On Dec 1, 2010, at 2:19 PM, John Sessoms wrote: > From: Walter Gilbert > >> Hmm ... $335 a year. >> >> At the moment, it's a bit beyond my range. I think I'd be better off >> putting that money toward a car for the time being. >> >> But, now I know what happened to Annie Leibovitz. >> >> -- Walt > > > I spend more than $335 a year just on coffee, and I don't even drink > Starbucks. I'm talking McDonalds/Dunkin Donuts/Quickie Mart prices here. > > You can join the first year as an Emerging Associate at $140/year. After the > first year you can be an Associate as a Professional with less than 3 years > publication experience, part-time professional or non-professional at > $225/year. > > Best deal is as a Student Associate. You can join at $45/year and can remain > a Student Associate for one year after graduation before moving up to the > Emerging Associate level for the next year, and then on to Associate member > for the next three years. > > And you may never get to the General Membership level where the dues are > $335/year. > > I think Annie has other money management issues beyond the cost of ASMP dues.
And any of those memberships will get you....well....nothing. Those who hire photographers couldn't care less if their ASMP members. They just want to see a portfolio. Paul > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
