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by Freak_NL 3488 days ago
Presumably without the professional photography no one would be interested in buying advertising space (product placement, hashtagging brands) on his account, so you need a veneer of 'authenticity'. I guess that at a minimum this means having a model unique to your account (himself in this case) along with the other trimmings of an influencer (the muesli with lime curd blob type of shots).

Here is my recipe for a golden (if ephemeral) business opportunity:

* Live in a country with low costs of living, in a city with a historical city centre (backdrops! texture!)

* Have access to professional photography equipment

* Have access to a bunch of attractive, but cheap (hence the locality, think Odessa, Bratislava, or Baku) generic looking models

* Compose a team of decent writers and photographers

* Create 'inspired', 'authentic' Instagram profiles for each model, provide content

* Profit?

Don't forget to tag each post #bohemian. Guaranteed hit.

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This is a good idea, but why do you have to actually live there? You could approach this as a co-ordination problem between remote participants. Find a stringer in Odessa and Baku to get a model and photographer. The writers can come from wherever. You are the manager/agency running it all from LA or NYC (where you can make the ftf media deals).