Working For Pay
Mike Johnston’s Sunday Morning Photographer column discusses the thorny issue of photography and getting paid to do it.
“So here’s the upshot. I’m gonna keep writing “The Sunday Morning Photographer,” but only as long as I get to write about what I want to and say whatever I please. I’m being selfish, yes, but also practical. If I have to write on assignment every week, I’m afraid I’d lose interest. I’m not always right, and I’m not always interesting, and I’m not always writing about the things the majority of people want to read about, if we were to take a poll. But I find the freedom and the independence to be priceless. If everybody pays a few cents, then I can get compensated a little and also continue being a free agent. Sounds like it should work, don’t you think?”