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• 100 Gecs — Snake Eyes (RSD) — $30 — 10" weed-shaped vinyl, Record Store Day 2024 edition.
• Alanis Morissette — Jagged Little Pill — $35 — Barnes & Noble exclusive on transparent red vinyl.
• Amy Winehouse — Back to Black — $20 — picture disc edition.
• Angel Du$t — Pretty Buff — $30 — yellow pressing limited to 1,000 copies.
• Angelo Badalamenti — Music for Film & TV (RSD) — $25 — red translucent Record Store Day Black Friday 2024 release.
• Angelo Badalamenti — Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me — $50 — red and black marbled vinyl.
• Anthony Green — Doom Spun — $40 — cloudy purple pressing limited to 1,000.
• Anthony Green — Boom. Done. — $75 — 9th variant, limited to 500 copies, alternate artwork yellow jacket, clear vinyl with yellow smoke.
• Anxious — Bambi — $200 — Brain Dead alternate cover, limited to 50 copies.
• Arlo Parks — My Soft Machine — $25 — Barnes & Noble exclusive orange vinyl.
• babybaby_explores — Hair — $15 — 7" single.
• Bar Italia — The Twits — $10.
• Bass Drum of Death — GB City — $10.
• Be Your Own Pet — Mommy — $20 — Urban Outfitters exclusive “brain damage blue” pressing limited to 300.
• Beach House — Depression Cherry — $40 — velvet jacket edition.
• The Beatles — The Beatles' Second Album — $5 — jacket has wear, disc in good condition.
• Billie Eilish — Hit Me Hard and Soft (Isolated Vocals) (RSD) — $30 — bone-colored Record Store Day Black Friday 2024 release.
• Billie Eilish — Happier Than Ever — $20 — limited pale blue edition.
• Black Midi — Cavalcade — $20.
• Blood — Why Wait Till ’55, We Might Not Even Be Alive — $25.
• Bnny — Everything — $25 — clear/black stardust splatter limited to 400 copies.
• Bob Dylan — Master of War (Bob Dylan: Live In Alan Lomax's Apartment) (RSD) — $20 — 7" Record Store Day 2025 release.
• Boston Manor — Welcome to the Neighbourhood — $20 — oxblood and black galaxy pressing.
• boygenius — The Rest — $10 — 10" edition without the zine.
• Cage the Elephant — Live From the Vic (RSD) — $25 — yellow and black splatter Record Store Day 2025 edition.
• Chappell Roan — The Subway (Blood Records) — $60 — green hair-filled edition.
• Chappell Roan — The Subway / The Giver (RSD) — $10 — lavender daydream 7" from Record Store Day Black Friday 2025.
• Charli XCX — Brat and It’s Completely Different but Also Still Brat (Blood Records) — $150 — “cocaine”-filled edition.
• Charli XCX / Billie Eilish — Guess (RSD) — $20 — 7" Record Store Day 2025 release.
• Cold Gawd — God Get Me The Fuck Out Of Here (Signed) — $50.
• Cold Gawd — I'll Drown on This Earth — $15 — translucent purple vinyl.
• Courtney Barnett — Things Take Time, Take Time — $10 — “all eyes on the pavement blue” pressing.
• The Cranberries — Bury the Hatchet (RSD) — $35 — Record Store Day 2024 release.
• Czarface — Czartificial Intelligence (RSD) — $30 — orange Record Store Day 2023 edition.
• David Bowie — Waiting in the Sky (Before the Starman Came to Earth) (RSD) — $50 — Record Store Day 2024 release.
• David Byrne / Paramore — Hard Times / Burning Down the House (RSD) — $50 — white translucent Record Store Day 2024 pressing.
• Deeper — Auto-Pain Deluxe — $30 — white pressing limited to 250 copies.
• Dehd — Flower of Devotion — $10 — pink-in-clear variant limited to 1,000.
• Dirty Projectors — Bitte Orca (VMP) — $20 — blue-in-clear and red-in-clear Vinyl Me, Please edition.
• Doechii — Denial is a River — $25 — 7" Capitol Records limited edition.
• Doechii — Anxiety — $25 — white 7" Capitol Records limited edition.
• Dr. Dre — Compton Instrumentals (RSD) — $15 — purple marble Record Store Day Black Friday 2025 release.
