWant to learn how to become a successful photographer or editor? Join our workshops and learn all about Crafting Your Career.
Learn MoreLearn how to write successful grants, proposals, and pitches and about the in’s and out’s of being a photo editor.
Learn MoreJoin us in a crash course for tips that cover everything from job searching, responding to proposal requests, crafting the perfect caption and grant submissions, as well as best practices for photo-editing.
Learn MoreThis session will focus on the art of pitching, website and portfolio editing, and marketing your work.
Learn MoreMembers of the Visual Thinking Collective will present a workshop geared toward the mid-career photographer. Presentations will focus on building editorial skills and will consider an array of issues, including the elements of the visual narrative, researching and pitching story ideas, exploring your photographic identity, sustaining and editing long-term projects, marketing your abilities, and working with clients.
Learn MoreThis session will focus on pricing structures, how to read and interpret contracts, and best practices for business negotiations.
Learn MoreThis session will focus on legal business structures, taxes and accounting, and business insurance. The workshops are especially geared towards BIPOC photographers, and are open to photographers anywhere in the world.
Learn MoreA panel discussion on the physical, digital, and psychological risks for photographers covering political rallies, protests, and events in an increasingly polarised environment leading up to the 2020 U.S. Presidential election.
Learn MoreHave your portfolio reviewed by Leica Gallery Manager and Curator Paris Chong at the Leica Pavilion.
Learn MoreSuzie Katz, president and founder of PhotoWings, and Mary Engel, president and founder of American Photography Archives Group, will discuss the importance of archiving, the best techniques and platforms, and how to start thinking about the legacy you’ll leave behind.
Learn MoreJoin Emma Raynes, Director of Programs at the Magnum Foundation and United Photo Industries and Photoville’s Co-Founder Laura Roumanos, in a 45 minute crash course that covers everything from searching for job and exhibition opportunities, responding to request for proposals and learning the tricks of the trade to writing the perfect grant submission.
Learn MoreFrom brand ambassadors to teaching and fellowships opportunities to starting related businesses, learn how these creatives are redefining the game, making connections and attracting the clients they want. Walk away with tons of inspiration on how to innovate and rethink ways to build your own photography business.
Learn MorePhoto editors and creative directors are constantly looking for photographers with a signature style and brand. But how do you develop them?
Learn MoreIn this panel, we’ll be joined by photographers who think outside the box when it comes to making extra cash from their photography — ideas like limited edition prints, online shops, image resale, magazines, and more.
Learn MoreIn this panel, moderated by Alison Zavos, Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Feature Shoot, we’ll talk to photographers Shaniqwa Jarvis, Dustin Cohen, Michael Rubenstein and Michael George, who each turned personal projects into paying gigs.
Learn MoreFor this conversation, PhotoShelter’s VP of Marketing Amy Fitzgibbons will walk you through all the “old school” tips that are at the heart of successfully promoting yourself. Fitzgibbons will be joined by Street Dreams Magazine photographer Akhil Sesh, who will dive into the “new world” of Snapchat, Instagram, Twitter and more.
Learn MoreTaxes and finances may not be your passion, but staying on top of both can help you maintain your sanity and earn more each year. In this discussion, PhotoShelter CEO Andrew Fingerman sits down with CPA Steven Zelin, whose tax practice focuses on helping artists and creatives.
Learn MorePhotography has never been more important to helping brands and publications communicate with their audiences. So with a constant need for great photography, how do art directors and photo editors find and work with photographers?
Learn MoreVan Driel speaks about the mistakes of talented photographers who ruin their businesses, only because they neglect commercial ‘rules’.
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