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A Snapshot of the Photography Industry

A SNAPSHOT PHOTOGRAPHY INDUSTRY THE Kodak's recent filing for bankruptcy has made the dire condition of the photography industry painfully clear. Despite the fun relics of the past that disposable cameras and Polaroids once were, the truth is we're living in a digital world, and photography is no different. Below, we explore the current state of the photography industry, and how consumers all over the world capture their picture perfect moments in today's mobile society. THE RISE OF MOBILE PHOTOGRAPHY In the United States, the percent of photos taken with Camera Phone camera phones continues to grow at a significant rate. Conversely, the Point-and-shoot 100 percent of photos taken with 90 point-and-shoot cameras 80 continues to fall. 70 52% 60 44% 40 27% 30 17% 20 10 2010 2011 The vast popularity of mobile devices means In the UK, sales of this trend is unlikely to slow down. point-and-shoot cameras fell In fact, shipments of mobile phones outpaced those of personal 30% in 2011. computers for the first time in 2011: UNITS SHIPPED (In Millions) 500 MAIL POUCH 488 400 415 TOBACCO TREAT TOURSELFTOTHE 300 200 100 Mobile Phones Personal Computers Nikon DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHS TAKE OVER The popularity of mobile phones has decimated the film camera business, leading to a massive dive in analog photography. 1990 2000 2011 100% 99% 1.05% analog analog analog 57 billion 86 billion 380 billion photos taken photos taken photos taken Today, we snap as many photos every two minutes as humanity as a whole did in the 1800s 75A WHER E ARE THESE PHOTOS STORED? Naturally, these digital photos all end up stored somewhere, and Currently the biggest library more often than not of online photos is Facebook: that somewhere is on the web. 250 Facebook million photos are dores 140 This is 10,000 imes added every day as billion photos of December 2011 larger than the photo library owned by the Library of Congress. 300 million 3,500 new 12 photos are added photos are added 10 every day as of every second kn 4. March 2012 on Facebook 7 6 5. OTHER SUBSTANTIAL LIBRARIES INCLUDE: 10 billion 10 8. 7 billion 6 billion 6. 400 million Photobucket Picasa Flickr Instagram 12 11 60 new photos are Sharing to Instagram added every second 9. is up 1,900% Coquette since 2010. 6. on Instagram SOURCES: guardian.co.uk, pemag.com, blog.1000memories.com, blog.facebook.com, gizmodo.com, blog.instagram.com, blog.photobucket.com, thenextweb.com HighTable.com (Billions of Photos) (Percent of Photos Taken)

A Snapshot of the Photography Industry

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Kodak’s recent filing for bankruptcy has made the dire condition of the photography industry painfully clear. Despite the fun relics of the past that disposable cameras and Polaroids once were, the ...

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