Humans of New York (Humans of New York, 1)

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After the image of a Brooklyn student named Vidal captured widespread attention on the Humans of New York blog, he and the photographer, Brandon Stanton, were invited to the White House. Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). Maybe it represents all the metropolises, all that different types of people living in the same place. I’m still trying to figure out what that disgruntled couple in black-tie getup is doing standing in the middle of a lake.

If there are connections to be made between the photos and the words, they are left untraced, leaving crucial labor to be done by readers—involving and implicating them in an important, if impossible, process of discovery. the Homo Sapiens Agenda a few years back, I’ve been a little obsessed with the idea that “people are houses with vast rooms and tiny windows.With over ten thousand strangers photographed and interviewed, Stanton's blog, 'Humans of New York', has evolved into a platform for intimate storytelling. Had the book not been published in color, the stories and messages would have been drained and suffered.

He realized the quality of his work came from the characteristics of the subjects and inputted their storytelling with the photographs. Humans of New York expands on Stanton's project with four hundred colour photos, including exclusive portraits, all-new stories, and a distinctive vellum jacket. Stanton went on a photography tour of Chicago and Pittsburgh where he experimented with different types of photography.The New York Times The photographs in this volume, some of which have never been published before, capture the city's inhabitants with a commendable eye for demographic diversity and everyday street fashion. I love New York so this was good for me, and even though I’m terribly non creative, I appreciated this and can see how clever he is and how he 'gets' people. The majority of pages are undamaged with some creasing or tearing, and pencil underlining of text, but this is minimal. Thank you for every time you’ve said hello to me on the street, and told me how much the blog means to you.

Ranging from whimsical to heartbreaking, these stories have attracted a global following of more than 30 million people across several social media platforms.Instead of focusing on individualism, Stanton specific captions in the pictures displayed humanity uniqueness that coexistent overall as a whole piece.