In The States I would have no edge, no advantage at all.
A large wildlife book, start to finish, could take one to two years, but then I would expect to get several good (nature) magazine features off the back of this, plus of course a lot of stock.
I would never dream, for example, of going to The States to photograph your wildlife.
All I really wanted to do was wildlife photography.
I also had a tremendous passion for art and read a lot.
For sure, all over Poland, kids had my picture of a lemur on their bedroom wall - but the chances are they may never get to see a real lemur in Madagascar. I thought this was great and it really meant a lot to me.