Damaso
Photojournalist
https://www.format.com/photographer...s4K9Xa8Z3Bptnuff_mYiRpt802qhVEwuKgejZC0G1Lz4w
For those who might be in need!
For those who might be in need!
raid
Dad Photographer
There are already many people without employment and income, and there will be many more in the coming weeks and months. I wish them good luck and survival, and power to them all.
robert blu
quiet photographer
It seems a good idea, I forwarded the link to a friend whose work was suddendly stopped.
DownUnder
Nikon Nomad
The several photographers I knew are self-employed (as small business operators) on contracted (essentially the same situation). They work very long hours for often very inadequate money. News media (mainly newspapers) who need photographs and employ them have closed due to no advertising money coming in. Weddings, receptions, public events are now banned everywhere in Australia. Many retail photo shops have also losed. Studio work, especially portrait work, are long in the past.
Most commercial/professional photographers haven't provided for emergencies such as we are experiencing now, and have little or nothing to fall back on. As small business people, they qualify (of sorts) for government assistance, but here in Australia, the path to finally getting any money out of Our Glorious Leaders is long and torturous with many pitfalls along the way. Providing the documentation to our social security agency is, as some have told me, difficult or at times even impossible. even for those who qualify, payments will be long delayed - in some cases, for up to two months. Just getting by in those lean times before any assistance money hits their bank accounts, will be difficult for them.
I'm fortunate in that photography has always been a 'second' sideline for me and not my main source of income. Even my stock work to publishers and media overseas has now dried up and I see no opportunities to sell any work this year. Self-quarantine in Australia has given me time to work on future projects, but things look very lean indeed even for part-timers such as I am. For those who rely on photography for their living, the Coronavirus crisis has been devastating and I feel very sad for them.
Small funds such as this can help only a few, but it is at least a small drop of assistance. If one starts up in Australia, I will certainly donate what I can to help.
In a sense, we are all in this same boat together, for however long it lasts. I feel for those with few or no resources behind them, who suffer all the more for being unable to provide for themselves.
It will pass, we hope. But for now the present is very difficult...
Most commercial/professional photographers haven't provided for emergencies such as we are experiencing now, and have little or nothing to fall back on. As small business people, they qualify (of sorts) for government assistance, but here in Australia, the path to finally getting any money out of Our Glorious Leaders is long and torturous with many pitfalls along the way. Providing the documentation to our social security agency is, as some have told me, difficult or at times even impossible. even for those who qualify, payments will be long delayed - in some cases, for up to two months. Just getting by in those lean times before any assistance money hits their bank accounts, will be difficult for them.
I'm fortunate in that photography has always been a 'second' sideline for me and not my main source of income. Even my stock work to publishers and media overseas has now dried up and I see no opportunities to sell any work this year. Self-quarantine in Australia has given me time to work on future projects, but things look very lean indeed even for part-timers such as I am. For those who rely on photography for their living, the Coronavirus crisis has been devastating and I feel very sad for them.
Small funds such as this can help only a few, but it is at least a small drop of assistance. If one starts up in Australia, I will certainly donate what I can to help.
In a sense, we are all in this same boat together, for however long it lasts. I feel for those with few or no resources behind them, who suffer all the more for being unable to provide for themselves.
It will pass, we hope. But for now the present is very difficult...