"Published Photographer"
"Published Photographer" It’s quite common these days for photographers to use the term “published”, so what exactly does that mean? Looking into it we find people can use the term to represent different things There was a time just a few decades ago when being published meant just the one thing, having your image printed as a physical object such as a magazine, poster, advert etc. However things have changed and the term “being published” is now being applied to a variety of different scenarios. Leaving aside the discussion about the correct application of the description, I want to look at the different ways I see it being used, which I personally see being broadly divided up into four categories. The following is based on the definition of published being the transfer of an image into another medium to facilitate its distribution to a wider audie nce. Self Publication Sometimes referred to as “vanity publishing”, modern technology allows anyone to publish their own materia...