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The curse of the photographer: dissatisfaction

January 12, 2022 in journal

Photographers might be destined to permanently feel dissatisfied. Because if we were to feel satisfied, would we still go out and create?

Learning to deal with this feeling is something a photographer must face at some point. To accept it as something that will always be there, if only as background noise. And to recognize what it is when it eventually becomes louder.

Tags: youtube, video, dissatisfaction, photography
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