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Two more weeks and two days to go...

My co-worker Gemma at the Magnum Photos office in New York - Click image to enlarge

Well I guess it's time to face it. The Magnum New York staff got sick of me after six months and they want me to leave. Just see Gemma above. She just can't stand me anymore... ;-)

Let's be serious. Yes it's time to face it. No more dodging now! I will leave New York in two weeks and two days. My todays post is not going to be an open love letter to New York. I didn't yet write that. But it's going to be a simple information that my time here draws to a close.

I have to admit that I've already been sort of anxious for the last couple of weeks. I knew that the time is running and let me tell you - there is still sooo much to see, to explore and to do in New York. Six months in this city is simply not enough. But I guess two years wouldn't be enough... So I've been thinking about how my life will go on after returning to Vienna. What am I going to do? How will I find a job? What is the best way to reach my goals? And so on...

Well... Magnum offered me a job about a month and a half ago. If I would have accepted I would have worked in Magnums digital deparment. Basically sanning images and retouching them. Wow, I would have had the chance to stay and live in New York. Stay with Magnum, get more experience, inhale the greatest city in the world! BUT - and that's the great but: I didn't take it. It cost me quite some energy, nervous, fussed hours and long talks on the phone until I decided, after thinking about it very well, that this job might not be what I really want to do. I think that this job wouldn't have led me in the direction I want to take. The direction: Taking photographs, becoming better and better, start to earn money with it and reaching a goal in photography. I did also think about that a lot and I know that's what I have to do. BUT and that's another but: I am yet not quite sure about the way I should go for that. Well I guess I already know which way I am going to take but it's certainly not the straight one. The question is if there would be a straight way to go. And let's be honest: The straight ways are usually the most boring ways.

But anyway, I am going to let you know more about my plans somewhen soon. There are still a couple of things to be sorted out and I am excited about that. You can be sure about one thing already: I am already working on a new project for my time after New York and I am sure it will be interesting to a lot of people out there. Make sure to sign up for the newsletter to be informed about what's going on or check back to read about it on my blog.

And isn't there a saying that means something like "You should stop when you are on top"? I wouldn't say that I am on top, there is fortunatly so much more to come, but these last 6 months in New York have certainly been one of my most beautiful and best experiences ever. So why stay when it can only come worse. New York is going to wait for me and I can come back. Now there are new experiences and new adventures waiting for me. I am sure!
And then there is my girlfriend Karin waiting for me... ;-)

Posted by Martin Fuchs on October 26, 2005 11:50 PM