“You have these relationships with people that you care about, but I also try to stick to my job as filmmaker and be fair and truthful about what I saw and my experience of the people, hopefully informed by a deep understanding of them.” PeopleTryingCareJobsUnderstandingSawsFairsSticksHopefullyFilmmakerTruthfulDeep Understanding Author:Lauren Greenfield
“The economist Juliet Schor talks about how our reference group has changed over the last twenty-five years. As we spend less time with our neighbors, we're spending more time with people we know from TV and social media, and this becomes our new reference group. The media is full of images of people with wealth, and we're comparing ourselves to them and aspiring to what they have. Instead of keeping up with the Joneses family, we're trying to keep up with the Kardashians, even though it's completely unrealistic.” PeopleTryingWealthChangedSocial MediaNeighborCompareEconomistJuliet Author:Lauren Greenfield
“I'm constantly trying to deconstruct what I see and to show its beauty and its attraction. I use bright colors and strobes to get that full reflection. I want to acknowledge and reference the attraction of wealth. But I'm also looking for the layer that reveals how wealth doesn't fulfill its promise.” TryingWealthPromiseReflectionAttractionAcknowledge Author:Lauren Greenfield
