Markus A.P was born in Jakarta in 1976, everybody call him Marks, peoples say he is outgoing, caring, nice, cool, gentleman, humble, straight to the point, sometime he so quite, relegius, Intelligent, thinkers, honest, Confident, social butterfly, helpful & friendly.

He always say : ‘Im still learn many thing in this life, Im not PERFECT person, Im not SUPER, or im not done in this life, especially with my self, so don’t expect too much, I just being my self. I just being what God want me to be..

In my life i just make everything simple, my life is to love, doing the best for me and another.

"Hey life is not easy but make it simple".

In my life I don’t have to be something i am not. I don’t have to be the person everyone wants me to be, i don’t have to wake up every morning and live my life for something i will never accomplish. I must made this life, my journey of life so meaningful, make my self be a better men, try and try to find His bright light everyday & free my soul. All I have to be is my self, it’s the best thing i know how to be and it’s the only thing i can be. I am me. I am my self. I am having to try to learn all the things that i should have grown up with. "

If you want to know me more or read my thinking just read my BLOG – Markus manifesto

When you read his writing & you will recognizes him as romantic and person with open mind, When you watch his work of photography you will recognize him, a men with artistic sanse in his heart. That’s what’s so special with his works, he always somehow manage to caputure something or tell you something with his works. He also say photography is his part of his life, fun, challenging, seriously, exciting…Photography is art..

He Think : When you love someone, and you love them with your heart.. It never dissapears when ure apart. And when u love someone and u’ve done all u can do, set them free. And if that love was true.. It will all come back to you

Love is not a game, love is something more precious than all that exists in life. Love is not a game, love is something stronger than anything in life. I believe in love, though I more often get hurt because of love.

Love is a painful risk to take but the risk must be taken no matter how scary or painful, for only then you’ll experience the fullness of humanity and that is love. Only love can hurt your heart, fill you with desire and tear you apart. Only love can make you cry and only love knows why. If you’re not ready to cry, if you’re not ready to take the risk, if you’re not ready to feel the pain, then you’re not ready to fall in love.

Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.

I strongly believe in my faith, I believe in God, my God who gave himself for the salvation of me, for that I always need a god in this life.

Stability, prepare yourself for the unexpected, expect the possibility of success and failure, self-defeating from the disturbance of feeling, eliminates self-pity, drive yourself to the highest consciousness and hope for a change! We are challenged to overcome the challenges, we also managed to run to beat the time! This is what will make us victorious from life

Many year I been do that, train my self to prepare my self  for the unexpected, expect the possibility of success and failure, self-defeating from the disturbance of feeling, eliminates self-pity, drive my self to the highest consciousness and hope for a change! I am challenged to overcome the challenges, I am also managed to run to beat the time, i don’t like waste my time for useless matter and useless people, I am focusing my self for very important goal, I love my self, I have strong faith that I am already beat my fear and failures ! This is what will make me victorious from life.

Location:

Jakarta Raya, ID

Hometown:

Jakarta, Semarang, Bali, Bandung, Singapore, Frankfurt

Company:

Manifesto Magazine – August 2009 to present
Director, Chief Editorial & Director of Photography
Jakarta, Indonesia
Manifesto IndieMedia

Pt.Caturmas – March 2008 to present
IT Managers
Jakarta, Indonesia

PT.Rhema – January 2003 to present
Komisaris/Owner
Jakarta, Indonesia
Advertising Company

Freelance Webdesigner & Webprogrammer – January 2002 to present
Jakarta, Indonesia

Markus Manifesto – April 1997 to present
Owner & Author
Jakarta, Indonesia

Markus AP Photography – January 1997 to present
Owner/Photographer
Jakarta, Indonesia

www.persembahanhidup.org – January 2002 to December 2003
Web Admin & Owner

PT Matmaco – May 2001 to June 2002
Junior Programmer
Jakarta, Indonesia
Software Developer

FORMAS – January 1998 to December 2001
PhotoJournalis & Director Of Photograpy

Zodiac Sign:

Leo

Schools (Other):

SD/SMP.Budhis Silaparamita, SMA Budhaya, New York Institue of Photography (Photography), ASEAN Modern Art Lecture, Univ.Binus, RTM, School of life

College/University:

Bina Nusantara University, Attended 1996 – 2002, Class of 2003, Bachelor’s Degree, IT

Occupation:

Pro Photographer,Bussines Man,Photography mentor, Web Designer, Art worker, IT Managers

Affiliations:

HMPF, GFJA, Primacolor, GBI, Oktagon, CCF

Hobbies and Interests:

Jazz, Music, Saxophone, Photography, Shooting Guns, Cooking, Coffee, Tea, Guns, BlackBerry, Reading Books, Men Stuff, Writing Story, Poetry, Species, Painting, Computer, Fashion, Military, Trends, Mac, Faith…ect

Favorite Movies:

The King’s Speech,Red Cliff,Red Cliff 2,Legion,Seven Samurai,Resident Evil 1,Resident Evil 2,Resident Evil 3,Resident Evil 4,The Devil Wears Prada,The Godfather,Green Zone,Moulin Rouge!,Salt,The Last Samurai,Avatar the last air bender, The Time Machine,300,The Recruit,Sence of Woman,War Photographer documentery of James Natcway Millenium, The Terminal,Kate & Leopold,James Clavell Shogun,Azumi,The Godfather,Serendipity,You’ve Got Mail, Keeping the Faith,Goodfellas,The Bourne Ultimatum,Against All Odds,The Bourne Identity,Before Sunrise,The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum, The Matrix,Scarface,Before Sunset…much more

