PODCAST: AI vs. Photography—Heather Morton and Rob Haggart

PODCAST: AI vs. Photography—Heather Morton and Rob Haggart

Published: January 22, 2026

Duration: 1:17:41

The photo industry has been running on gut feelings for years. Heather Morton and Rob Haggart brought receipts.

They’re the team behind the new State of the Photo Industry Survey, a rare, data-driven look at how photographers are actually making a living, right now.

Heather is a professor in the Honours Bachelor of Photography program at Sheridan College, mentoring students entering an industry flirting with existential crisis. Rob is a former magazine photo editor and the founder of the APhotoEditor and Photo Folio, long-running platforms focused on the business of photography. If you’ve work...

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