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Weekend Reading 1.16.2025
Interesting/useful/fun stories to check out over the weekend (Warning: Highly Bookmarkable). A weekly roundup of links curated by Frank Rocco. (Image: Paul Sleeman) Photographers After Social Media “A quiet shift is taking place”: On being a creative in the age of...
ASMP Advocacy Update: The FILM Act Is Signed Into Law
For more than a two years, ASMP and NANPA, along with their sister organizations PPA and NPPA, have been working on a problem that has plagued photographers and videographers across the country. For many who photograph in National Parks, they had been told by...
Resources for Photographers Affected by LA Wildfires
Many ASMP Members and other photographers, videographers, and creatives have been affected by the wildfires in Los Angeles. While not a comprehensive list, below we have placed links to some resources focused on the visual arts community in Los Angeles. For the...
ASMP Stands With Its ASMP-LA Members and All People Affected by the Wildfires in Los Angeles
Update: Thank you to ASMP-LA Member Sean Scheidt who has provided the images in this post. ASMP has been watching, heartbroken, as the fires in Los Angeles have displaced so many, including many in the ASMP family. ASMP stands in support of all those affected as well...
Weekend Reading 1.9.2025
Interesting/useful/fun stories to check out over the weekend (Warning: Highly Bookmarkable). A weekly roundup of links curated by Frank Rocco. Image: (Justin Kase Conder) Getty Images and Shutterstock Are Merging. Here’s Why Photographers Are Less Than Thrilled To...
Biden Signs Law Making it Easier to Photograph and Film in National Parks
Image: Depositphotos Cross-posted from petapixel.com [by Jeremy Gray] Days before Christmas, the United States Senate passed a wide-ranging bill, the EXPLORE Act, which included provisions to reform how filming permits work within National Parks. President Biden...