Odd Jobs: Portraits of Unusual Occupations

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This volume introduces the reader to real people who perform truly peculiar jobs. In 65 intimate portraits, photo essayist Nancy Rica Schiff captures the personalities and occupations of these oddball professions, providing a short profile of each. Find out who sniffs dogs breath for a living, who dusts the dinosaur bones at the Smithsonian Museum and who measures the breasts of real models!

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The perfect coffee-table book . . . photographs will have party guests gabbing. . . . these portraits create an eccentric picture of the most creative of America's working class. The Boston PhoenixODD JOBS is a captivating photo essay on the people who make America tick. New York PostWhatever you do for a living, it's got to be better than that [the job of the Diener] . . . a nifty book filled with striking portraits. Honolulu AdvertiservA terrific job of capturing the workers and their sometimes surreal environment . . . the punfully bad text is contagious. . . . a smiley little book.Entertainment WeeklyHow'd You Like to Smell Armpits For a Living' was the headline, and they called the book an entertaining description of wacky work assignments that make most folks' careers seem downright boring.'National EnquirerYou won't find these [excerpts] in the classifieds. Reader's Digest

Author Bio

NANCY RICA SCHIFF is a published and exhibited photographer based in New York City. She has been photographing odd jobs for more than 15 years. Visit www.nancyricaschiff.com