I Took a Photo!

I took a photo of Dan Bilzerian.
Fuck it. I am in the top 80 rankings this week with 24 hours to go so I am gonna hit you with another banger of a story. This is the story about how I got sued an Instagram famous poker player and Larry Flynt. 
Story below...

Back in 2014 I worked for Hustler Magazine. They were shockingly one of my best clients. Other than Vice, the are the only client I have had that paid for me to shoot 35mm film. My editor let me do whatever I wanted. I would use Hustler to pay for road trips because I would just photograp a few models along the way.

In April I had shot some of my all time favorite work for them. I went into the office to show what I had shot recently and they wanted all of it. It would be months before I got paid because they would spread it out and you don't get paid until after it was published, but in total it was about $10k worth of work. (Sorry this is paywalled but it's free for Pros)

So after my meeting with Hustler they mention they needed a photographer to shoot a photo of some sort of Instagram influencer named Dan Bilzerian for an interview. I had never heard of him, and photos for interviews paid a lot less than photographing women, but they had hired my friend Janice for the shoot and I had nothing to do that day so I agreed. For legal reasons there probably won't be many photos going forward...

In April I had shot some of my all time favorite work for them. I went into the office to show what I had shot recently and they wanted all of it. It would be months before I got paid because they would spread it out and you don't get paid until after it was published, but in total it was about $10k worth of work. (Sorry this is paywalled but it's free for Pros)
https://www.paperview.media/?view=3724&ref=0xc51149934febB0DccBf683060bf6C29BE523e254

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I was pretty bummed my editor turned on me like that, but the rest was pretty expected.

damn man what a story. surprised they fucked you over on this so hard

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Dude sorry to hear but great story

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Yeah I will keep the spicy ones for AF, cause some shit I can't be sharing publicly

i totally remember when this happened. bilzerian is right up there with tate as far as i'm concerned.

wild ass story, glad to see you peeling these off alfafrens and sharing them more broadly here.

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What a story! How do these people sleep at night!?

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Yeah I more meant his recent turn to virulent antisemitism and Holocaust denial

I will say in this particular situation I don't really put a lot of blame on him, aside from how he handled the whole thing after the fact.

He's a disgusting fucking person upon whom I wish nothing but the worst but this story is awesome and the photos rock.

Dang! Truly wish you find your way to a good place in life again. 🙏

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this is incredible and crazy 👀😂

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