A few short years ago the photographic industry was served by a range of support associations covering commercial distributors, retailers, prolabs, professional photographers and keen amateurs.
Just six years ago the industry was sufficiently united to hold The Digital Show, a consumer/trade exhibition in Melbourne which incorporated the AIPP’s Australian Photographer of the Year awards and attracted thousands of keen amateur and professional photographers.
They say the past is another country, but in putting together this little overview of where we have come from, it’s startling to see just how different a country, and in such a relatively short period of time. As an industry – profession photographers, specialist retailers, prolabs and distributors – where we are today is barely recognisable from where we were just 10 years ago.