1128. A Day in the Life: What's It Really Like to Be a Contemporary Photographer?

“The business of being an artist dominates all artists’ lives. I probably spend less than 5% of my time actually creating art. Most of my time I’m doing all the many aspects of marketing, selling, promoting, positioning my work to the various niches that I want to appeal to. For that reason I created a program I call, ‘The Art of Selling Art.’ It is based on the fundamental principles of marketing that I have learned by intense research and study and especially on the ground, hands-on experience over that last couple of decades. The program includes free webinars as well as access to proven, real-world, actionable tools and resources because, the greater number of my fellow artists that have a better foundation in the business of art, the better we all do. In the near future I want to grow this into a small enterprise of six or so people that can serve specific segments of the artist population.”

Jason Matias is a contemporary photographer and the author of “NakedThoughts,” who lives and works in the Greater Seattle Area. His work focuses on the ideas of isolation and introspection, with photographs of nature from locations around the globe. Jason began exploring photography as a medium of expression during his service in the United States Air Force. His artwork has been shown in exhibitions in the US including Art BaselWeek and Art Expo New York and has been featured in National Geographic, Weather Channel, and TED.