France’s Ministry of Culture and Communication released a survey titled, “Le métier de photographe” (The job of photographer). The study (il est en français) is based upon a December 2014 questionnaire completed by 3,000 photographers in France.
While the results may not be surprising to photographers, it can help to have some numbers. Here are a few examples from this French survey:
• The number of people who called themselves a “professional photographer”:
1995 – 15,400
2000 – 14,100
2005 – 18,000
2014 – 25,000 (estimated)
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