All politics aside, whenever a group manages to pull out the stops and organize a demonstration with thousands of protesters it is impressive. But when the main stream media does not deem the event newsworthy, it falls upon social media to provide coverage, and it looks like the SEIU was up to the challenge.

The White House released the official portrait of the presidential family today, and guess who the photographer was... None other than our favorite down-on-her-luck pro, Annie Leibovitz.

As if owing millions of dollars wasn't enough! Our favorite celebrity photographer, Annie Leibovitz, is now being sued for using someone else's photos without permission.

You know times are rough when even celebrity photographers can't make it. Markus Klinko and Indrani, shooters of the stars, and famous in their own right, have just filed for bankruptcy.

What happens to starving artists in times of recession? The same thing that happens to the homeless when a city "cleans up main street," they disappear. One start-up is battling the extinction of art with a platform that connects donors with artists.

This economy is brutal for the photography business. No arguments there. The New York Times recently told the story of a Massachusetts man who left engineering to pursue professional photography, and was forced to return to science when his studio was hit by the recession.

There is no doubt that money is tight right now for a lot of us. Many photographers are turning to stock photography to supplement their income, and a few even do it full time. There are a number of sites out there that make it easy to make the leap... and here's how.

Being a wedding photographer bears a certain level of responsibility. You hold the memories of your clients in your hands. In a ruling today, a New Jersey firm was fined $3 million for withholding the photos of thousands of weddings.

Oh, art books. We've all splurged at one point and bought a behemoth full of landscapes or portraits. Well... the Guardian recently took a look at the business behind these coffee table books, and they just may be the only bit of the print industry that's not tanking in this economy.

After the tech bubble burst, and now with the economic downturn, things look pretty grim for Silicon Valley businesses. Tessera Technologies, however, is surging ahead with their camera that is smaller and cheaper than anything out there.