• Dry Cleaning — New Long Leg — $15.
• Dry Cleaning — Stumpwork — $10 — white vinyl edition.
• Echo & the Bunnymen — The Killing Moon (All Night Version) (RSD) — $20 — Record Store Day Black Friday 2024 release.
• The Flaming Lips — Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Live at the Paradise Lounge, Boston Oct. 27, 2002 (RSD) — $20 — Record Store Day Black Friday 2023 edition.
• Fleetwood Mac — Rumours (RSD) — $50 — picture disc Record Store Day 2024 edition.
• Fleshwater — Sounds of Grieving — $20 — milky clear pressing limited to 2,000 copies.
• Frank Iero — Stomachaches — $125 — 10th anniversary edition limited to 1,000 copies on clear vinyl with pink, green, and blue splatter.
• Freddie Gibbs & Madlib — Piñata (RSD) — $60 — clear vinyl with green, black, and white splatter from Record Store Day 2024.
• Fuzz — Fuzz III — $10.
• Fuzz — Leviation Sessions — $25 — fire splatter variant limited to 500 copies.
• Garbage — Lie to Me (RSD) — $25 — transparent lime Record Store Day 2024 pressing.
• Garbage — Copy/Paste (RSD) — $40 — magenta Record Store Day Black Friday 2024 release.
• Garbage — No Gods No Master — $10 — neon green vinyl.
• Gerard Way — Hesitant Alien (RSD) — $50 — blue Record Store Day 2022 pressing.
• Gouge Away — Deep Sage — $25 — beer and purple galaxy variant limited to 500 copies.
• Grizzly Bear — Veckatimest (VMP) — $20 — orange and pink Vinyl Me, Please edition.
• Guerilla Toss — Twisted Crystal — $20.
• Gustaf — Audio Drag For Ego Slob (Signed) — $50.
• Halsey — Badlands — $5 — I received this second hand, jacket shows wear, free with purchase of anything else on the list
• Ice-T — Power Rarities (RSD) — $10 — black ice Record Store Day 2025 edition.
• Indigo De Souza — Any Shape You Take — $30 — limited picture disc edition.
• Indigo De Souza — All of This Will End — $25 — burning Saturn yellow/red Saddle Creek and Bandcamp exclusive limited to 1,000 copies.
• Japanese Breakfast — Jubilee — $10.
• Japanese Breakfast — Soft Sounds From Another Planet — $10.
• Jazz Sabbath — The 1968 Tapes (RSD) — $30 — Record Store Day Black Friday 2024 release.
• Kate Bush — Eat the Music (RSD) — $15 — 10" picture disc from Record Store Day 2024.
• Kelsy Karter & the Heroines — Love Made Me Do It (Signed) — $50 — “Titty” picture disc edition.
• Koyo — Ten Digits Away — $20 — red/clear with black splatter variant limited to 1,200 copies.
• L.S. Dunes — Violet — $40 — “new twilight purple marble” pressing limited to 500 copies through AP/Revolver/Brooklyn Vegan/Project M.
• L.S. Dunes — Past Lives — $20 — custard-colored edition limited to 1,000 copies.
• L.S. Dunes — Past Lives — $10 — bubblegum pink limited edition.
• L.S. Dunes — Past Lives — $15 — ghost marble clear with black and yellow smoke Urban Outfitters exclusive limited to 3,000 copies.
• L.S. Dunes — Violet (Signed) — $100 — signed print edition on yellow vinyl with black smoke, lucky star variant.
• Labrinth — Euphoria Season 2 Soundtrack — $20 — alternate Zendaya cover art with hazy dawn coloring.
• Lana Del Rey — Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd? — $20 — white webstore exclusive with alternate cover art.
• Lana Del Rey — Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd? — $20 — translucent orange festival edition with alternate cover art.
• Lana Del Rey — Chemtrails Over the Country Club — $20 — limited clear vinyl edition.
• Lana Del Rey — Candy Necklace — $10 — webstore exclusive 7" picture disc.
• Lip Critic — Hex Dealer (Signed) — $50.
• Liz Phair — Exile in Guyville 30th Anniversary Reissue — $35 — Spotify Fans First exclusive on blue and black splatter vinyl, limited to 500 copies.
