Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/25

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Elitism and the PRO
From: Eric Welch <ewelch@ponyexpress.net>
Date: Mon, 25 May 1998 16:33:30 -0500

At 09:17 PM 5/25/98 +0200, you wrote:

>1.  A photographer who sells a picture, even if it's only one.
>2.  Or ... must earn enough to pay tax on the proceeds.
>3.  Or ... must at least pay for his equipment from sales.
>4.  Or ... has an agent.
>5.  Or ... has stock photographs in place somewhere.

None of the above. The definition I hear is one who makes a majority (more
than 50 per cent) of their income from photography. Seems reasonable to me.
But being a professional says nothing about the quality of one's work in
anything  but a minimal sense.
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Eric Welch
St. Joseph, MO
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