Leave/Fall. $75, 20×20 mounted (all four on a single mount)
“And again he thought the thought we already know: Human life occurs only once, and the reason we cannot determine which of our decisions are good and which are bad is that in a given situation we can make only one decision; we are not granted a second, third, or fourth life in which to compare various decisions.” -Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being
I’m usually not one to sell my pictures.
In fact, as far as the business of photography goes I am probably the least-inclined person I can think of that manages to derive some portion of their income through photography. That is because if anyone else were below me on that spectrum, they would be out of business and doing other things (accounting? anesthesiology?).
Even my mom told me that. I think it was a year ago. I was home for Thanksgiving and our family was going through something of a rough patch, with my dad out of work for over a year (he’s a computer engineer in the Silicon Valley, aging, and lacks a convincing grasp of the English spoken language–quite hard to hire these days, I understand). My mom, being the main breadwinner of the family at the time, must have felt justified when she told me “you’re just like your dad. Smart, honest, just no good at making money.”
I like to think I’m fairly dishonest thank you, but she nailed me on that second part. Which is why I’m lucky to have a full-time job! And health benefits now, Safe! And now that I have actual income (which is sort of disturbing, and another blog post altogether) I’ve decided to do some sales.
See, a good friend of mine has a friend who was organizing a charity art show, and I was invited to submit a piece. I borrowed a Hasselblad from the magazine I was working with at the time (they rock) and photographed the last few days I would spend in Los Angeles. It was a strange time. I didn’t have much to do for a month, but I was also isolated from a lot of my friends because I was living in Pasadena, and on top of that I had totaled my car a few weeks prior. AND I was reading The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera, which just made me feel very anxious. I put a lot of work into the piece, but unfortunately missed the deadline to get my work into the show. Which made me very sad.
But no giving up! I’m going to offer this piece over the internet. Here’s how it works: if you like the project, leave me a comment with a way to contact you (you can also holler at me on twitter). I will reply with my paypal address, you send me the money, I will ship you the mounted print (all four on a single mount, probably 20×20-ish), and I will donate all the proceeds to charity:water. I’m only going to print one, so consider this a very limited-edition run.
Cool, right? Right??
