Mass Communication

Hi Shubham,
Much like the music business, still photography as a career is seeing its toughest phase ever. Most print magazines and newspapers are facing tough competition from other media platforms and photography is one of the many department that have to bear the brunt. Most of these companies buy stock photos from websites such as imagebazaar and istock (I am a publisher and I do it too). Plus, instagram and pinterest etc. have ruined the field for a majority of photographers who worked earlier on margins. A few established photographers with Indian newspapers have held on to their jobs with their teeth but there is next to nil scope for new photographers who want to work for established print media companies. A majority of them have to work as freelancers or switch to other forms such as motion photography and suchlike. But there is an upside: Photographers who are enterprising are raking in the moolah by selling their work to stock-image portals. Also, if you are able to persist enough to become an established fashion/celebrity photographer, yours is the world my friend. - Best, Aanand