Contracts
Before you join and agency be sure and read their photographers contract. This contract will tie you to this agency for a certain number of years. When I joined my first agency the average contract was three years, many are five years, and some even longer. There are many reasons that agencies want to extend the years, but one of the primary reasons is their investment in marketing your work. As the industry became more competitive, the effort required by agencies to market imagery increased. Their concern is that three years is no longer enough time to market your work and get their return on investment. Almost all these contracts are self renewing at the end of their term, so if you wish to drop an agent you should keep track of the date the contract expires.
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