# @mattys.jpg on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CcbSwCyBm2e
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/10574428-mattysjpg-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/legacy-do/827613fea0babe6394265d8db7cc7163c7aca418f30a8442c727dddb2b7ae1e1.jpg
- **Posted:** 2022-04-16T21:07:51.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** MattyS.jpg (@matty.jpg) — https://gondola.cc/matty.jpg

## Caption

I had two posts planned but decided to make it one. 

September 20, 2016 I met a stranger at a Starbucks to buy a camera. It was a couple hundred dollars, way more than 16 year old me could afford at the time. I figured it would be a birthday gift to myself and ran with it. Every day since, my camera has been inseparable from me. It is the one concrete object that has changed my life forever. 

I’d like to think I’m successful at what I do, but that success wouldn’t come without so many people. Yes, this post is focusing on all the live shows I’ve done but that’s because I’m taking a huge step in my career in the music industry. Regardless, I am thankful for every single individual who has stepped in front of my camera. Every single one. Even those who haven’t. Most importantly, @laura.filipowicz and @zstardigital for giving me a chance to turn a hobby into a job. If it wasn’t for her and her leadership, I’d probably still be working a 9-5 and I wouldn’t have met any of the people I call my best friends. In addition, Lisa with @lynkpublicrelations was instrumental in getting me into the music industry. She allowed me to photograph @emblemthree and that ball hasn’t stopped rolling ever since. Without them, I promise you I wouldn’t be here, now. 

Right now, I owe the biggest thank you and the biggest hug to @killboy and her team for taking me on tour with her. She’s giving me an opportunity I wouldn’t have otherwise, and I’m so blessed to call her my friend. We’re the best in the world, and nobody can stop us. She said that, and I believed it. I still do. 

Life is crazy. I knew I’d get somewhere taking pictures, but I never thought I’d amass 16 Thousand (and counting) people following what I do! That’s just insane to think about. I don’t even know what that many people looks like! 
I promise I’m not going to give up any time soon. You shouldn’t either. There’s footprints on the moon, don’t settle for the sky being the limit. 

There’s a whole crowd of people I owe, but Instagram won’t let me write much more. I love all of you. Thanks for letting live my dream. I won’t let any of you down❤️
-M.S.

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| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
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| MattyS.jpg | @matty.jpg | https://gondola.cc/matty.jpg | Graphic Artist |
| MattyS.jpg | @matty.jpg | https://gondola.cc/matty.jpg | Photographer |

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