I have an odd job. I work at a photo studio that shoots a flyer for a huge retailer every week. I vowed back in photo school that I would never waste my love of photography shooting this crap and I've mostly managed to keep that promise. Instead I babysit the camera monkeys that have allowed themsleves to be trapped into shooting this crap.
To be fair, they used to be paid a decent wage...above average even. Those days are gone. So are the days when they used to be considered, deservedly, artists. They are all artists in their own right, don't get me wrong, but when they walk through that door and start the formulaic crap that earns them a living they become nothing but camera monkeys.
Anybody else deal with crass commercialism and the bare edge of morality on a daily basis at work?
To be fair, they used to be paid a decent wage...above average even. Those days are gone. So are the days when they used to be considered, deservedly, artists. They are all artists in their own right, don't get me wrong, but when they walk through that door and start the formulaic crap that earns them a living they become nothing but camera monkeys.
Anybody else deal with crass commercialism and the bare edge of morality on a daily basis at work?