On May 18th, alongside (@IMWD2030), we join thousands of museums around the world in unleashing the power of museums by celebrating International Museum Day #IMD2022 @icomofficiel @icom.unitedstates. I began my museological research circa 1999 with an interest in Dr. Albert C. Barnes, the founder of the legendary collection of impressionists at The Barnes Foundation, in Philadelphia… As a trained art historian, and now a full-time visual artist, I continue to remain fascinated by the relationship between museums and collectors. 📸 These are a handful of images that I’ve taken over the past two plus decades at various museums that i’ve visited around the world. Note: If anyone is interested in volunteering to help digitize tens of thousands of 🎞 photographs in my archive, I am pretty good cook. (Just kidding. #PayYourInterns). Residenz, Munich, 2003 Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, 2011 Tehran MCA, 2009 Germanische Nationalmuseum, 2003 Museum Van Loon, Amsterdam, 2011 Norton Museum, Los Angeles, 2013 Historischesmuseum, Basel, 2011 Antiquenmuseum, Basel, 2011 Vitra Museum, 2011 LACMA 2011 Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 2007 https://www.instagram.com/p/CdqM-wYOhJs/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
#throwback My #UrbanYouth project for @fpfalmouth in my 2nd year of university @falmouthuni #fashionphotography #payyourinterns #fashion #photography #portrait #unpaidinterns #tbt #throwbackthursday (at Falmouth, Cornwall)
A well funded theatre that takes pride in putting social and political issues on stage but at the same time doesn´t pay interns a single penny for two months of hard work is just hypocritical.
I love what I do. And I do it to learn and become better at my job. But this lack of appreciation and decency just frustrates me so much right now.
Action at the Barbican Centre in solidarity with Gallery Interns and the Barbican's Cleaners to fight low wages and no wages - PAY YOUR CLEANERS, PAY YOUR INTERNS - with Ragpickers, Devil Pays Nada, Precarious Workers Brigade, IWGB ...
Unpaid internships are revolting, and so are interns...
About a year ago I started planning for the Devil pays Nada campaign against unpaid internships. I had no idea what I was going to do or how I was going to do it, and it seemed an impossible feat. With 130,000 unpaid interns in the UK, and almost all employers in the creative sector buying into this institutional exploitation for their own gain, it seemed like Goliath that couldn't be touched. Interns were frightened to speak up and demand pay and fair treatment, and why wouldn't they be, when it’s been drilled into us all that we must expect to work for free to get a look in.
When employers, friends, careers services, even our own tutors have hammered into us the message that, if you want to work in this elitist industry, you will be obediently making teas and coffees for free at the mercy of employers. Being The One to stand up and say no seemed like one terrifying prospect. Seemed. I use the past tense because we’ve come a long way since then.
However Fox Searchlight faced a shock when they were found to be in violation of minimum wage laws after using interns for free labour which should have been paid.
This is huge news as it has raised serious questions about unpaid intern culture, and means that many more employers could find themselves in the same boat if they do not pay their interns.
Two brave interns took the courage to stand up for their rights as workers. And despite the threat of losing their credentials in the industry and being blacklisted, they continued to pursue the case in order to send out a strong and clear message to employers: We will not be exploited anymore.
This message has sent shockwaves through the film industry and beyond, and resonated in media worldwide. For far too long interns have existed in the backgrounds, silently forming the foundations of many companies and generating profit for the people at the top, but this tide is turning.
With great work being done by intern rights campaigners across the globe, from the USA to the United Nations, I feel confident that we will see a large shift in the way interns are used. But the thing that gives me the most hope is to see interns themselves fighting back and taking back their power, because without this, nothing can change.
If you are an intern and you are reading this, I hope you will think about your experiences as an intern. If you were lucky enough to be able to do an unpaid internship – because a large number of people can’t even afford to take one on in the first place for financial reasons – then think about the part that you play in this culture of free labour. Think about the implication on your peers when you agree to work for free and decide not to speak up.
I hope that you begin to realise your power, both collectively and individually, and bring more employers to their knees if they choose to exploit our generation.
