Will Design For (GAS!) Money
*model/ concept: Art
laugh because it’s funny, and cry because it’s so pitifully true, guys… the fact remains that even if you’re a talented design/ art/ photography student, the size of your income may not always be quite so proportionate to the size of your skill.
(of course, if you throw in a heavy dose of prayer and ambition, THEN the equation changes…)
special thanks to Art for coming up with the idea for this photo, and just being ballsy enough to do this at a freeway exit, where I’m sure drivers were more than a little weirded out by what they saw
oh, and by the way… do you guys remember the good ol’ days when we thought $2.87 for a gallon of gas was expensive? we were young, naive and innocent then…
fun fact: this photo is nearly two years old! I took this back in late 2006 when I didn’t even have my dSLR yet! I normally don’t go back that far when searching for past photos that are worthy of being tweaked in the lab, but this one was special :)
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Deidre Cripwell
This is a special image. Love the “desparate” feel to it, but also the humour and fun that radiates out
Nathan Welk
Great image, would’ve loved to seen the reaction of the passing motorists. It also makes me nostalgic for the day when gas was below $3.00 a gallon.
Daniel Rarela replied
HA HAA Nathan! you rock – i was wondering how many people would notice that and get nostalgic about it… I can still remember the days when I could pay $20 for gas and still get change… those days are gone, sadly :P
Jen Cannella
I love this!
ferndesign
lol this is great love it
toolesque
gas was 289 two years ago?
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?!? Daaang, thats a lawwt. love the pic.
Mohammad Khaksar
great!
Kenny Gulley Jr.
ahaha
Victoria Rusnac
lol thats me
Kathryn Potempski
congrats on the Home Page,wonderful comp and Techs, well done this makes me laugh
willowweepforme
haha, brilliant!
karenanderson
great image … fuel was a fair bit cheaper then !
Keegan Wong
This is hillarious!
punk0rmonnie
love it! fantastically bold statement, and oh so true.
im a photography student atm, totally slugging it, have come to the harsh realization that in order to do what you love you must live poor!
Juilee Pryor
this is soooo cool!!!!!! well done you….... its great
metronomad
very true…..
Maya -
Brilliant image!
jenndes
I started laughing when I saw this on the HP. Truth makes the best comedy. There’s no way I could quit my corp. job because my photography wouldn’t pay the bills.
Alice McMahon ...
LOL! I just showed this to my daughter, who is having her last day of high school today, and will be a design major in the fall. She laughed too. Fortunately she has almost all of the criteria you say are necessary to succeed. I’ll remind her about the prayer thing. ;) Great shot!
Megan Dacy
Bahaha! So true.
zaffokioko
I like…the guy looks a little like Dane Cook…lol
jase8812
Great shot !
Leena Hedman
LoL!! Creative and funny!
Stacy Rodriguez
Great shot . Would love to see the gas prices that way again. :)LOL
H M Bascom
Sad and funny. Great work
illestwill
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Arlene Zapata
Tons of FUN! Great concept + art direction!
JanG
Fantastic idea great funny photo!! Good to have a laugh today (and some tears just to see what gas prices were 2 years ago!).
Aphoto
Immediately grabbed my attention on the home page… and great it’s on there. Great idea and good image. Compliments
Lindsey W
hahah i love this. =]
KevinH
Brilliant!!!!!
inspiration
Great image and very funny
Ian James
Love it super cool image
4getsundaydrvs
great image. nice work.
nesi
very creative indeed!! I can just imagine the drivers going by…daring shoot!
lucin
Did I see this on soa and commented? Whatever…it is part of my psyche and I am not even part of “the group.” Thus, powerfully wonderfully delivered piece.
Jayca
Love it, love it, love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BYRON
I love this sort of guerilla-photography!
As for expensive petrol. Our petrol has dropped from $1.60 per litre to .99c per litre (sorry I can’t do the conversion to gallons per $US.
But either way, I don’t care. I drive a SMART car, made by Mercedes. It does 22km per litre on the highway and 13km per litre around town with the aircon on. Ok, so it doesn’t have enough power to pull the skin of a custard, but it is soooo cheap to run and I can park it in motorcycle parking bays!
Flibble’s SMart car
SMart website-
soulerean
Hilarious…