The Restroom Photographer

 

Pam went somewhere today and when she came home she told me of where one of my photographs was hanging in a local place. It was not in the main room. It was not in the hallway. It was in an out of the way place. Waaay out of the way. It was in the restroom.

It reminded me of what I have often called myself, "The Restroom Photographer". That is not because i take pictures of restrooms. Instead it is because I have often seen my "work" in restrooms.

Once I approached a local business to buy and resell my pictures. The lady who I approached didn't say "no". I think she felt sorry for me and she purchased one framed piece. On a later visit when I had to go to the restroom I found it there. 

Another time I was asked to accompany a local company to call on another establishment. So me and the owner of this other company went to call on a third company. Together we had created a sample for them to consider. It was custom made from one of my photos and made "ready to hang" by the process this company I was with was using. We thought this a good product for the company upon which we were calling that day.

We gave them the custom made sample we'd made for them.

They never purchased anything.

I saw the picture some time later... in the men's restroom.

And so many people are very complementary when they see my "work" for sale at a large, commercial tourist hot spot. And when they say nice things I just remember that in reality I am...

... The Restroom Photographer