Are BMX photographers becoming an anachronism?
There are still viable options for photographers out there. Print as a whole is alive. Products get packaged, posters get produced, billboards are everywhere, point of purchase displays are in every store. Printed pieces are still there. Editorial has certainly changed dramatically. But the market has definitely changed. Photographers just need to grow with it. It’s not just BMX. It’s everything really. Would I recommend someone go to school to be a BMX photographer? No. There are still outlets to get photos used, but there are a lot of people doing it and the licensing options to really make money are thinner and thinner. Things have changed for a lot of people, not just photographers. The fact that DVD’s are disappearing in favor of online distribution is changing the way filmmakers are compensated. Music distribution has changed completely. It’s all changing. (Jamie Bestwick by Jared) I still do some pretty big licensing deals from BMX photos, but almost all of it is non-endemics… t