• Lurk — Electro-Shock — $15 — half electric blue/half clear pressing limited to 300 copies.
• Madonna — Erotica — $15 — limited picture disc edition.
• Mamalarky — Hex Key (Signed) — $50.
• Manchester Orchestra — Mean Everything to Nothing — $30 — blue swirl pressing.
• Manchester Orchestra — I'm Like a Virgin Losing a Child — $30 — gold swirl pressing.
• Mannequin Pussy — Romantic — $60 — opaque pink variant limited to 500 copies.
• Mannequin Pussy — Romantic — $60 — purple and white swirl variant limited to 250 copies.
• Mannequin Pussy — Patience — $40 — Project M exclusive blue edition.
• Mannequin Pussy — I Got Heaven — $40 — translucent pink glass variant.
• Mannequin Pussy — I Got Heaven — $50 — purple nebula splash edition.
• Mannequin Pussy — I Got Heaven — $50 — clear vinyl with black smoke.
• Mannequin Pussy — I Got Heaven — $10 — standard edition.
• Mannequin Pussy — I Got Heaven — $70 — cotton candy splash variant.
• Mannequin Pussy — I Got Heaven — $70 — summer sky splash webstore exclusive limited to 500 copies.
• Meat Puppets — Live in Montana (RSD) — $25 — blue opaque Record Store Day 2024 pressing.
• Media Jeweler — The Sublime Sculpture of Being Alive — $10 — eco mix dirty clear vinyl.
• MF DOOM — Operation: Doomsday (RSD) — $65 — red and gold splatter alternate cover edition from Record Store Day Black Friday 2024.
• Mia Joy — Spirit Tamer — $15 — pink pressing limited to 300 copies.
• Mint Green — All Girls Go to Heaven — $15 — baby pink and white galaxy variant limited to 1,000 copies.
• Mitski — Puberty 2 — $10.
• Mitski — The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We — $15.
• Modest Mouse — The Lonesome Crowded West (VMP) — $45 — purple and blue galaxy Vinyl Me, Please edition.
• Momma / Narrow Head — Sunday / Medicine — $30 — glow-in-the-dark limited edition.
• Morrissey & Siouxsie Sioux — Interlude (RSD) — $35 — gold Record Store Day 2024 pressing.
• My Chemical Romance — The Black Parade — $15 — picture disc edition.
• My Chemical Romance — Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge Remastered — $20 — Spotify Fans First clear and red yolk variant.
• My Chemical Romance — Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge Remastered — $20 — red and clear split variant.
• My Chemical Romance — Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge Remastered — $20 — red and black marble variant.
• My Chemical Romance — Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge Remastered — $100 — limited zoetrope edition.
• Nas — Illmatic: Remixes and Rarities (RSD) — $25 — Record Store Day 2024 release.
• Neutral Milk Hotel — On Avery Island — $10.
• Noah Kahan — Town Hall (Stick Season Collaborations) (RSD) — $175 — tiger eye brown Record Store Day 2024 edition.
• Noah Kahan — Cape Elizabeth (RSD) — $80 — blue and white marbled Record Store Day Black Friday 2023 pressing.
• Noah Kahan — Stick Season — $15.
• Noah Kahan — Dial Drunk — $30 — Urban Outfitters Singles Day exclusive.
• Nothing — The Great Dismal B Sides — $15 — clear vinyl with white and black smoke limited to 750 copies.
• Nothing — The Great Dismal — $20 — cloudy neon yellow variant limited to 2,300 copies.
• Nothing — Dance on the Blacktop — $10.
• The Notorious B.I.G. — Ready to Die Instrumentals (RSD) — $20 — Record Store Day 2024 edition.
• Olivia Rodrigo — Guts (Spilled) (RSD) — $50 — red and purple marbled Record Store Day Black Friday 2024 release.
• Olivia Rodrigo — Guts: The Secret Tracks (RSD) — $80 — deep purple Record Store Day Black Friday 2023 edition.
• Olivia Rodrigo — Guts — $30 — picture disc Spotify Fans First exclusive.
• Olivia Rodrigo — Sour — $15.
