"There has been a significant change in the employment arrangement of photographers from 2015 to 2016. The number of photojournalists working for themselves (self-employed) has declined from 60% in 2015 to 54% of respondents in 2016. Fewer respondents are working full-time as photographers, down mar ... kedly from 74% in 2015 to 61% in 2016. Instead, there has been a rise in part-time work with respondents undertaking other photography-related work and also unrelated work on the side. Less than half of our respondents get all their income from photography. Most need to supplement their photography income with earnings from other activities such as teaching or work in the hospitality industry." (Key findings, page 5) more

"The report is based on an online survey of professional photographers who entered the 2015 World Press Photo Contest. A total of 1,556 photographers from more than 100 countries and territories completed the questionnaire. Evidence from the questionnaire is summarised below. This is the first large ... -scale international survey of its kind but it is intended that this survey will be repeated annually to track the changes and circumstances of professional photojournalists and to examine the impact of the digital era on their lives and livelihoods. Key findings: 1. Professional news photography is dominated by men, with 85% of the respondents male. 2. The majority of photographers (60%) who responded to the survey were self-employed. 3. Three-quarters of the respondents work full-time as photographers. 4. When asked to specify their role, 40% called themselves photojournalists, 30% said documentary photographers, and 14% said news photographers. 5. News photography was the largest category of photography (named by 19% of respondents), followed by personal projects (18%), portraiture (14%), and sport (10%). 6. Photographers largely work alone (80% of respondents)[...]" (Executive summary) more