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Author Topic: The Booth - Photography Series Bob Barlen Film Handler Posts: 2 From: Vancouver, BC Canada Registered: Oct 2012 posted 12-05-2012 05:16 PM                        This is a photo series taken by New York photographer Joseph O. Holmes, called The Booth. It contains some great photos of NYC projection booths! http://www.petapixel.com/2012/12/05/portraits-of-projectionists-photos-of-the-people-who-play-movies-at-theaters/ http://streetnine.com/Portfolio/The-Booth-(2012)/1/  |  IP: Logged Tony Bandiera Jr Film God Posts: 3067 From: Moreland Idaho Registered: Apr 2004 posted 12-05-2012 05:36 PM                     Duplicate topic see the thread from the photog HERE  |  IP: Logged Jim Cassedy Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1661 From: San Francisco, CA Registered: Dec 2006 posted 12-05-2012 08:56 PM                     I don't see any projectionists- - all I see is people sitting on their butts watching platters, which is about as functionial as watching grass grow. I suppose there was a chair in my booth, but I don't recall using it. My personal rule was that "if you are sitting, you aren't working".  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 12-05-2012 10:19 PM                        I guess it depends on how many screens you are running. When I was a one-screen projectionist I spent a lot of time sitting. You can only clean so much, and once the rewinding and threading is done what are you supposed to do?  |  IP: Logged Robert E. Allen Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1078 From: Checotah, Oklahoma Registered: Jul 2002 posted 12-05-2012 11:58 PM                     When I was booth manager at a 15 screener once we got all machines going and went back for a focus check except for a periodic check there was time for the two operators and myself to sit. The one who took over from me removed the desk and chairs I had in a "office area" for them to use apparently feeling the staff shouldn't sit at all during their 8 hour shift. She was a bit of a hard-nose who felt her underlings had to fear her.  |  IP: Logged

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