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# Photography is an Act, Not a Profession
- URL: https://www.cjchilvers.com/blog/photography-is-an-act-not-a-profession/
- Published: 2013-07-15T05:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2013-07-15T05:00:00.000Z
- Author: CJ Chilvers
- Tags: photography, going amateur, storytelling

Being able to please a client and being able to capture images you’re proud of are two very different things.

Making interesting images with a DSLR and making interesting images with your phone are not two very different things.

Telling a captivating story without a client or a journalism pedigree does not make you any less of a photographer or journalist.

(HT: [Reason](http://reason.com/archives/2013/07/12/journalism-is-an-act-not-a-profession?ref=cjchilvers.com))