I’m a young artist fully supporting myself financially since I’m 18, without government help or rich parents. I don’t come from a family that goes to museums or galleries, I have no uncle working in the creative field. I graduated from @glasgowschoolart this June, together with my fiancé @p_anczok. We dreamed big of opportunities waiting for us after graduation. All we got was offers for unpaid internships, even though we both have experience. I wanted to work in the art industry, in a gallery or for an artist I appreciate but I can’t afford it, so I’m working for myself. @p_anczok applied to many amazing interior and architecture studios around the world. Some of the studios in Copenhagen “hire” 80 interns. Unpaid. And they still have to make a selection of all the applications coming every day. @p_anczok is now happy and working in a great place in Warsaw ☀️ And me? After so many years in photography I’m not angry anymore that someone can make an exhibition because their parents will pay, I’m really happy inside that I can make it from the money I earned myself, working hard but working with the camera. (Yes I never had an exhibition that the gallery paid for but that’s another issue in the creative world). I just wish everyone would have the same chances to get an experience. I don’t even want to think how many artists or designers put their creativity on the side and work in other sectors because they never afforded the first intern. #artistlife #creativeindustry #unpaidintern #unpaidinternship #workforfree #richparents #poorartist #designintern #artschoolgraduate #economics #architectureintern #payforjobs #freelanceartist #supportart #supportcreativity (at Warsaw, Poland) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrTI5m0nHC3/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=8jvd2ngnf95d
