>>4131030you're dumb. when i said random, i meant that its a bullshit forbes tier website with a ''top 20 list'' made of 20 randomly picked popular photographers to get those clicks, sorted by net worth. all while there are like millions if not dozens of millions of random no name photographers all around the world, with net worth higher than most names on that bullshit top20 list.
you can literally blind pick a random shithole country with sub 5M population, anywhere on the world map and i will bet you 1,000 eur that there is at least 10 millionaire photographers there, because most of us bring home close to or just over six digits every single year. im already very close to it, im halfway to my first million after only less than 2 years in and with having only 140k saved up prior to that. (and thats after i already spent god knows how much on land, house, cars and other shit.)
its really not that hard and even a degen like you can do it. i started with 2x 40,000 EUR loans from 2 different banks, bought a 45,000 EUR studio, spent another 15 grand on new floor, walls, etc and on studio equipment and gear, including strobes, props, couches, chairs etc and about 18 grand on camera gear, lenses, strobes, laptops etc ALL while working a 6am-2pm manual labor job that paid 1,800 EUR/month... paid off both 40k loans in like 5-6 years doing portraiture + my job and been saving up for the next 4 years to start my journey into the fashion world. now im almost 2 years in with 2 of my friends and were signing multiple 4 digit contracted deals on a daily basis
