110 Favorite I Love Lucy Episodes in no particular order
⇨ The Moustache(1952)
Lucy, where did you get that thin?
What thin?
EVERDINGEN, Caesar van
(b. 1617, Alkmaar, d. 1678, Haarlem)
Nymphs Offering the Young Bacchus Wine, Fruit and Flowers
1670-78
Oil on canvas, 162 x 180 cm
Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf im Ehrenhof, Düsseldorf
‘Minimum Wage’
This is my final project series for my studio class. The economy is in shambles right now, causing many people to be laid off and be forced to take up minimum wage jobs. However, recent studies have shown that it is impossible to live on only minimum wage. My goal was to capture the hardship suffered by this waitress, and to convey that point using the studio.
I would really like critique on this series if you are willing. What do you think?
BECAUSE MY CRITIQUE WAS TOO LONG:
First: i wouldn’t call it ‘recent studies’. Studies on living on minimum wage have been looked over for years.
Second: I don’t think that you captured the real hardship, especially if you tired to capture it in a studio,( the only one where i would that i see the actual distress, that has a good composition, is the one where you can’t see her face and she’s holding the tray. 3rd piece)
A subject like waitressing and minimum wage should have been taken in an actual restaurant with actual waitresses/waiters that show the kind of shit they have to deal with, because i don’t think i’ve ever since a waiter balance a tray like you have the model balancing it in the first piece.
Yes, you probably did that to make it look “artsy”. but you should think about keeping with the reality of it. Something like waitressing can’t be portrayed in a studio. if anything this set of photos doesn’t show the all sides of waitressing, just the extreme downsides which just looks like your model is greasy and tired.
What about the fake smiles, and the sweet attitude they have to put on for the customers? What about the running around the kitchen, getting the plates on the trays and carrying them to the tables? The balancing act of the glasses, silverware, and plates? What about getting stuck in the weeds?(you know, getting so far behind with tables and orders, that you’re constantly running around trying to catch up?)
I would say that this subject shouldn’t have been done in a studio. You should have picked a different subject because waitressing is something that’s better portrayed in the real world.
If you’re going to be a photographer than you have to go out into the world (don’t make an excuse that you’re too busy or you don’t have the time, as a photographer in school you make the time, don’t be lazy) and get in peoples faces. Take pictures of what’s real, and don’t try to mimic it in a studio, especially your subject on waitressing and minimum wage. You can’t get truer than seeing a waiter or waitress run around with the ‘pain’ on their faces of trying to make every one happy.
(Source: jadeephotography)
