Freelancers Piece Together a Living in the Temp Economy

Freelancers Piece Together a Living in the Temp Economy - NYTimes.com: The photos spread out on a coffee table tell the story of a career.



In one, a woman wears a fairy costume and rides a flying horse. In another, the woman lounges on a desert rock at sunrise, in a gold bikini draped with red silk. In a third, she wears an Uncle Sam outfit and poses on three-foot stilts.

These are photos of Heather Burdette, a Las Vegas entertainer, at work.