We are bored of photography platforms treating us like a product, a mere number in their balance sheet.
Elizabeth Lloyd - EE.UU.
Gastón Zubeldia
Most platforms offer us some type of exposure while charging us an annual membership fee to belong to their "exclusive" group.
Sergiu Rotaru - Republic of Moldova
Others want us to participate in contests
where we pay to upload our photos.
Valentin Paster - Germany
We'll be honest with you from the start
We will not charge you to belong to this community and only talented photographers will be allowed to join.
Andreas Pollok - Germany
Andreas Pollok - Germany
With everyone's support, we will create products that have real value, including those specializing in creative wedding photography. for wedding photographers. Forget about the winner's exhibitions that take place in some hidden gallery in Paris or Dubai, where it is hard for you to see your own work displayed. Forget also about those virtual galleries that only serve to inflate egos.
We are going to create a series of books dedicated to inspiration. We don't want a product that serves as a monument to the community's ego. Our idea is to form a community where members contribute their talent and work to create a quality product filled with art.
50% of profits from the products sold by the community will be used towards prizes for the winning photographers in each category.
We want to simultaneously grow our community and the size of the prizes we can offer. We dream of awarding thousands of dollars to community members and of financing ourselves without having to beg a brand to donate an extra camera they have in storage.
You won't just be a spectator. Members will have the right to make decisions such as voting for contest winners. This way we avoid having photographers we don't know deciding whose work gets published.
We will create our own platform (actually, we're already working on it!)that will cater specifically to the needs of wedding photographers, including those who specialize in capturing creative wedding photography. Our platform will connect with larger ones such as Instagram and Facebook, allowing us to track members, vote, interact and follow updates.
Most importantly:
Believe us when we say we will not charge you anything.
Emerson Fiuza - Brasil
IF YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR PROJECT
and hear about the next steps, our process for making this project sustainable, and the first voting opportunities, you will need to sign up. To do that, you need to become a member.
If you received our invitation, please CLICK HERE to complete your registration.
If you haven't received an invitation yet
Support us online. Follow us, tag us, mention us, @ us, and let us see your work as we continue to recruit. Remember we are looking for genuinely talented photographers from around the world. With such a wide talent pool, we know we haven't seen everything yet that our lens could capture.
