Rui Resende
Member
Ok, so imagine this, and i suppose many people in this forum will relate to it:
I'm a guy who works in something that has not much to do with photography. Well i'm an architect, there are some connections, but anyway... I've been developing some skills as an amateur photographer for the last 3/4 years. Right now i possess some qualities, and a casual body of work, street photography, some documentary, which lead me to have some faith in what i might do.
So right now, i'm considering, for the first time, doing an assumed project, taking a travel to an interesting african country, about which i know some things, and produce a documentary photography project about that country. I am willing, and have the means to pay for this trip and photography.
Suppose I can pull this off. Now i have (i hope) an interesting selection of photos about this country, maybe some texts to follow, i've edited the work and i'm fairly happy with it.
The 1 million dollar question: what can i do now? how do i try to at least recover some of the investment, or how do i get my work to be known? Yes, internet, great thing, but what else? Do i send it to magazines? do I show it to gallery owners? What's the basic hard steps to take when you have something to show in the photography business?
Thanks in advance for any advice.
I'm a guy who works in something that has not much to do with photography. Well i'm an architect, there are some connections, but anyway... I've been developing some skills as an amateur photographer for the last 3/4 years. Right now i possess some qualities, and a casual body of work, street photography, some documentary, which lead me to have some faith in what i might do.
So right now, i'm considering, for the first time, doing an assumed project, taking a travel to an interesting african country, about which i know some things, and produce a documentary photography project about that country. I am willing, and have the means to pay for this trip and photography.
Suppose I can pull this off. Now i have (i hope) an interesting selection of photos about this country, maybe some texts to follow, i've edited the work and i'm fairly happy with it.
The 1 million dollar question: what can i do now? how do i try to at least recover some of the investment, or how do i get my work to be known? Yes, internet, great thing, but what else? Do i send it to magazines? do I show it to gallery owners? What's the basic hard steps to take when you have something to show in the photography business?
Thanks in advance for any advice.