Photo Collectives Demonstrate New Approaches at Look3 Festival

Cooperation Replaces a Lone Wolf Approach to Photography

Changes in the business of photojournalism over the past five years have produced an explosion of collectives, fostering cooperation within and among groups.

via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/18/a-lone-wolf-approach-disfavored/

Radical change in the photography industry during the past five years has ignited an explosion of photo collectives. Each collective is unique and reflects the circumstances, desires and philosophy of its members. The paradigm of photographers operating as lone wolves has shifted somewhat to one of cooperation — both within and between collectives.