>>4197349Professional photography has never been a realistic career goal. It's like wanting to be a professional musician, if your passion isn't big enough to override the logic that it's basically impossible then you shouldn't even try.
>Instagram sucks because nobody wants to tell me that my hobby photos are goodTwitter has a huge and tightly knit photography community. Also forums. Also local clubs and community darkrooms. Every city has a community of artists and photographers who would be happy to get to know you if you can suck up the courage to introduce yourself. And if you can't find a community of artists then there's always bird nerds.
>everyone is a photographer because smartphonesMaybe part of the problem here is that you're unable to distinguish your own photography from cellphone snapshits. If that's the case then either you need to take more pictures or find a different hobby.
Art shouldn't be something that you do for attention. It should be something you do as a method of self expression. The activity is the joy.