• Olivia Rodrigo / Noah Kahan — Stick Season / Lacy (RSD) — $25 — mauve Record Store Day 2024 pressing.
• One Step Closer — All You Embrace (Signed) — $50 — signed by vocalist Ryan Savitski.
• Packs — Take the Cake — $20 — cake splatter edition limited to 300 copies.
• Paramore — Re: This Is Why (RSD) — $15 — ruby red Record Store Day 2024 pressing.
• Paramore — Paramore — $65 — Urban Outfitters exclusive 10th anniversary edition on light blue vinyl.
• Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs — Live at KEXP (RSD) — $15 — red Record Store Day 2024 release.
• Pile — Songs Known Together, Alone — $20 — translucent sea blue pressing.
• PinkPantheress — Boy's a Liar Pt. 2 + Boy's a Liar — $25 — Urban Outfitters Singles Day exclusive.
• Pixies — Live From Red Rocks 2005 (RSD) — $35 — orange marble Record Store Day 2024 pressing.
• Pixies — Bossanova / Trompe Le Monde (RSD) — $25 — ice blue Record Store Day 2025 release.
• PJ Harvey — White Chalk — $15.
• PJ Harvey — White Chalk Demos — $10.
• PJ Harvey — Hope Six Demolition Project — $10.
• PJ Harvey — I Inside the Old Year Dying — $15.
• PJ Harvey — Let England Shake Demos — $10.
• PJ Harvey — Let England Shake — $10.
• PJ Harvey — Is This Desire? Demos — $10.
• PJ Harvey & John Parish — A Woman a Man Walked By — $10.
• Prince Daddy & the Hyena — Prince Daddy & the Hyena — $20 — oxblood and baby pink pressing limited to 3,000 copies.
• Ramones — 1975 Sire Demos (RSD) — $35 — clear vinyl with black splatter from Record Store Day 2024.
• Red Hot Chili Peppers — Mother’s Milk — $15.
• Refused — The Shape of Punk to Come (A Chemical Bombination in 12 Bursts) — $175 — box set edition.
• Sampha — Lahai — $15.
• Shame — Food for Worms — $10.
• Show Me the Body — Survive — $10 — 10" release.
• Sinéad O'Connor — You Made Me the Thief of Your Heart (RSD) — $30 — clear Record Store Day 2024 pressing.
• Slaughter Beach, Dog — Live at the Cabin (RSD) — $25 — sage green Record Store Day 2024 release.
• Sleater-Kinney — This Time / Here Today (RSD) — $10 — red translucent Record Store Day 2024 7".
• Snoop Dogg — Live at Forest National 2005 (RSD) — $20 — black and white smoke Record Store Day 2024 edition.
• Soundtrack — Even More Dazed and Confused (RSD) — $20 — smoky purple Record Store Day 2024 pressing.
• Sophie Ellis-Bextor — Remixes (RSD) — $90 — blue glitter Record Store Day 2024 release.
• Soul Glo — The Nigga in Me Is Me (Signed) — $100 — transparent blue vinyl.
• Soundtrack — Wicked (RSD) — $240 — 2025 Record Store Day release limited to 2,000 U.S. copies.
• Soundtrack — South Park 25th Anniversary Concert (RSD) — $100 — blue translucent Record Store Day 2024 edition.
• Soundtrack — The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie Soundtrack (RSD) — $50 — clear vinyl with yellow and pink splatter from Record Store Day Black Friday 2024.
• Soundtrack — Twin Peaks (Music From the Limited Event Series) (RSD) — $45 — “Bang Bang” picture disc edition from Record Store Day 2018.
• Soundtrack — Twin Peaks (Limited Event Series Soundtrack) (RSD) — $45 — red curtain/Laura Palmer picture disc from Record Store Day 2018.
• Soundtrack — Wicked: For Good (RSD) — $40 — Record Store Day Black Friday 2025 release.
• Soundtrack — Rent (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (RSD) — $45 — white and red translucent Record Store Day Black Friday 2025 edition.
• Soundtrack — Doctor Who: The Edge of Destruction (RSD) — $35 — picture disc Record Store Day 2024 release.
• Soundtrack — The Rocky Horror Show (Richard O’Brien’s Original Demotape Recordings) (RSD) — $30 — Record Store Day 2024 edition.
• Soundtrack — Murder Was the Case (RSD) — $25 — translucent red Record Store Day 2024 release.
