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On February 05, 2010 I had the honor of being invited by my friend, client and colleague Mike Jean to photograph the Hope for Haiti fundraiser at Amnesia in NYC. All funds raised that night went to the Red Cross towards their efforts helping earthquake victims in Haiti. It was hosted by Mike Jean, Ally Hilfiger and Valerio St. Louis and featured musical performances by Jennifer Logue, Sean Murphy, Michael Fredo, Karen Anderson, Ashte, Carimi, Shoubou From Tabou Combo, Andy Hilfiger and more.
Here are some highlights from the event:
http://sander-martijn.com/hopeForHaitiIt's no secret that the music industry is in shambles. Music stores are a thing of the past, the entire concept of "the album" has been turned on it's head, record labels are dying left and right and musicians aren't getting paid. Everyone knows this, and everyone seems to have their own idea of how to solve it but no one really knows what will ultimately happen. Two things I can say with confidence are that the public has an insatiable need for new music and musicians want to create and play. Therefore somehow this has to and will resolve itself because the mess is all about the glue between the most important pieces of this puzzle - the musicians and the consumers. They will remain.
I have recently added Stroudsburg, PA in the Poconos as one of my primary serving areas. I am still working in New York and willing to work anywhere in the world, but have recently relocated to Stroudsburg Pennsylvania.
What does that mean for Stroudsburg? Due to the vibrance of the local music scene my primary interest is in building a relationship with local musicians to provide them with top quality images for album covers, myspace pages and other promotional purposes. However I am providing all of the same services as in New York and will work with anyone to create stellar images. I am currently looking for studio space but have arrangements for certain types of studio work already. I am also taking advantage of the local nature and other features unique to the area.
I updated my site today, adding categories, a lot of new photos and a new format for browsing them. Hope you like it.
Also my blog on haiti, now linked on the left, has moved to haiti.sander-martijn.com, which makes a lot more sense. I'm also reformatting the blog to look more like my site.
stay tuned for more tweaks here and there - a new bio, fine tuning the image selections etc. I'm just getting started.