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Digital Camera World
Digital Camera World
Tom May

Age is just a number: these photography icons all found success with a camera after a first career

Kate Winslet as war photographer Lee Miller, wearing military uniform and holding a camera.

Don't you just love a good second act? There’s something so inspiring about watching someone switch career paths and find their true calling. And it's incredible to think that some of the biggest names in photography didn’t start out behind the lens at all.

So if you’re reading this while juggling another job, or wondering if it’s too late to take photography seriously, we can all take encouragement from their example. Not least because their previous occupations gave them unique perspectives – and that’s part of what made their work so powerful.

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