HOW TO BECOME A ROCKSTAR PHOTOGRAPHER #HTBARP MAGAZINE n.1 CONTENT EDITORIAL EDITORIAL 3 Here it is! The first issue of the The next step was to establish my unique The main part of the magazine consists #htbarp magazine! hashtag #htbarp on Instagram. Why of the work of 55 concert photographers INTERVIEW WITH 4 Instagram? In my opinion Instagram is from all around the world. Some are What started as a little idea finally became the most important platform for concert beng published for the first time, while PHOTOGRAPHS reality. I always had the dream of photographers at the moment. It’s easy others are well-established in this 8 publishing my own magazine, but I had to upload photos and get people to see industry. Every photo is unique and no clue what it should be about or how and like them. Almost every band has an reflects the personality of the photographer. SUBMISSIONS INFO 120 to achieve this goal. Back when I was active Instagram account, which makes it It’s not only about getting a technically working as a researcher in molecular a great opportunity to get in contact with perfect photo. It’s also about emotions, CONTRIBUTING biology I had no time to live my dreams. them as well. It’s simply an incredible about conveying the feelings that the However, when I became a pro tool to share your work with like-minded photographer experienced when he or PHOTOGRAPHERS 122 photographer and started my project people. That’s why I started to ask concert she was standing in front of the stage “How To Become A Rockstar photographers to use the hashtag #htbarp when these photos were taken. Photographer”, my life turned upside to mark their music photography work. down, like on a rollercoaster ride. After three months we collected 20,000+ (!) I am proud of everyone who has been awesome concert photos in this gallery. selected as a photographer, and I am In April 2014 I wrote my first article It was unbelievable! happy to present you a selection of about how to start out as concert awesome concert photos from all around photographer and when I published it on So I thought, how cool would it be to the world, from the smallest clubs to the my blog, I never could have dreamed of give people the chance to get their work biggest festival stages. EDITOR: what happened next. 2 ½ years later, and published and receive worldwide attention? Matthias Hombauer I have built a world-wide community of The idea of the #htbarp magazine was passionate concert photographers, and born. I began to curate the Instagram I hope you enjoy it! GRAPHIC DESIGN: helped them to live their passion. More gallery and chose 55 concert photographers Monique Taii Voss than 5000 newsletter subscribers and to be published in this first issue of the And please see the Submission page if [email protected] the positive feedback I receive every day #htbarp magazine. you wish to contribute to the next issue. DISTRIBUTION: has shown me that my work is important web publishing and my help is needed. I want to thank We know how challenging it can be to The Prodigy © Matthias Hombauer you all for this, because you are the make a career out of concert photography QUESTIONS & INQUIRIES: reason for all this success. and therefore I want to help you with [email protected] this first step. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: The idea of the #htbarp magazine first [email protected] came to my mind when a friend mentioned This issue features an interview with Rock on! that he was starting his own magazine, the incredible New York-based music Matthias LEGAL: featuring photos of his community photographer Dana Distortion who #htbarp magazine is published four times a year members. When I heard that, I was sold reveals some great insights that we can by Matthias Hombauer. All rights reserved. All photographs are © copyrighted on the idea. all learn from. by their owners. have stayed for almost 17 years now. I’m bands love my photos or take me on tour yourself a lot of damage because you are INTERVIEW WITH... in love with New York! I wasn’t planning with them and take me to shoot their who you are. If you want to become on moving here, it just happened and now shows, it’s a huge compliment for me. It’s somebody else other than yourself, or be I’m in love with the city. Never stopped a huge milestone for me, but it’s never like somebody else rather than yourself… being in love with it. It’s the best thing my goal doing that. I just really love what I think that’s a mistake. Well, I don’t want that ever happened to me! It’s my home. I do, I really love music. I’m a music fan, to call it a mistake, but I think it’s not I love Israel very much but I’m a very first of all. good for you because what’s the point? hyper person, I need a lot of action and I already exist, so why would anybody New York definitely provides that for me. Matthias: I totally agree with this. Being else want to shoot like me? You know, an inspiration to others gives you so I shoot my photos, you should become Matthias: For the guys who are not familiar with your work, can you talk about some milestones in your music photography career so far? Dana: My dream is not to be on the cover of a magazine or stuff like that. I never see it that way. To me it’s just… professionally, and photography came I really love music and I’m becoming a DANA DISTORTION very late. better photographer for myself, which is “Just f*cking do it!” a great challenge and an accomplishment I did films, a lot of music videos and stuff for me, but I never look at it as a Matthias: Welcome, Dana! Great to have and I started going there from a very that is music related, but I didn’t even competition. I just want to do it for a you here. How are you doing? young age. But it’s a tiny country and it’s know that music photography existed living for the rest of my life, maybe not, not very convenient to get there, and the until pretty recently actually. I didn’t even I don’t know. Dana: Great to be here, I’m doing great! political situation is not great, so not a lot know that you can have a career out of of big artists come there. So when they that at all. It’s something I had no idea You know, a milestone for me is that Matthias: You were born in Israel. What do, it’s a very big deal, it’s a very big about, so that was a big surprise for me. people write to me a lot and are saying was it like being raised in Israel, and how show. I saw a lot of big bands there as a I was always involved in music and the that they are inspired by my work and is the music culture there? teenager – such as Madonna, Michael music scene, and music was always my that they love my work. To me that’s my much more positive energy. You can yourself. You should explore yourself, Jackson, U2, Aerosmith, and Metallica. number one thing, but never professionally. biggest accomplishment in life. I love reach and help so many people out there. your limitations, your artistic side, you Dana: Childhood in Israel is really great, Then I went to a film school and started inspiring people, I love teaching people, I often hear people struggling with should want to be you. You should never you become independent from a very Matthias: Were you already a music doing videos and documenting dance on I take a lot of time answering emails and comparing their work with others and in want to be somebody else. You should young age because it’s pretty small and photographer back in Israel, and did you video, so that’s really how I started questions, and to me that’s success. It’s the end get frustrated, because they never compare your work to other people’s kind of different. I was very involved in get access to shoot all those big events? getting into it, but not actual photography, not measured in money, it’s not measured think, “Other people are better than me.” and say, “Hey, they are better than me!” the music scene back then. We had a big it was just video stuff. in accomplishments or awards. club called Roxen that had live shows, Dana: I’ve been a music photographer for Dana: It’s a lot about being confident in Matthias: How do you deal with such as Radiohead. They started their less than seven years actually, I just Matthias: In the year 2000 you moved to It’s always nice to have a magazine life. In anything in life. If you think that drawbacks and do you have suggestions career there too and they say ’til this very started recently. I was always a music New York City. How do you like it? publishing my photos, it is always a great way, if you look at your work through on how to overcome them? day that that’s where they were discovered! lover.