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Pay to Play: The Scam Behind ‘Award-Winning’ Photographers
Congratulations! You’ve been selected as one of the Top 50 Visionary Creative Innovators of 2025!…Just send us £250 and we’ll email your certificate.Yeah. We’re going there. In this episode of The Loud Lens, I’m calling out the bullshit behind pay-to-play photography awards, the fake prestige machine, and the obsession with being “award-winning.” Let’s talk about the money, the ego, and the marketing spin — and whether buying your own applause is ever worth it.
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