Make It Fucking Matter: A Photographer's Guide to the Long Haul

By Jesse D Poole

This isn't a photography guide.
It's a survival manual for the ones who can't stop shooting-even when it stops making sense.

Make It Fucking Matter is the raw, unfiltered blueprint for photographers who are tired of pretending it's all presets and perfect grids. Jesse D. Poole-photographer, author, and full-time creative outlaw-lays it all out: the burnout, the undercharging, the copycats, the stolen work, the late nights editing, and the slow, brutal process of turning passion into something that can actually pay the bills.

Part manifesto, part field guide, and part personal war story, this book is for the ones who shoot from the gut. It's not about trends. It's not about going viral. It's about grit, truth, and legacy. About making photos that outlive you.

This is for the lifers.
The ones chasing light, legacy, and their own voice. It's not about going viral-it's about building something that lasts. If you're in this for real-and if you're willing to bleed for the frame-this book is for you.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FB51WGRD
• ISBN13: 9798283367408
• Release Date: May 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 66 Pages
• Weight: 0.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.3" x 8.0"