Favorite Music:

Michael Brecker,David Liebman,Charlie Parker,Lester Young,Dave Koz,Sonny Stitt,Jamie Cullum,Pat Metheny,Igor Butman,Sonny Rollins,John Coltrane,Joe Lovano,Ben Webster,Lee Konitz,Coleman Hawkins,Joe Henderson,Stan Getz,Johnny Hodges,Cannonball Adderley,Benny Carter
Warren Hill,Paul Desmond,Anton Delecca,Kaori Kobayashi,Stanley Turrentine,Saori Yano,Dexter Gordon,Eric Dolphy,David Sanborn,David Sanchez,Chris Potter,Sadao Watanabe,Grover Washington,Antonio Carlos Jobim,Eric Marienthal,Kirk Whalum,Ornette Coleman, Joshua Redman,Art Pepper,Chet Baker,David Benoit,Kaoru Abe,Jessy J,Bob James,FourplayJazz,Ravi Shankar,Anoushka Shankar,Syaharani,Kenny G,Norah Jones,Matt Monro,Kitaro,Joss Stone,Richard Marx,Rod Stewart,John Lennon,Sandy Sandoro,Laura Fygi,Diana Krall,Eric Johnson, Hyolee, BoA,Hikoru Kokubu,Candy Dulfer,Vivaldi,Tchaikovsky, Alexander Glazunov, Lee Ritenour, Sinatra, RAN,Led Zeppelin,Louis Armstrong,Steve Vai,Coldplay,Carlos Santana,Megadeth,Avril Lavigne,Queen,Macy Gray,Joe Satriani,Milinka Mikaela Radisic,Pink Floyd,Bobby McFerrin,Gmb,Sting,Phil Collins,John Mayer,U2,Jason Mraz,Counting Crows,Nina Simone,CASIOPEA,Earl Klugh,Bob Marley, Tompi,Tohpati,MALIQ & D’ESSENTIALS,Mezzoforte,Ray Charles,DJ JacQueLiNe,GENESIS,Bruce Springsteen,Seal, Deborah Gibson,The Rolling Stones,Metallica,Red Hot Chili Peppers,Oasis,The Doors,James Blunt,Jamiroquai,The Police,R.E.M,Michael Buble, The Beatles, I Wayan Balawan,Nat King Cole,Herbie Hancock,Indra Lesmana,Didi Kempot,Sade,,…ect & all kind R&B, blues, jazzy, pop, slow rock music

Favorite TV Shows:

MythBusters, Discovery chanel, NatGeo, Millennium, Xfiles, Heros, 24, Dr. House, Leverage, MegaStructures, Boiling Points, CSI, Fashion Uncensored, The One Show, House, HBO, VOA Indonesia, KICK ANDY SHOW, America’s Next Top Model, Band of Brothers, NCIS, CSI: NY, Lost, Empat Mata, CSI: Miami, CSI: Crime Scene

Favorite Books:

One day in Jakarta – Thibault Gregoire,First Love – Is Turegenew,Apocalypse Beauty and Horor in Contemporarary Art,Jazz Handbook – Jamey Aebersold,The Jazz Method For Saxophone – John O Neill,Jazz 101 : Complate Guide to Learning & Loving Jazz – John F Szwed,The Complate Idot’s Music Theory – Michael Miller,Developing A Personal Saxophone Sound – David Liebman,Top Tones For The Saxophone – Sigurd M Rascher,Saxophone – Frederick Hamke,Sun Tzu The Art of War,Parejas,The Mammoth Book of Illustrated Erotic Woman,Kisah Mata Seno Gumirah Ajidarma,The Great Thames Life Libary of Photography,Pro Lighting New Product Shot,20th Century Photography,The New Vision,The Print – Ansel Adams,Batavia – H.C.C Clockener Brousson,On Photography – Susan Sontag,The Negative – Ansel Adams
The Camera – Ansel Adams,The September 11 Photo Project,Whatever You Think Think the Opposite Paul Arden,Deutsche Werbefotografie 1925 1988,Desnudoes Femeninos,Photographing People,Belantara Jakarta,1000 Nudes History of Erotic Photography 1839 1939,Photography a Crash Course,Apres L’obscurite,Struggle Magnum Photo,Developing Style in Creative Photography,Photoicon,Boss Hugo Boss,Under the Pelog Cloth Kayus Mulia,Tuhan Dan Hal Hal Yang Tak Selesai,Puisi Lengkap Gonawan Mohamad,Jiwa Jiwa Pecinta Arini Hidajati,Miracle in Your Hand,The Bible,Che Guevara,Al Rise Books,Essensial Rumi – Coleman Banks,Gibran,Gardener Tagore,Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus,Why Men Dont’ Listen and Woman Cant Read Map,Manusia Dan Seni Dick Hartoko,Empat Kumpulan Puisi Ws Rendra,Seni Lukis Kesenian Dan Seniman S Sudjojono,Rich Dad Poor Dad,Urban Sensation Bre Redana,Rex Bre Redana,Cerita Pendek Tentang Cerita Cinta Pendek,Mereka Bilang Aku Monyet – Jenar Maesa Ayu, Atas Nama Malam Seno Gumirah,The Sniper,Memories of My Melancholy Whores Gabriel Garcia,Kentut Kosmopolitan Seno Gumirah Ajidarma,Proses Kreatifitas,Filosofi Kopi Dee

 

Revision March 2011