So my insurance benefits changed this year for prescriptions and an asthma med I need daily to maintain quality of life cost $360 this month (rx deductible re-setting). Medical costs have increased 20-25% annually, yet some editorial clients still paying rates same as decade ago.
When people ding me for selling work as an NFT, or a print, or whatever the venue is, I think of the luxury of having a 9-5 where your healthcare costs less or is subsidized by an employer, and where you get a steady paycheck every two weeks.
Last week a public employee making 6 figures a year+benefits had the gall to tell me what I should and shouldn't be doing RE selling my work and making a living. It's just so rich and hypocritical. For editorial photogs, I fully support asking for and demand for more.
Don't get me wrong, sometimes corporate America barely pays survival wages, the system is still broken, but there's an inherent advantage to knowing steady cash flow is coming in. I have the right to build that same stability for myself.
Being able to have the resources to cover these things is also a privilege, some people have to choose between rent/food on the table/medicine, and that is f*cked. We can do better.
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