Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/05/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ken Light's book (Witness to Our Time -- highly recommeded) strongly suggests that the answer to that question is a pretty serious "Not likely." Of course to a large extent the question turns on your particular definition of "make a living" but on balance it seems that the most important asset a documentary photographer can have is an independent income of some sort... On 31 May 2005 at 20:23, B. D. Colen wrote: > I wonder if it was ever possible to make a living as an independent > documentary photographer - my guess is that it was not. It was one thing to > be a Life or Look staffer - but as an independent? > > -- R. Clayton McKee www.rcmckee.com Photojournalist rcmckee@rcmckee.com P O Box 571900 voice/fax 713/783-3502 Houston, TX 77257-1900 dig pager 281/510-3588