Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/03/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> > At 2:47 AM -0800 05.3.19, Richard wrote: >>This is pretty crazy. I am almost 43, married for 21 years, have 2 kidz, >>silicon valley mortgage, runs a small business, and... I am thinking about >>getting a photography degree... > > Taking photo class and maybe even getting a degree are great! That's not > crazy at all. > > What's crazy is thinking that you can actually make enough to support a > family and a large mortgage. Unless you have considerable savings -- or > enough free time to just do this part time -- you're absolutely nuts. > There's almost no money in photography anymore, not that there ever was, > but there's even less now. > > And if you want to make a business of it, it might be better to go to > business school than photography school. Of all my friends who got an > MFA, very few have jobs in the photography industry -- unless you count > working at the Walmart film department a job in the photo industry. > > > Karen Nakamura > http://www.photoethnography.com/ClassicCameras/ > http://www.photoethnography.com/blog/ > > Know many people who are doing great making nice things and selling in galleries. Also know a succesfull lawyer who swapped at 40 something and is doing well enough. They dont own 90 feet yachts or things like that but who needs the headaches of ownership anyhow? And if you allready have a job i presume it would be great to sell maybe 2 a year in a gallery. Have to say that kids here can allways go to university regardless of parents income. Dont know if you have to save for them to study where you live. best,simon jessurun