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April 21st, 2009
A new start for Journal Of A Photographer |
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Crossing the Bronx-Whitestone Bridge on the way from the airport to Co-Op City.
Today not only marks the day of the long overdue new version of Journal Of A Photographer, it also marks the day of a new chapter in my life. I jumped on a plane to New York yesterday arriving at JFK airport in the evening. That per se is nothing special given the fact that I have spent around two years in New York already - on and off since 2005. The situation is a bit different this time around.
After the last months of preparations (more on those in future articles) I moved to New York for good. I am basically starting a new life here. I have been working as a photographer in Austria for three years and four months now, it’s time for a change, time to do what I was thinking and occasionally talking about during the last years. I want to develop and enhance as a photographer, I want to live the life that I would not be able to live in Austria and I want to establish myself in one of the greatest cities of the world.
They say “If you can make it there you can make it anywhere”. So I figured, I’ll just move to New York during the global economic crisis and make it there. Sounds pretty self-confident, I know… Well, I am not always that confident, struggeling with myself and my abilities oftentimes. But that’s what I have to and want to do now.
I hope you’ll enjoy following my endeavors, adventures, successes and failures through the new version of Journal Of A Photographer from now on.
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habe schon den alten blog gerne gelesen. Bin gespannt wie sich das leben für einen fotografen in ny zur zeit gestaltet. alles gute!
welcome back Martin , glad JOAP is back
Welcome home my mofo!! I knew this day would come back early when our friendship was begining and you were begining your intership with Magnum Photos. So much has happen since and as they say ” You’ve come a long way baby!!” Your story is inspirational and I know I’m not alone in saying I wish you the best mein Freund!
Congrats! Looking forward to daily updates! ;)
Woo-hoo! Good luck. And come visit when you’re ready for some mountain biking ;)
Just need to get a Mountain Bike. Let’s see… Should I get an apartment or a Mountain Bike first? Hm… Tough decision… ;-) See you soon and say hi to your three men for me.
Glad to see my favorite blog is back up and running!
Welcome back to NYC, we missed you.
Now get shooting :)
Martin!
Glad to see you back! Have you moved again to New York?!
Hey, na dann viel Erfolg. Bewundernswert.
the champ is back! welcome martin - shoot me a mail and we´ll go hunting together.
i am so happy that you are back… and wish you good luck and keep updating my favorit blog:)
Thanks so much to all of you! It’s great to see that there are still folks around who read the old version of JOAP. Welcome back and welcome to all the new readers!
ach um dich mach ich mir da mal keine sorge !
congratulations on your brave decision. I will soon make a somewhat related decision. I look forward to reading how your life as a New Yorker life.
I’m so thrilled that this site is back up, you have been a huge inspiration for me for the past couple years. I’m very excited about your new move and I wish you all the best. God Bless!
Welcome to New York Martin…..and JOAP too!!!! You’ve got wonderful things going on..!!
bin froh, dass es deinen blog wieder gibt. gratuliere!! und hätte dich auf dem foto fast nicht wiedererkannt. alle achtung. wünsche dir viel glück in new york und beantworte endlich deine emails !!!
if you will not make it there - who the hell then?
ALLES GUTE von allen zurückgebliebenen!!!
Congrats Martin! We are on a journey together into the heart of things.. or something.
Good return for your Martin journal of a photographer.
I awaited your return for a long time.
Nice website, Martin. However, its design reminds me quite a lot of Subtraction.com. Is that intentional?
Good luck ! Lese dein Blog sooft ich kann……! (und das schon lange )……..!
L.G. Stefan
I was just checking my blogroll for activity and I could hardly can trust my eyes. You really are onlien again. Awesome!!
I really wish you all the best for NYC. Maybe someday we’ll meetup for a coffee over there. ;-)
Greetings,
Christian
So wonderful to see this site revived! Best of luck to you in New York, am sure greater than great things will come to you!
Has the Resources/Tutorials section been removed for good?
Best wishes,
Eleni
Hey good stuff…keep up the good work! :)
Hallo Martin!
Hab gar nicht gewusst, dass du wieder zurück in NYC bist.
Alles Gute! Ich bin seit einem Monat wieder zurück in Österreich.
Hatte eine schöne Zeit in Harlem.
LG, Verena.
Hello Mates,
Am seeking guidance on how to best preserved my JPG files from degradation, proper archiving and if anyone knows of online photography school offering graduate studies in photog.
Cheers.
Really wonderful to see your site on-line again…The best of luck! You know what it’s about. So from Toronto,Canada, really happy. and Magnum…?
Well , today is march 8 2010. How are you doing so far? And the guy who started the ” if you make it in New York … ” is Frank Sinatra . And I never agreed with that one. As much as I love NY, and Franky, it is not the center of the world. I “Make it” where ever my heart is. Where ever you’re photography brings you, enjoy the journey. Making it is not important. Being happy with yourself is. Good luck.