{"id":270599,"date":"2020-09-01T12:01:33","date_gmt":"2020-09-01T16:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=270599"},"modified":"2020-09-01T12:13:49","modified_gmt":"2020-09-01T16:13:49","slug":"the-philosophy-of-money-and-photography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/01\/the-philosophy-of-money-and-photography\/","title":{"rendered":"The Philosophy of Money and Photography"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Towards a philosophy on money and photography:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

1. Why money?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The first question:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why money?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

We need money to pay rent, buy meat<\/a>, etc. But beyond this… what do we really need money for?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I think a lot of us photographers equate money with success. This means:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If I make money from my photography I have proof that I am ‘successful’.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

But is this truly the case?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2. Un-quantifying your self-esteem as a photographer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

So it seems the simple thing:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We want to make money from photography in order to validate to others and ourselves that we are ‘successful’ as photographers. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

However… this is foolish. Better to derive your own self-generated self-esteem<\/a> and ego<\/a> in your photography instead of ‘crowd sourcing’ it<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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3. What do we truly want as photographers?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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