Yeah, this keeps happening..... A Lot.....................NYT pay-wall.New York Times so I cannot read the article, but I bet the janitor really cleaned up in photography.
big quote from NYT:
MONTREAL — Braulio Rocha, a Portuguese janitor at a Montreal synagogue, was about to begin his daily floor mopping routine some years ago when he heard a frantic voice: The photographer assigned to shoot a bris, a ritual circumcision, hadn’t shown up, and the baby’s grandmother was panicking.
Mr. Rocha, an amateur photographer, had recently arrived in Canada from Madeira with $50 in savings and a beat-up old Canon camera that he always carried with him in his car. Wearing his gray and blue polyester janitor’s uniform, a long key ring dangling from his pocket, he recalls, he summoned up the courage and asked the forlorn grandmother if he could shoot the baby’s bris — for free.
She agreed, and a new career was born."
[ breaking paywall with 3 free article access]
LOLI hope they tipped him generously.
That is a great story. Too bad that NYT has hit hard times and must charge for everything.
The Trumpian notion that NYT has "hit hard times" conflicts with their impressive growth of readership...and complaint that they "must charge for everything" reflects a failure to understand capitalism (in which we pay for what we want).
I don't subscribe to NYT because I prefer Guardian and cannot pay for everything that interests me.
I hope they tipped him generously.
Shooting a bris is no slice of cake. I've done it many times and knowing where and when and what to shoot separates the boys from the men. I can keep going with the puns but it's just a cheap cut.
Honestly though, it takes guts to say "I'll do it".
Why shouldn't they? They are a business, they pay their reporters and photographers. Sure they have some ads, but in this day and age, there is a lot of competition for eyeballs.That is a great story. Too bad that NYT has hit hard times and must charge for everything.
Some people just do it for the tips.
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