Goettingen, September 26, 2024 | German AI company Neurapix unveiled groundbreaking study results on “Editing Fatigue” at the Neurapix Conference in Frankfurt. An international survey of photographers investigated how time-intensive image editing can impact the mental and physical health of photographers ( directly to the full white paper).

The findings are clear: Extensive image editing negatively affects health. This was confirmed by more than 400 photographers in a quantitative online survey conducted by Neurapix between June and July 2024. 58.4 percent of respondents reported experiencing mental exhaustion after lengthy editing sessions “often” or “very often”. More than nine out of ten photographers even stated they “generally” experience psychological pressure, with the most common cause being time pressure, although the reasons vary by age and photography sector.

97.2 percent of all respondents indicated that this psychological pressure leads to health impairments. The most common symptom is tiredness (70.9 percent), followed by concentration problems (53.4 percent) and burning eyes (47.3 percent). Additionally, neck pain (44.2 percent), back pain (37.6 percent), and headaches (24.3 percent) are frequent issues for many photographers. Alarmingly, nearly one in five respondents has suffered from “burnout” in the past – particularly among full-time photographers and “Baby Boomers”.