Grain and Waves
Substacknewsletter · by Clara Zhu · English
I'm a Philadelphia transplant and self-taught photographer. I write about building a creative practice alongside a demanding job in healthcare, progressing in photography, and life on California's Central Coast.
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- Observed frequency
- Every two weeks
- From 5 posts indexed in the last 90 days
- Last post
- Nov 6, 2026
- 6 days ago
- Likely audience
- Photographers
- Inferred from post content
Grain and Waves is a Substack newsletter by Clara Zhu covering career transition, photography and photography business. NewsletterFIT indexed 5 posts from it in the last 90 days, most recently on Nov 6, 2026.
Topics
- career transition
- photography
- photography business
- freelance marketing
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