IATSE Cares: Last March, California was the first US state to enforce a mandatory stay-at-home order in hopes to help curb the spread of COVID-19. Now that California pandemic restrictions have been lifted, LA-based photographer, Sam Comen dedicates his time visiting dozens of essential workers in the Los Angeles area; capturing their portraits, sharing their stories on losing work and COVID-19’s impact on turning their jobs high-risk.
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This is a really interesting project. I will defiantly be looking further into it and seeing what other kinds of interviews the project encompasses. I am really glad that Sam Comen decided to include people from the arts in his exploration of essential work. The arts is an area that has been grossly ignored as essential throughout the whole pandemic. As we are in the very beginning stages of coming out the other side now it is clear more than ever that the arts and the essential workers within each industry need the help and the work that has been provided to so many other labor fields throughout the entirety of the pandemic. Comen's inclusion of these two artists showcases that these workers families are just as dependent on their livelihoods as any other out of work essential worker. I look forward to seeing the whole of this project and seeing what conclusions come out of it at the end.
I found this article quite interesting, I think it is great that most people have been able to get back to work under the “new normal”. We have learned to overcome the restrictions of covid 19 and prevail in creating entertainment. However this can be a lot more stressful than it would be in normal times and require a lot more work to get the same job done. I think everyone at CMU is very fortunate to have job security, and us students are focusing on school, so we don't have to necessarily worry about getting health insurance for our family. I think the article also highlighted how some of the things we were doing in the past might never go back to normal seeings that we have a heightened sense of self awareness after this. The makeup artist interviewed stated how she had never worn any person protective equipment while doing makeup application but this may be the new normal.
I found this article quite interesting, I think it is great that most people have been able to get back to work under the “new normal”. We have learned to overcome the restrictions of covid 19 and prevail in creating entertainment. However this can be a lot more stressful than it would be in normal times and require a lot more work to get the same job done. I think everyone at CMU is very fortunate to have job security, and us students are focusing on school, so we don't have to necessarily worry about getting health insurance for our family. I think the article also highlighted how some of the things we were doing in the past might never go back to normal seeings that we have a heightened sense of self awareness after this. The makeup artist interviewed stated how she had never worn any person protective equipment while doing makeup application but this may be the new normal.- Evan Riley
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