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Cohibaluxe t1_j9oiu6o wrote

Reply to comment by NativeMasshole 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

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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