"What's happening is a massive scale of increase in the number of people empowered to create images. One number: if you look at the number of cameras of all kinds sold 5 years ago, it was 85 million. Next year is over a billion. That is going to change technology in ways, if you think there's been a revolution so far, you ain't seen nothing yet. It's very important to look at how the whole society is being impacted, and what your strategy is." Alexis Gerard, Future Image
"We may as well hold back the tide folks. Those of us who are pros who are going to need to raise the bar and differentiate ourselves from the rabble. How are we going to do that?" Dan Lamont
"This is a chilling statistic. The Bureau of Labor Statistics last year showed, for the first time, that the number of full time professional photographers is decreasing. The number of people reporting part time income from photography is increasing." Patrick Donehue, Corbis
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