5 Festival Photographer Success Stories [2024]

Pat Walls

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Updated: November 19th, 2023

Become A Festival Photographer

Here are some real life success stories of starting a festival photographer:

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Becoming A Festival Photographer: Everything You Need To Know

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2. WAF and Awards, WAF

World Architecture Festival and awards is the world's largest, live, inclusive and interactive global architectural awards programme and festival. It is a unique meeting point for architects, suppliers and clients, attracting hundreds of entries and visitors from all over the world.

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4. Eventival.com

Eventival is the world's most widely used planning, management and production system for film festivals, used also by music and other festivals, events and conferences.

Where they're located: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Website traffic: 70K/month

5. PhotoNOLA

PhotoNOLA is an annual festival of photography in New Orleans, coordinated by the New Orleans Photo Alliance in partnership with museums, galleries and alternative venues citywide.

Where they're located: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA