Anyone who checks out FH on a regular basis knows that I am not just interested in posting pictures, but as well learning the stories behind them. It is fascinating to me to hear the stories of those who left comfortable safe lives with the support and family and friends and move to New York for fame and fortune. Many succeed, many have small success and just as many return home without being able to get their foot in that heavily guarded door.
New York is full of many wonderful opportunities, generous people and the main center for the the arts. It, like every city, is also filled with people who only want to use you, take advantage of you and spit you out after they have got what they wanted.
I am beginning a new feature which will focus on some of these stories. Although I love to cover stories on supermodels, celebrities and actors, I have a keen interest in those artists plugging away night after night in the chorus, actors, models working hard who have not quite yet gotten that big break. Just a few years ago Matthew Morrison was one of those actors. In A New York Minute, things can change.
Derek Allen Watson moved to New York almost a year ago and it has been a year of excitement, rejection, success and both highs and lows. I respect Derek's energy and motivation to succeed and he is a favorite of mine to profile. Check out his story below.
Above: Derek by Robert Andy Coombs.
