Imani Hamilton

Nit picky

Hi everyone, here’s another free write.

So this has been on my mind a lot and it’s about people not trusting or giving women photographers a chance. I look at a campaign, lookbook, Instagram photo w.e it is and I think to myself “I could do that… but so much better” and when I look at who the photographer was to no surprise it’s a guy. I literally can not understand why its so easy to jump on the backs of photographers who are men.

When I look at local photographers and see the work they produce, no offense to the people who like that kind of work but it is so below average that it puzzles me people pay money to get their picture taken by these people. In no way do I feel that I am the best of the best and that everyone should come to me for pictures, but I could’ve came up with a better concept for that shoot, and shot it better.

No more complaining. Now I bet some people are thinking “Well if you feel that way why don’t you do something about it”, well guess what I have been for about 6 months now. Everyone tells me that they love my work and that they see me going far, but when it comes to actually hiring me for work everyone seems to forget that I am a photographer. LOL. 

I will write more but I would like to get some rest, but I will conclude with saying I believe the reason why its hard to hire or a woman photographer is because having a woman’s perspective on how we view anything whether its art based or commercial based is intimidating.

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