Industry Bodies
- Hayley Marshall
- Feb 20, 2018
- 2 min read
To be a part of the AIPP, you must be considered an 'accredited photographer'. According to their website, this means, "An Accredited Professional Photographer is a photographer, who doesn't just claim to be a "professional" but earns that title by successfully completing the rigorous AIPP accreditation process."
The process consists of:
Demonstrating that they have been practicing for a minimum of 2 years.
Demonstrating that they have satisfied clients and suppliers by providing written references.
Demonstrating that they comply with all legal, ethical and moral business requirements to practice as a professional in Australia.
Demonstrating thatat their photographic skills are of our required "Professional Standard".
Agree to have a portfolio of their work, assessed by a panel of experienced AIPP image assessors.
Achieve the required portfolio assessment standard.
Agree to continue their professional development through the AIPP CPD program, maintaining up to date skills and business practices each year.
The National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA) is the national peak body protecting and promoting the professional interests of the Australian visual and media arts, craft and design sector. They believe in leading the discussions and advocating the policies that strengthen Australia’s contemporary arts.
Some of their achievements include:
NAVA undertakes advocacy on behalf of the sector and sets and monitors adherence to best practice standards. Since 1983, NAVA has been a potent advocate for the Australian visual arts sector. Most recently, from 2014-15, we conducted a major campaign against the Federal Government’s cuts to the arts budget and lack of an arts policy and and sent key ideas to all political parties. In collaboration with two other lead bodies, NAVA secured a Senate Inquiry into the impact of these cuts, advocated for arts policy to be on the 2016 election agenda and partnered in a National Day of Action for the Arts and the Arts Election Debate.
Our previous successes include the introduction the Artists’ Resale Royalty legislated in 2010 after over 20 years of campaigning by NAVA in alliance with some other peak arts and copyright bodies.
In 2005, after 8 years of negotiation NAVA secured the ATO Taxation Ruling: Income tax: carrying on business as a professional artist (TR 2005/1) which uses art industry standards rather than just profits to assess artists’ income tax entitlements.
In 2000, Moral Rights legislation was introduced as a result of NAVA’s successful lobbying in collaboration with other arts industry bodies.
We were also one of the leaders of a successful campaign to change Sedition clauses in the Anti-Terrorism Act 2005, to protect artists’ freedom of expression. In 2011 it was replaced by ‘Urging Violence’ in the National Security Legislation Amendment Bill 2010.
NAVA also provides direct service to its members and the sector generally by offering industry advice, referrals, resources, professional representation and development, grant programs, education training courses and events, and a range of other opportunity brokerage and career development services.
