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Cohibaluxe t1_j9oe3yc wrote

Reply to comment by OldMork in TIL NYC Photographer Jamie Livingston shot a Polaroid photo everyday for 6,000 days between March 1979 and October 1997. The first shot was of his girlfriend at the time and his last photo was on his deathbed, dying of cancer by Ok_Copy5217

Some very rough math puts a single shot of Polaroid film in the mid 1980s at $2.5 ($14 for a twin pack of 20 shots total; $14 adjusted to tosay is ~$50, 50/20=2.5), adjusted for inflation. $2.5 a day (in today’s dollars) doesn’t seem extravagant, but yeah, any daily cost over 20 years is going to add up.

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NativeMasshole t1_j9og6hg wrote

So $15,000 over 18 years? That's not terrible for a hobby. I've probably spent more on weed in a similar time period.

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Cohibaluxe t1_j9oiu6o wrote

Indeed. A lot of people spend more on coffee every day. 15 grand looks like a lot, but as mentioned, it’s over a span of almost two decades.

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1CEninja t1_j9q78a0 wrote

Yeah one way you can think about it is somewhere in the ballpark of an hour of minimum wage work per week (probably less since I think minimum wages in purchasing power were stronger back then), and substantially less than that for a working professional.

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MDM3331 t1_j9qh7n8 wrote

Why not grow your own?

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xtossitallawayx t1_j9r7qnx wrote

Buying all the grow gear, tending to the plants, waiting 3-4 months, spending hours and hours trimming, and waiting a bit more to dry... versus going to the store, getting a 1/4, and being on way.

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MDM3331 t1_j9r8c8n wrote

Understandable. In your shoes I'd likely do the same

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arsenix t1_j9s5alq wrote

A pack of cigarettes in the 80's was only $1!

Now I know why my parents would never buy me any film for my polarioid camera!

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