Our members are committed to a long-term improvement, by joining CAPIC you contribute to standing behind and supporting the concerns of creators across the nation. CAPIC works with the government to promote the rights of artists – according to the Law on the Status of the Artist, we constitute the sole interlocutor for negotiations photographers and illustrators

CAPIC has maintained close liaison with international associations with similar purposes and compositions including the American Society of Media Photographers and the Graphic Artists  Guild.

The industry which CAPIC members are part of has been on the “bleeding edge” of technological change. The past twenty years have seen the demise of the typesetting industry, the introduction, development and maturation of electronic photo retouching, creation of photo DVDs, videos, and the growth of computer based illustration.