Who are we?
Collectif DR, for “Destination Reportage”, is an innovative organization of professional photographers and videographers. Innovative, because it stands at the crossroads of a press agency, an authors’ collective and a training organization. We support creators throughout their professional careers.
Through Collectif DR, members have access to online training, weekly group coaching, distribution tools such as PixPalace, an image protection system with legal assistance (PixTrakk), and other services to help them sell their work.
Unlike traditional press agencies, DR takes no commission on its members’ sales. A photographer who sells photos through PixPalace or the collective’s internal photo library receives 100% of the proceeds. The photographer even negotiates directly with the client, with help and support from the organization when needed.
To access the training content, the shared professional address book and all the other services offered, members pay an annual fee. Only a handful of organizations in France work on this model (100% of sales for the photographer). Collectif DR is the first distribution organization to offer personalized support along with a specialized, tailor-made online training platform. This singularity allows us to welcome and train photographers and videographers who are still at the start of their professional careers.
Reportage is in our DNA
Our ranks are made up of creators from different professional backgrounds (weddings, corporate, press, food, documentary, portrait, etc.). Beyond their diversity, they are all here to fulfill themselves in one specific field: reportage. Mastering reportage and storytelling techniques is indeed a major asset that broadens their horizons, both professionally and personally.
Drawing on all these paths and unique experiences, the collective can offer a wide variety of stories to potential clients on the market (magazines, newspapers, production and publishing companies, TV channels, etc.).
What are our values?
The primary purpose of a collective is to bring people together. Becoming a professional photographer is very easy. All you need is a camera and a business registration number. Selling your photos, finding enough clients to pay your bills and making a decent living is much harder. It takes courage, patience, skills and knowledge that you cannot develop alone in your corner.
Photography is a networking profession. You have to surround yourself with the right people to reach your goals. Collectif DR, however, is much more than a network. It is a community, a family, a team of passionate and inspiring creators who share the same human values of generosity, mutual support, kindness and responsibility, with the common goal of fulfilling themselves in photojournalism and making a living from their passion.
Online and video training
For creators who want to learn marketing, sales, reportage techniques, editing and storytelling, Collectif DR is a good option. Members already have access to more than a hundred hours of video content, much of it recorded live, with answers to questions on concrete and specific issues. This content grows and improves day after day, with new video workshops added according to members’ requests.
How can you join Collectif DR?
Joining us means joining a close-knit community committed to upholding this diversity and these values of kindness.
The collective’s doors are closed
Photographers who want to join the adventure can sign up for the waiting list. We will probably reopen in 2027. To learn more about what we offer, listen to the podcast episodes with members of the collective.
Let’s work together
Need a photographer, a videographer or a journalist, in France or abroad? The collective’s members are available for your commissioned stories, your stock images and your corporate needs.
Collectif DR
+33 (0)6 43 15 88 19
contact@collectif-dr.com