• Soundtrack — Lost in Translation (RSD) — $60 — Record Store Day 2024 pressing.
• Soundtrack — Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas — $20 — zoetrope edition.
• Soundtrack — Music From Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five — $10.
• Soundtrack — The Substance — $45 — deluxe edition on green fluorescent translucent vinyl.
• Sprints — The Back Catalogue (Signed) — $50 — signed print edition on pink vinyl.
• Sprints — Letter to Self (Signed) — $50 — red vinyl edition.
• Sprints — Literary Mind — $15 — 7" single.
• Squid — Cowards (Blood Records) — $60 — multi-colored splatter edition.
• Squid Pisser — Dreams of Puke — $25 — polychromatic upchuck variant.
• Squid Pisser — Vaporize a Neighbor — $25 — 7" release.
• Stevie Nicks — The Lighthouse (RSD) — $10 — white Record Store Day Black Friday 2024 pressing.
• Stress Eater — Everybody Eats (RSD) — $35 — red Record Store Day Black Friday 2024 edition.
• Talking Heads — Live at WCOZ '77 (RSD) — $70 — Record Store Day 2024 release.
• Talking Heads — Tentative Decisions: Demos & Live (RSD) — $30 — clear vinyl with both 12" and 7" records from Record Store Day Black Friday 2025.
• Taylor Swift — Red (Taylor’s Version) — $20.
• Taylor Swift — Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) — $20 — violet marbled edition.
• Taylor Swift — 1989 (Taylor’s Version) — $15 — “crystal blue skies” pressing.
• Teenage Wrist — Dazed — $50 — green and black swirl variant limited to 100 copies.
• The Antlers — Green to Gold (VMP) — $20 — sunburst Vinyl Me, Please edition limited to 750 copies.
• The Cure — The Top (RSD) — $30 — picture disc Record Store Day 2024 edition.
• The Cure — A Fragile Thing — $30 — white 7" Capitol Records limited edition.
• The Jesus and Mary Chain — Damage and Joy — $30 — clear pressing limited to 300 copies.
• The Revivalists — Made in Muscle Shoals — $5 — purple vinyl with no jacket, or free with purchase of another item.
• The Smile — Wall of Eyes — $15.
• The Smile — A Light for Attracting Attention — $20.
• The Used — The Used — $40 — Urban Outfitters exclusive 20th anniversary edition limited to 5,000 copies on red oxblood and bone white split vinyl.
• Thursday — Application for Release From the Dream (Signed) — $50 — 7" signed by Geoff Rickly.
• Thursday — Application for Release From the Dream (Signed) — $75 — pink variant limited to 500 copies.
• Thursday — Application for Release From the Dream (Signed) — $200 — white label edition obtained in person at a Jersey show.
• Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross — American Hero Story: Minutemen — $15.
• Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross — Challengers [Mixed] by Boys Noize — $200 — translucent yellow, Record Store Day Black Friday 2024 edition.
• Turnover — One and Too — $15 — 7" single.
• Turnstile & BadBadNotGood — New Heart Designs (RSD) — $30 — yellow translucent Record Store Day pressing.
• Ty Segall — Possession — $15.
• Ty Segall — Three Bells — $15.
• Ty Segall — Twins — $15.
• Ty Segall & Cory Hanson — She's a Beam — $10 — 10" release.
• Ty Segall & White Fence — Joy — $15.
• Ultra Q — Empty Eddy (Signed) — $75.
• Various Artists — Music for Everyone Vol. 2: A Compilation in Support of the ACLU — $20 — red galaxy pressing limited to 100 copies.
• Various Artists — LA Recovers Compilation — $50.
• Various Artists — Gimmie Shelter – Songs for LA Fire Relief — $20.
• Wednesday — Live at WXPN — $15.
• White Reaper & Spiritual Cramp — Shimmy / Whatever You Say Man — $20 — 7" single.
• Wombo — Blossomlooksdownuponus — $20 — yellow pressing limited to 300 copies.

