Why are photographers so often exploited? I don’t mean…
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Why are photographers so often exploited?
I don’t mean this in the sense that we’re gullible and easy to scam. I mean that I don’t see quite the same levels of disrespect and exploitation in other industries. Maybe I’m wrong. But I feel like freelance creatives don’t get the respect they deserve.
So many people don’t value our work at all, yet have never taken a photo themselves.
Seemingly normal people exploit us with no negative effect on their consciousness. They don’t think there’s anything wrong with scope creep and then saying “come on it’s just 20 photos it’ll take 10 minutes.”
I recently did a favour for a “friend”. He thinks I’m now cutting him out of my life because of some photos. It was never about the photos. They were just a symptom that finally exposed who he truly was.
Stories of freelancers simply getting ghosted when asking for payment are incredibly common. Yes, rookie mistake not having a contract. But that doesn’t excuse ghosting as blatant fraud. It’s downplayed and taken too lightly.
What do you think is the true cause of all this?
#hobby
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I don’t mean this in the sense that we’re gullible and easy to scam. I mean that I don’t see quite the same levels of disrespect and exploitation in other industries. Maybe I’m wrong. But I feel like freelance creatives don’t get the respect they deserve.
So many people don’t value our work at all, yet have never taken a photo themselves.
Seemingly normal people exploit us with no negative effect on their consciousness. They don’t think there’s anything wrong with scope creep and then saying “come on it’s just 20 photos it’ll take 10 minutes.”
I recently did a favour for a “friend”. He thinks I’m now cutting him out of my life because of some photos. It was never about the photos. They were just a symptom that finally exposed who he truly was.
Stories of freelancers simply getting ghosted when asking for payment are incredibly common. Yes, rookie mistake not having a contract. But that doesn’t excuse ghosting as blatant fraud. It’s downplayed and taken too lightly.
What do you think is the true cause of all this?
#hobby
source
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