Sortir du Cadre – Interview : Paul Melcher

In this second video of the « Sortir du Cadre » (Think outside the box) Interview series, Paul Melcher explores the concept of « intelligent image » and goes further to explore the state of the photojournalism and its future. He explains how viral photography will help to counteract piracy in the entertainment photo industry. In the interview Paul also explains why corporations are hurting photographers.

Paul Melcher is currently Cofounder and Senior Vice President of PictureGroup, prior to that he was Director of North American Operations and Sales for Hachette Filipacchi Photo Group and V.P of sales at DigitalRailroad among many other responsabilities. Melcher also served as Director of sales at LGI Photo Agency where he built the first, high resolution, real time digital photo delivery platform. LGI was later bought by CORBIS , a Bill Gates owned company, where he held various high level executive positions. Paul is also behind « The Thoughts of a Bohemian », an influent blog about photo industry.