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Stock market cash or crash?

Dennis Frates, Alex Segre and Bettina Strenske all have one thing in common – they are members of Alamy’s $100,000+ club. Over the years this prestigious collective has uploaded tens of thousands of images to the stock site, covering topics ranging from plumbing and ice cream to butterflies and the effects of climate change – and their efforts have clearly paid off.

It’s no secret that selling stock was once a great way to earn a living, but with the price of individual images plummeting in recent years, is it still possible to earn serious money this way? To find out AP quizzed Matthew Horwood, a professional photographer and stock library contributor, about what he shoots, how he

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