{"id":5777,"date":"2022-05-21T09:37:37","date_gmt":"2022-05-21T07:37:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/05\/21\/im-pretty-sure-he-was-checking-his-own-phone-at-the-time-monariss-best-phone-picture\/"},"modified":"2022-05-21T09:37:37","modified_gmt":"2022-05-21T07:37:37","slug":"im-pretty-sure-he-was-checking-his-own-phone-at-the-time-monariss-best-phone-picture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/05\/21\/im-pretty-sure-he-was-checking-his-own-phone-at-the-time-monariss-best-phone-picture\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I\u2019m pretty sure he was checking his own phone at the time\u2019: Monaris\u2019s best phone picture"},"content":{"rendered":"

The photographer and Instagrammer looks back at the day under Manhattan Bridge when a hobby became a calling<\/p>\n

It was a moody January morning in Brooklyn, New York, when Monaris<\/a>, whose real name is Paola Franqui, headed to a local pier to meet a group of strangers. The 100 or so she found there were fellow Instagram aficionados, armed with iPhones and a sense of camaraderie and possibility. It was 2014 and the social media platform was booming. \u201cI was working nine to five for a Taiwanese logistics company at the time,\u201d she says, \u201cbut photography was my passion. After that day, I started taking it more seriously; three years later, I was saying no to so many opportunities that I quit my job and went full-time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Looking back, Monaris feels lucky to have started out when she did. \u201cIt\u2019s harder to build your brand now, because there are so many of us.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\nThe photographer and Instagrammer looks back at the day under Manhattan Bridge when a hobby became a calling
\nIt was a moody January morning in Brooklyn, New York, when Monaris, whose real name is Paola Franqui, headed to a local pier to meet a group of strangers. The 100 or so she found there were fellow Instagram aficionados, armed with iPhones and a sense of camaraderie and possibility. It was 2014 and the social media platform was booming. \u201cI was working nine to five for a Taiwanese logistics company at the time,\u201d she says, \u201cbut photography was my passion. After that day, I started taking it more seriously; three years later, I was saying no to so many opportunities that I quit my job and went full-time.\u201d
\nLooking back, Monaris feels lucky to have started out when she did. \u201cIt\u2019s harder to build your brand now, because there are so many of us.\u201d Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The photographer and Instagrammer looks back at the day under Manhattan Bridge when a hobby became a calling It was a moody January morning in Brooklyn, New York, when Monaris, whose real name is Paola Franqui, headed to a local pier to meet a group of strangers. The 100 or so she found there were …<\/p>\n

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