Nate “Igor” Smith 🎩 on Farcaster

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@drivenbyboredom

I took a photo of Slash and Anthony Kiedis... I figured at some point I should tell you guys the story of how I became a professional photographer and there's no time like the present. It's 2008 and I have spent the last few years working shit jobs while doing photography on the side. I was a busboy at a Manhattan hotel restaurant for a year and when I quit I tried to make it as a full time photographer. I made it about nine months before I had to get a new job. In December of 2008 I have been at that new job for the last six months. We are in the middle of the economy collapsing after the housing crisis and two days before Christmas my entire shift gets laid off. I am giving the option a six week severance payment or an opportunity to work the morning shift, but I was out photographing until 4am every night so I took the money.... 👇

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@drivenbyboredom

Right around that time an ad agency in Switzerland had seen a photo I had taken of all of my cameras and wanted me to reshoot it for a poster they were designing. I think it paid about $3000 and it was the most money I had ever made doing photography at that point and it took me about 45 minutes to shoot. That along with my severance and unemployment gave me a little runway. Here was my chance to try and make it as a professional photographer.

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this is an absolute banger story! 1000 $Degen

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Great photo. Probably just a few farcaster users know who they are

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Legendary photo

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the stars aligned for you, literally lol. great story

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cool story as usual, you have pics to prove it

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