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Can you make Millions off a photography business?? (alien.top)
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Before anyone judges me, yes I am a dumb 19 year old who has watched too much Andrew Tate and all the other self improvement gurus talk about being rich. This has lead me down to a very confusing hole.

Anyhow, can you actually make Millions off a photography business? If so how?

I have 4 years of experience and now I am on the search for a photography job for the time being.

I for the most part have been using photography as a tool to make connections with wealthy people. I want to own nice cars, so what do I do? I go up to people who have them and ask for a photo shoot so that they have a reason to talk to me.

This genuinely can ever get me so far. But man its been confusing me for a while.

As I am still learning and I just started to do this connections thing I am wondering if anyone here has a similar problem to me? 😅

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[–] Nerdy_Slacker@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Premise of your question is ridiculous, and other comments are rightfully pointing that out.

The straight answer is you will never be rich as an individual photographer, but I’m sure you could be rich building a photography related business that grows to be larger than any one person.

potential exception is if you become a famous artist, and can sell with your work for millions of dollars while still alive. Think Jeff Koons of photography. But even then, he’s more than just himself, he basically has a fine art factory in a studio.