money and photography

thebaz · 30-07-2009 11:54pm #1

if the great (or used to be) Annie Leibovitz can't make money from photography, what hope for us mere mortals

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0730/breaking89.htm

32finn · 30-07-2009 11:57pm

if we cant make money from it lets just go out there and enjoy and love it!!!

Fajitas! · 31-07-2009 12:06am

A) Lebowitz is a 'mere mortal'.

An overrated one at that.

C) She also enjoys her attention seeking.

D) Why the f*ck did she need a loan of 22 million dollars!?

E) Her own fault for getting a loan she couldn't pay off.

F) She has indeed, made plenty of money from photography. She's just losing it now.

thebaz · 31-07-2009 12:12am

Fajitas! wrote: »

A)

D) Why the f*ck did she need a loan of 22 million dollars!?

her "dire financial condition,"

p.s. still love her 70s Stones stuff

Fajitas! · 31-07-2009 12:17am

thebaz wrote: »

her "dire financial condition,"

Lmao! Where'd she get her loan? BoI?

"Reason for Application?"

"My dire dire financial condition."

Sleepy · 31-07-2009 2:41am

Michael Jackson wrote and performed some of the best selling albums of all time (Bad and Thriller). He died heavily in debt. If someone spends more than they earn, even when that's millions, they'll end up broke.

AnimalRights · 31-07-2009 9:13am

What Sleepy say is true, I earn little but lead a comfortable lifestyle, I budget well.
:cool:

i71jskz5xu42pb · 19-08-2009 11:28am

Covered in (much) more detail here. Seems she had zero sense with money.

Saw her exhibition in Madrid recently, a mix of personal stuff & the portrait stuff. The personal stuff didn't do much for me, some of the portraits were great.

mrboswell · 19-08-2009 12:26pm

She got too greedy, now its pay back - literally!

Calina · 19-08-2009 3:04pm

thebaz wrote: »

if the great (or used to be) Annie Leibovitz can't make money from photography, what hope for us mere mortals

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0730/breaking89.htm

I would say she made a lot of money. I think she just didn't manage it very well by the same token. If it's true that she was on 2 million dollars a year from Condé Naste leaving aside all the other side payments, then two years work would be enough for me to retire.

A lot depends on your outlook on life.

mrboswell · 19-08-2009 3:37pm

Calina wrote: »

I would say she made a lot of money. I think she just didn't manage it very well by the same token. If it's true that she was on 2 million dollars a year from Condé Naste leaving aside all the other side payments, then two years work would be enough for me to retire.

A lot depends on your outlook on life.

Eh...at $250,000 a shoot i'd give early retirement a go....

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