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Fish Wrap

June 18, 2008

Job On-A-Stick (Check out the first column in Thursday's Herald)

I want to photograph the dirtiest, stinkiest, hottest, stickiest, most dreadful summer jobs out there.

Posted at 12:02 pm by Kevin Nortz

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Eighteen year-old Baylee Tomak would much rather be out in the sun than servin' up burgers at Ray's Drive In.
Viva Polaroid! Maybe I'm a bit late with that one, what with Polaroid going bankrupt and ceasing production, but I can't get enough of Polaroid film.

All summer long (and by summer I'm referring to the months of June through August when it is not supposed to rain!) I will be shooting the last bit of Polaroid film I own. Running around Snohomish County trying to capture the horror that is known as "The Summer Job."

We all had one. Heck, I had about three in any given summer. I specifically remember working for a bagel company next to a 400 degree oven in June! In Ohio! If that's not bad enough, my hair stunk of garlic, and my hands reeked of bleach (I had to wash walls down with bleach and a piece of steel wool) all summer long.

Flippin' burgers, mowin' lawns, baggin' groceries, pickin' berries, etc...

What was yours? I want to know. Seriously.

Even better, are you, or your son or daughter, currently dreading one of your own? I want to photograph the dirtiest, stinkiest, hottest, stickiest most dreadful summer jobs out there. Oh, and the worker has to be in high school. Recent graduates are O.K. as well. Drop me a line at:

knortz@heraldnet.com

Put the words "Job On-A-Stick" in the subject line.

I want to do this last batch of film justice!

p.s. hilarious uniforms are a HUGE plus.

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Jobs on a Stick
Great idea. This concept appeals to me as someone who works for http://www.CoolWorks.com, where our focus is summer and seasonal jobs, and this appeals to me because I am also a photographer, so I appreciate your love of Polaroid and your desire to put it to good use.

It's too bad I'm not in high school anymore. My first real job out of the family floral business was working at Dairy Queen, and those uniforms were mostly brown with orange highlights, and it seems that I also had to wear a hat. Definitely a Polaroid worthy uniform!

Good luck with your project.

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