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Environmental Portraits
Subject: Eric Fantroy
Eric Fantroy has been a Whole Foods Market supervisor for about a year and a half, working in their Customer Service sector. Amongst his other responsibilities, he watches over his team of employees and provides outstanding support to his fellow colleagues, alongside assisting customers with their daily needs during store hours. He describes his job as becoming relatively moderate position throughout his duration of supervision, not having super difficult tasks or a large workload, but a good amount of work to feel proud following each shift. “I’ve been at jobs where you don’t get recognized or acknowledged about the work you do,” he said when asked about it, “but I’m happy to have found a place where I can feel appreciated. Working my way up to a supervisor was cool too. I can run my section the way I like, and it creates for a chill environment.”
Working at Whole Foods is fine, but Eric’s aspirations and interests require more than a salary from only the grocery store. An avid member of the sneaker and streetwear community, he has taken full advantage of the resell market that shoes from Jordan, Nike, Adidas, and other brands have after being sold out in seconds after their retail release. This includes waiting in line in front of the store, hours before they open on release day, and sometimes camping out at stores the night before a “drop”. Other instances are using apps such as Nike SNKRS to purchase sneakers for retail, and playing the market on StockX, a sneaker reselling app that has essentially become the Robinhood for anything streetwear related. Eric has had several experiences buying multiple pairs of shoes for $100-190 and flipping them for anywhere in the several hundred range and sometimes thousands. This immense amount of side income, alongside some disciplined saving, has rewarded Eric in buying himself a Tesla Model 3, where he can now dress and ride in style, on his way to pick up his next investment.
In my photography class we have the assignment to take and Environmental portrait.