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# Everyone with a camera thinks they're a photographer
- URL: https://www.cjchilvers.com/blog/everyone-with-a-camera-thinks-theyre-a/
- Published: 2012-04-17T08:00:34.000Z
- Updated: 2012-04-17T08:00:34.000Z
- Author: CJ Chilvers
- Tags: criticism, gear, photography

Right?!

Well, what if they are? What if how you measure skill and success in photography is of no importance to the majority of photographers, or viewers for that matter? What if it has nothing to do with money earned, equipment used or the set of rules we’ve all agreed on?

If you photograph, you are, by definition, a photographer. The definition of a successful photographer isn’t as clear.