Internship for James Nachtwey: NYC (unpaid)

[johnastovall]

Intern with Nachtwey

[PeteQ]

Yeah, there's a thread on sportsshooter about this as well. IMO he isn't looking for an intern, he's looking for some free photoshop/scanning work (advanced skills, etc in the listing) with not a whole lot in return other than to say you worked for his studio (maybe not even with JN). And reading through the blog comments it seems most of the rest of the folks agree. Weak IMO

[Dobick]

at least it's not an internship on Letterman -- he's not asking to sleep with you!

[Crashoran]

There are plenty of unpaid internships out there. No reason to target Nachtwey because of his professional status.

[Dobick]

Originally Posted by Crashoran

There are plenty of unpaid internships out there. No reason to target Nachtwey because of his professional status.

here is the problem with that though, from the internship request:

Please, qualified applicants only! We are a small operation with an enormous workflow and no time can be wasted

It looks like he is wanting an employee, not someone looking for a learning opportunity.

What happens if you decide to ask a question? No time can be wasted?????

[PeteQ]

Originally Posted by Crashoran

There are plenty of unpaid internships out there. No reason to target Nachtwey because of his professional status.

Exactly what Kent said. This isn't targeting JN and the fact it's an unpaid internship, it's the fact they are basically recruiting an unpaid worker who wants to be able to put JN's studio on his "worked with" list. Nothing wrong with that either, it's more or less still a free country, but spare us the "internship" sell. This isn't about getting a start in the mail room or something like that and learning what it's like, because according to the requirements you need a heck of a lot more than entry level skills just to get your resume on the table.

No doubt they will find someone though...

[dmora]

holy sh|t.... I'm in.

[dmora]

Being a student i should add, i dont care if its unpaid. And yes i'm 100% sure Nachtwey could pay a reasonable wage for this position.

For me, thats not the point at all. Sucks that some people are so quick to find fault.

Yea he wants a free employee. Big deal I'd rather do something i love for free than be paid well to live in a cube and hate my job and life.

[Dobick]

Originally Posted by dmora

Being a student i should add, i dont care if its unpaid. And yes i'm 100% sure <r. Nachtwey coul pay a reasonable wage for this position.

For me, thats not the point at all. Sucks that some people are so quick to find fault.

May I ask -- what is it you hope to gain from this? Do you think that you will be allowed to network? I am not trying to be quick to find fault, I really am not, it just seems that the position as advertised will have very little contact with anything but a computer screen?

[dwilliams35]

This really just sounds to me like he's prostituting a well-developed reputation for the sake of some freebies... "I'm famous, so you ought to just be proud to be associated with me"..

Throw him on the pile with Tiger...

[srwatters]

Have you booked your ticket yet?

[Coelus]

I won't knock the guys work or his accomplishments. I won't speculate on his motives for wanting an intern. I will say that what I've seen of him he seems like kind of an odd fellow. A little too quiet. Maybe I just took him the wrong way.

[johnastovall]

Originally Posted by dwilliams35

This really just sounds to me like he's prostituting a well-developed reputation for the sake of some freebies... "I'm famous, so you ought to just be proud to be associated with me"..

Throw him on the pile with Tiger...

When did you last win a TED award?

[PeteQ]

Originally Posted by johnastovall

When did you last win a TED award?

Maybe he should have taken a bit of the $100K prize and set it aside for his negative scanning costs. That would have saved him from having to try to pass off this "internship"...

[johnastovall]

Originally Posted by PeteQ

Maybe he should have taken a bit of the $100K prize and set it aside for his negative scanning costs. That would have saved him from having to try to pass off this "internship"...

and when do you go to accept your TED?