This week as Emily and I celebrate our 12 years in business together we've been strolling down memory lane. We've had some amazingly successful years and we've had a few lean ones too, just like everyone! It is both the blessing and the curse of self employment. Through it all Emily and I have remained friends and we congratulate ourselves for still being here and still representing relevant and creative people.
Any agent knows that it is a revolving door business...someone walks out as someone else walks in. For the most part we've been lucky and have had solid, successful, long term relationships with our photographers. However, we've made a few mistakes along the way, representing a few people that we actually did not like very much....it is such a relief to make the call and terminate those contracts. We've also had our hearts broken one or 2 times when photographers that we really liked, believed in and worked hard for decided to rep themselves or find other representation. It takes time to recover but we always have....and always with our humor and friendship intact.
Twelve years is a long time and with the help of google we are able to see what our past photographers have been up to....a few have had success and others not so much. Here are some photographers we've worked with in the past. Shannon Greer, Anthony Elgort, Arthur Belebeau, Frank Schramm, Gemma Comas, Aimee Herring, Tom Wool, Tom Contrino, Eddie Collins, Cathy Crawford, Jeanette Beckman, Deborah Ory, Jenny Acheson, David Bashaw, Robert Milne, Adriano Fagundes, Rachel Olsson and Caren Alpert.
Any agent knows that it is a revolving door business...someone walks out as someone else walks in. For the most part we've been lucky and have had solid, successful, long term relationships with our photographers. However, we've made a few mistakes along the way, representing a few people that we actually did not like very much....it is such a relief to make the call and terminate those contracts. We've also had our hearts broken one or 2 times when photographers that we really liked, believed in and worked hard for decided to rep themselves or find other representation. It takes time to recover but we always have....and always with our humor and friendship intact.
Twelve years is a long time and with the help of google we are able to see what our past photographers have been up to....a few have had success and others not so much. Here are some photographers we've worked with in the past. Shannon Greer, Anthony Elgort, Arthur Belebeau, Frank Schramm, Gemma Comas, Aimee Herring, Tom Wool, Tom Contrino, Eddie Collins, Cathy Crawford, Jeanette Beckman, Deborah Ory, Jenny Acheson, David Bashaw, Robert Milne, Adriano Fagundes, Rachel Olsson and Caren Alpert.
And here is the future of O'Gorman/Schramm. Please download and take a look and let us know what you think. The new site is due any day.
Hmmm....I'm definitely not one of the not so much so you should probably at least link my web site:
ReplyDeletewww.contrinophoto.com
While not represented by Emily any longer, I can attest to her hard work, total honesty and integrity. My years with her were very fruitful ones and I continue to call her a friend.
Tom Contrino