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Monsters of New York: A Project on Awesome Things That Go Bump in the Day

Chris Gampat
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08/11/2013
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All images by Sadi Tekin. Used with permission

We’ve all heard of and know Humans of New York. But how many of you know Monsters of New York? Sadi Tekin has started the new project, and he’s got quite the whimsical personality. By shooting or using photos of scenes, he is somehow or another able to conjure the apparitions into being. And in a short time, the Facebook page had grown really big.

Well, not really. But don’t tell him that. Not after our recent interview!


Phoblographer:  What made you want to create the Monsters of NY project?

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Sadi: I think it was a day in may, I saw one of these monsters in brooklyn. I asked him if i could draw him or not, he said yes. That’s how our story began.

Phoblographer:  Do you imagine monsters in the scenes already or do you find scenes and then imagine them later on?

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Sadi: I usually see them in the scene and draw instantly.

Phoblographer:  The monsters that you create are very whimsical looking. Who are your influences?

Sadi: They are living creatures; they change in time, in appearance and in character. so, this not really about influence, but mostly design and time.

Phoblographer:  What’s your affiliation if any with Humans of NY?

Sadi: I was following him and loving his photos and stories. then I thought it may be a good idea to see HONY and MONY together in a scene. I asked him, he said yes.

Phoblographer: What’s next for the project? You just set up an Instagram account.

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Sadi: We are working on a story-telling app and maybe there’ll be some merchandising stuff.

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.
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