The End of the Old Business: Microstock, Instagram, AI

How the picture agency model built in 1947 came apart: the death of the photo essay, microstock’s price collapse, the Getty–Shutterstock merger and AI generators eating the editorial trade.

Playlist by @picture_agency_birth

10 tracks, shared on Audicious.

1. The Decline of Photojournalism: How American Business Killed the Photo Essay — Jared Thomas Tapy
2. Photography Is Dead - Now What ? — Tin House Studio
3. Getty Images Lost $4.5 Billion to AI — Barely Human Labs
4. Why Getty + Shutterstock Merger = HUGE Changes for Stock Photography — Blokhin Films
5. Getty Images and Shutterstock Merger: What It Means for Contributors — Jason Yoder
6. Proof: The Photographers on Photography | National Geographic — National Geographic
7. The Life of a Photograph | National Geographic — National Geographic
8. A look at AP's Photos of the Year 2022 — CBS Mornings
9. The Debrief: Pictures Editor Rickey Rogers discusses the top Reuters photos of 2020 — Reuters
10. Mark Abramson: What is Photojournalism Today? | Eyeshot 50mm Ep.24 — Eyeshot Photos