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We’ve featured her before, but we will probably do a thousand times more, especially when it comes to sharing personal experiences. Elizabeth Weinberg on struggling. Thanks so much Elizabeth!

My path to becoming a full-time photographer has not been easy. I eschewed the traditional route of assisting after spending 2006 as a studio manager and realizing I could not possibly work for any other photographer but myself ever again.  This may have stunted my career in regards to making connections and experiencing life on big sets, but I just couldn’t do it. I knew deep down that I had to work for myself.  I had learned a lot and met a lot of people by working at a professional photo lab when I first moved to NYC in 2005, then became a studio manager, then quit in 2007 and spent a very broke year shooting for various magazines that didn’t pay very much.  Money was a constant worry. I had so many credit cards that my monthly bills were half my rent. It was a dark time and I’m so glad to be out of it.

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