Hi all,

I just wanted to share what I’m going through in hopes that maybe there is someone in this group with a similar path. I’m a 27yo woman with Lupus SLE, MCTD, & Sjogrens. I copied this post from the one I made in r/lupus so when I talk about disease/diagnoses I’m talking about the Lupus.

So I’m a photographer/videographer. It’s been my full time self-employed career since 2019. I mostly work with musicians and in 2022 I switched over to touring pretty heavily. I LOVE what I do. My art is not just what I do, it’s who I am. And I’ve been fortunate enough to build a moderately successful career off of it.

I was diagnosed in 2020 after only a year of symptoms. (I was 21 at the time of my diagnosis and I’m 27 now.) My flares have always been serious often ending up in hospital stays. Early on I made the decision that this wouldn’t take my life away. So I pushed through. I would go straight from jobs to the hospital & vice versa. It hasn’t been easy, and it’s been extremely painful, but I’ve made it work. In all that time I could count on one hand the number of jobs I had to call out of because I couldn’t push through. Fast forward to now.

Sparing the details, I had 3 jobs in the span of 3 months pretty majorly affected by my disease. Once where I technically showed up but was so sick I could only get a few photos in before having to tap out and lay down in my car. Once where I had to cancel hours before (luckily I was able to reschedule as this was a studio shoot). And the big finale - I got hired on a 3 month contract in Antigua, a really easy low stress job, and was so sick 1 week in that I got sent home. I’m not represented by an agent so all of my work is word of mouth and things like this are detrimental to my reputation. Up until just last month no one in my life outside of my immediate family knew about my condition because it makes me a huge liability to hire.

Because I’m technically still supposed to be in Antigua I’ve just gone radio silent and pretending I’m still there. I’m talking with different Car T trials happening around the country who think I’d be eligible in the hopes of going into remission and being able to return to working. Maybe not touring, but being healthy enough I could reliably book shoots again. But the other side of that is that I could get the placebo or not go into remission even with treatment. Ive been trying to look at this from every angle and figure out work arounds. Modifications I could make to the way I approach my practice that would make this all work, but I’m coming up empty. My job requires me to show up and be 100% on my game because this industry is so competitive.
Plus, because this is all I’ve done for so long now and from such a young age I don’t have any other work experience aside from working in restaurants as a teenager.

The idea of giving up everything I love to do and everything that makes me who I am is… Lets put it this way, I have no intention of becoming a shell of myself working a soul sucking desk or remote job. (Upon rereading this, I hope no one takes offense to this line. Desk jobs work for some people and that’s awesome. I’m someone who has built their whole life around their work though, which is why that is a bad outcome for me personally.)

So there wasn’t a question in there but I guess if you’re a photographer or artist in a similarly competitive field and are comfortable sharing your story, I haven’t seen anything in this group so far from someone in a similar career.

Hi all,

I just wanted to share what I’m going through in hopes that maybe there is someone in this group with a similar path. In searching the thread I found an old post where a barber talked about losing the ability to do their jobs and a bunch of other barbers/groomers chimed in with advice…

So I’m a photographer/videographer. It’s been my full time self-employed career since 2019. I mostly work with musicians and in 2022 I switched over to touring pretty heavily. I LOVE what I do. My art is not just what I do, it’s who I am. And I’ve been fortunate enough to build a moderately successful career off of it.

I was diagnosed in 2020 after only a year of symptoms. (I was 21 at the time of my diagnosis and I’m 27 now.) My flares have always been serious often ending up in hospital stays. Early on I made the decision that this wouldn’t take my life away. So I pushed through. I would go straight from jobs to the hospital & vice versa. It hasn’t been easy, and it’s been extremely painful, but I’ve made it work. In all that time I could count on one hand the number of jobs I had to call out of because I couldn’t push through. Fast forward to now.

Sparing the details, I had 3 jobs in the span of 3 months pretty majorly affected by my disease. Once where I technically showed up but was so sick I could only get a few photos in before having to tap out and lay down in my car. Once where I had to cancel hours before (luckily I was able to reschedule as this was a studio shoot). And the big finale - I got hired on a 3 month contract in Antigua, a really easy low stress job, and was so sick 1 week in that I got sent home. I’m not represented by an agent so all of my work is word of mouth and things like this are detrimental to my reputation. Up until just last month no one in my life outside of my immediate family knew about my condition because it makes me a huge liability to hire.

Because I’m technically still supposed to be in Antigua I’ve just gone radio silent and pretending I’m still there. I’m talking with different Car T trials happening around the country who think I’d be eligible in the hopes of going into remission and being able to return to working. Maybe not touring, but being healthy enough I could reliably book shoots again. But the other side of that is that I could get the placebo or not go into remission even with treatment. Ive been trying to look at this from every angle and figure out work arounds. Modifications I could make to the way I approach my practice that would make this all work, but I’m coming up empty. My job requires me to show up and be 100% on my game because this industry is so competitive.
Plus, because this is all I’ve done for so long now and from such a young age I don’t have any other work experience aside from working in restaurants as a teenager.

The idea of giving up everything I love to do and everything that makes me who I am is… Lets put it this way, I have no intention of becoming a shell of myself working a soul sucking desk or remote job. (Upon rereading this, I hope no one takes offense to this line. Desk jobs work for some people and that’s awesome. I’m someone who has built their whole life around their work though, which is why that is a bad outcome for me personally.)

So there wasn’t a question in there but I guess if you’re a photographer or artist in a similarly competitive field and are comfortable sharing your story, I haven’t seen anything in this group so far from someone in a similar career.