I had a commercial photography career before becoming a full-time artist - in fact it paid for all the money I was losing as an artist. The vast majority of my jobs were, coincidentally, architectural. I would shoot interiors and exteriors for design and architectural firms and for decor magazines. During the day I would shoot expensive and beautiful architecture, and at night I’d walk through the backs of these buildings looking for the exact opposite. 

Here’s one of my interiors.