Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/07/06

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Photo whores {was Life magazine}
From: Eric Welch <ewelch@ponyexpress.net>
Date: Mon, 06 Jul 1998 19:16:32 -0500

At 09:31 AM 7/6/98 -0400, you wrote:

>Not being a professional photographer, it is disturbing to hear about how
>difficult it is to be a professional photographer.  Is this generally true or
>is this the exception?  I guess I have always romanticized photography as a
>profession.

It is an extremely difficult profession, only for the truly dedicated and
masochistic. It's extremely hard work, and the competition is everywhere.
As the wise man once said, "It's the easiest thing in the world to take a
picture. It's one of the hardest things to do to take a great picture."
- -- 

Eric Welch
St. Joseph, MO
http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch

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