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Sports photographers work for newspapers, sports magazines, Web sites, social media sites, sports card companies, photo stock agencies, and wire services. Like many other types of photographers, sports photographers are often self-employed and sell their photos to various sources for use in print and online publications. Approximately 64 percent of photographers are self-employed.
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