What PHOTOGRAPHER donors give in federal races

Small creative pool, high line count

$14,417,201 is the occupation-level dollar total. 64,876 is the itemization count. 1,809 is the donor-record count. Mean contribution size is about $222. Mean dollars per donor record are about $7,970. Repeat giving is about 36 itemizations per donor record.

64,876 lines from 1,809 records is a high-repeat pattern: a modest creative-title pool generating many schedules. The per-line mean of about $222 sits with other freelance-adjacent strings rather than concentrated investor titles.

These means are not typical-check estimates and not a measure of assignment income allocated to politics. The packet has no gift-size distribution and no guild field.

PHOTOGRAPHER is not ARTIST

ARTIST, DESIGNER, VIDEOGRAPHER, and PHOTOJOURNALIST — if those strings exist as separate keys — are not rolled into this total unless the bulk extract normalized them to PHOTOGRAPHER. This page cites only $14,417,201, 64,876 contributions, and 1,809 donors.

The FEC does not verify exhibition credits, press cards, or studio licenses. Wedding photographers, staff shooters, and people who photograph as a side occupation can all type PHOTOGRAPHER. Occupation is the donor’s word on that line.

What the dollars do not measure

$14,417,201 is not a media-industry PAC total and not studio revenue. Industry pages group employers. A freelance photographer and a staff photographer at a paper share this occupation string if they typed PHOTOGRAPHER.

Party is not stored in the occupation column. Open the PHOTOGRAPHER occupation page for recipient rows. Restated in compact millions, the occupation total is $14.4 million.

Using the hub

Cite $14,417,201, 64,876 contributions, and 1,809 donors together. A sentence that shows only the dollars hides that the money arrived in 64,876 pieces. Use the occupations index to compare PHOTOGRAPHER with ARTIST without merging them.

Unitemized receipts are omitted. Harvested facts have no cycle year. Live filters may change displayed sums. Source: Form 3/3X itemizations indexed on LobbyVault.

Limits

1,809 is a contributor-record count, not a unique-person estimate after name matching. Extra words (commercial photographer, retired photographer) create parallel buckets when they do not normalize to PHOTOGRAPHER.

Do not treat about 36 itemizations per donor record as a typical giving cadence for all photographers. It is an arithmetic ratio on this exact string.

Creative-title volume without a credit match

PHOTOGRAPHER in this extract is $14,417,201 on 64,876 itemizations from 1,809 donor records. About 36 itemizations per donor record is a high repeat rate. Mean line size is about $222; mean dollars per donor record are about $7,970. ARTIST and DESIGNER remain other hubs.

Industry pages for media will not equal $14,417,201. Credits are not verified. A public-record citation that stays inside the packet is: occupation equals PHOTOGRAPHER, dollars equal $14,417,201, contributions equal 64,876, donors equal 1,809. LobbyVault does not infer motive from the occupation column. Compact millions ($14.4 million) are the same headline amount as $14,417,201, rounded to one decimal place.

64,876 itemizations from 1,809 records is a high-repeat pattern for a modest creative-title pool. Commercial photographer and retired photographer create parallel buckets when they do not normalize to PHOTOGRAPHER. Unitemized receipts never carry an occupation code. Exhibition credits and press cards are not matched.

1,809 is a contributor-record count, not a unique-person estimate after name matching. Harvested facts have no cycle year. Live hub filters may change displayed sums; this file restates harvested packet facts only. Use the occupations index to compare PHOTOGRAPHER with ARTIST without merging them. Quote the exact string, then $14,417,201, 64,876 contributions, and 1,809 donors, and stop.

Wedding, press, and commercial shooters share PHOTOGRAPHER if they typed that noun. 64,876 itemizations from 1,809 donor records produced $14,417,201. About 36 itemizations per donor record is a high repeat rate. ARTIST stays outside. Credits are not verified. Cite $14,417,201 with both counts. Exact-string matching is the method.

Press cards are not in the packet. 1,809 donor records is not a unique-person estimate after name matching. Restate the citation as occupation equals PHOTOGRAPHER, dollars equal $14,417,201, contributions equal 64,876, donors equal 1,809.

Photojournalist hybrids stay outside $14,417,201 unless they normalized to PHOTOGRAPHER. Open the live occupation hub for recipient rows. Compact millions ($14.4 million) match the dollar total rounded to one decimal place.

Questions

How much have PHOTOGRAPHER donors given in FEC records?

Occupation PHOTOGRAPHER is attached to $14,417,201 in LobbyVault’s FEC bulk index, from 64,876 contributions and 1,809 donor records. The total is itemized occupation money, not a photographers-guild roster. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.

Is ARTIST included in PHOTOGRAPHER?

No. ARTIST is a separate occupation string. This page covers PHOTOGRAPHER only: $14,417,201, 64,876 contributions, and 1,809 donors. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total. The live hub may apply cycle filters.

Why are there so many PHOTOGRAPHER contributions?

64,876 itemizations from 1,809 donors implies about 36 contributions per donor record. Repeat itemizing raises the line count. Mean line size is about $222. The packet does not split causes. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.

Does listing PHOTOGRAPHER prove professional credits?

No. Occupation is self-reported free text. The FEC record does not verify exhibitions or press cards. Quote 64,876 contributions and 1,809 donor records with the $14,417,201 total. Occupation is self-reported free text on FEC Form 3 and Form 3X schedules. Unitemized receipts never enter this occupation total.