Keywords: art or vandalism artorvandalism backcloth honest mistake honestmistake project 365 project365 indoor Way back in the dim and distant past of September, I agreed to go and photograph Year 7 individually on their arrival at the school. To do the job properly I took my umbrella flashes, tripod, backcloth and support. Rather foolishly, I packed up my stuff and left it under a table for two weeks. In my previous school this simply wouldn't have been an option, but in the current one it's fine. I eventually picked them up and put them in my store cupboard for a while (I rarely use them at home anyway). The next time I used them I noticed that the 8' by 8' blackcloth was missing. I had a good root round but I just couldn't find it anywhere. I asked a few people but they hadn't seen it. Well wouldn't you know, I stumbled across it today, in a cupboard, cut in half and used as an art project. I'm sure whichever teacher decided to swipe it didn't realise it was forty quid! I'm really narked, largely because the fault is mine. Still, I guess it's good to know that I'm working somewhere where it's not the kids that nick and trash your stuff but the teachers! ;) Way back in the dim and distant past of September, I agreed to go and photograph Year 7 individually on their arrival at the school. To do the job properly I took my umbrella flashes, tripod, backcloth and support. Rather foolishly, I packed up my stuff and left it under a table for two weeks. In my previous school this simply wouldn't have been an option, but in the current one it's fine. I eventually picked them up and put them in my store cupboard for a while (I rarely use them at home anyway). The next time I used them I noticed that the 8' by 8' blackcloth was missing. I had a good root round but I just couldn't find it anywhere. I asked a few people but they hadn't seen it. Well wouldn't you know, I stumbled across it today, in a cupboard, cut in half and used as an art project. I'm sure whichever teacher decided to swipe it didn't realise it was forty quid! I'm really narked, largely because the fault is mine. Still, I guess it's good to know that I'm working somewhere where it's not the kids that nick and trash your stuff but the teachers! ;) |