Doug Menuez on Chaos, Fear, Survival and Luck
“To survive the creative, economic and emotional chaos of a life in photography your career must be designed for longevity. To achieve longevity, you must reconcile the conflict between what you shoot for money and what you love to shoot. Ideally, you get paid to shoot exactly what you love to shoot, every day. Reaching this nirvana requires making tough choices, a careful business strategy and attention to basic business practices. (Or be super talented/lucky, born wealthy or marry a brilliant business manager.”
So writes Doug Menuez and never truer words written. Of course there is an alternative: resign yourself to poverty. Eugene Smith died broke, and the way things are going in photography, he may have a lot of company. I am not not broke but here is a copy of my latest hand typed statement.
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