On the eve of his 34th birthday, Brooklyn-based photographer Daniel Arnold has only US$90 in his bank account and had no idea how to pay his rent the next month—so he decided to sell some photo prints on his popular Instagram account.
The response to his one-day-only offer—each 4x6 print of any picture on his account would cost US$150—is unexpectedly overwhelming. In a single day, he has received US$15,000 in orders.
With more than 30,000 followers, he has received both single and bulk purchases—according to Forbes, “one buyer offered him $1,000 up front for prints of any photo that had received more than 1,000 likes”.
Although the special offer is supposed to last just a day, the orders are still pouring in and it seems that Arnold, who has been “eating toast three meals a day all February”, is unlikely to turn them down.
If you are a photographer, would you consider selling prints on social media?
Photograph by Daniel Arnold, via Instagram
[via Forbes, Petapixel]