American Society of Media Photographers
For 75 Years, The Key to Success for Visual Content Creators Across All Media
Photo courtesy ASMP member Steve Whittaker
Create Your Business
Build Your Brand
Monetize Your Work
The Home for Visual Content Creators
Whether you’re a photographer, YouTuber, filmmaker, TikToker, or a student who wants a career in the fast-changing and diverse visual content creation landscape, ASMP is built to help you succeed. How Can I Build & Grow My Visual Content Creation Business Today? With the Resources Only Available at ASMP.
We Show You Step-By-Step How To Form Your Business
Our unique “Path to the Profession” Curriculum in the ASMP Academy walks you through how to form your business, followed by courses in Contracts + Agreements, and up-to-date business forms and templates you can use with confidence.
We Give You the Tools to Monetize Your Business
Our widely-respected Find A Creative platform lets you showcase your work with an individual profile and gallery. And the ASMP Academy has detailed coursework on Marketing, Negotiation, Navigating the Industry, resources for TikTokers, selling NFTs, and hundreds of hours more.
We Teach You How To Protect Your Business and Your Work
ASMP offers a Complete Copyright Curriculum that will give you a full understanding of how to protect the photographs, video, and film you create — plus we provide you with easy-to-use forms to get the appropriate model releases, and to properly register and license your work.
Get Your Individual Legal and Business Questions Answered
ASMP Members can get their questions to the desk of ASMP’s General Counsel or one of ASMP’s volunteer attorneys in writing or during one-one-one video Clinic Hours. While they cannot give you specific legal advice, they can ensure that you are up-to-date on the underlying legal principles.
Make The Connections Important to Your Business at the Local and National Levels
In addition to its 4,000 strong National Membership, ASMP has 38 local chapters across the United States, and Members in 22 countries — we have the events, committees, and programs to introduce you to the connections that can change and grow your career.
Get Big Savings With Our Corporate Partners
From insurance to equipment to technology, we’ve built partnerships with some of the world’s biggest brands to save you dollars.
ASMP is the partner you need to build, innovate, and protect your business.
The ASMP Academy
The only comprehensive resource of its kind designed specifically for visual content creators of all stripes: Everything you need in one place to form, build, and grow your visual content creation business — and to legally protect the content you create. It’s color-coded by topic, always up-to-date, and with advanced search functions so you can always quickly find what you need, when you need it.
News & Information
Stay informed with the latest news in the world of visual content creation.
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ASMP Academy Update Week of 10.18.2021
Advanced Copyright Topics and Focus on the Law Episode 1 This week, the ASMP Academy added more than 15 hours of content, including the next course...
VIDEO: Focus on History with Pulitzer Prize Winner David Hume Kennerly
[Featured image: David Hume Kennerly] Cross-posted from Behind The Shot. [By Steve Brazill] Periodically I get a guest on Behind the Shot that...
News & Information
Stay informed with the latest news in the world of visual content creation.
Weekend Reading 10.21.2021
[Featured image: Clay Ellis] Interesting/useful/fun stories to check out over the weekend (Warning: Highly Bookmarkable). A weekly roundup of links...
Photo courtesy ASMP member Andrea Johnson
Get the Tools You Need to Monetize Your Business
Our widely-respected Find A Creative platform lets you showcase your work with an individual profile and gallery; ASMP markets the platform to potential clients to help you get new business. And the ASMP Academy has detailed coursework on Marketing & Negotiation and Navigating the Industry from insiders who know the ins and outs of getting new business, growing your presence, and gaining followers. We even have specialized resources for TikTokers and getting into the potentially lucrative business of selling NFTs.
What Our Members Say About ASMP
ASMP Members Have Achieved Greatness Across Photography, Film, Advertising, Photojournalism and Beyond
So many of our industry’s legends, past and present, and from across media, have been ASMP Members: Ansel Adams, Stanley Kubrick, Dorothea Lange, Richard Avedon, Gordon Parks, Ellen von Unwerth, Edward Weston, Chester Higgins, Mary Ellen Mark, Edward Steichen, Berenice Abbott, Walker Evans, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Weegee, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Philippe Halsman, Roy DeCarava, Walter Iooss Jr., Yousuf Karsh, Lou Jones, Art Wolfe, Inez & Vinoodh, and many more.
You can be too. You’ll be in great company. Here’s a trailer of the new FOCUS Features documentary on ASMP Member Pete Souza, Chief Official White House Photographer for Presidents Reagan and Obama, from the Academy Award-winning producer of FREE SOLO and based on Pete’s #1 NY Times Best Seller.
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Associate
Limited Access- You’re ready to get down to business, assisted by foundational resources like the ASMP Academy and the ASMP exclusive path to the profession to help you grow your business.
Professional
Unlimited Access- You want all the full range of benefits ASMP has to offer, including a Find a Creative portfolio where you can be found by industry creatives around the country.
Student
Limited Access- You’ve discovered the magic of content creation and you think there might be a place for you as a professional creative. You seek information and mentors to help you get started.