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

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Zezima, Katie (February 6, 2015). " 'Humans of New York' goes to the White House". The Washington Post . Retrieved October 12, 2015. Stanton’s interview technique involves something he has described as “following the heat,” in which he finds his subject’s most tender spots and probes until he elicits something deep. And in this first conversation with the woman from Arkansas, he focused on why she would have felt so powerless when her husband was not hitting or explicitly threatening her. “Most men control women through fear of violence or psychological abuse,” he told her. What specific thing was her husband doing to control her? She described how her husband would make her eat ice cream when she was trying to lose weight and how, during a visit to her parents, he bullied her into saying she loved him more than she did them. When she described how she groveled at her husband’s feet, begging forgiveness, Stanton continued to press. As it continued, Stanton’s interrogation started to feel both oppressive and naïve. He said, “In every story, I want to understand — ” What he does is a beautiful thing. He roams the street of New York with only a camera and a humble desire to catalogue, not the people, but the humans of the city. Humans with everything that entails, the good, the bad, the tragic, the hopeful. It's astounding what a brief meeting, a photo and some conversation can unearth. Corinne Abrams and Qasim Nauman, Humans of New York Helps Humans in Pakistan The Wall Street Journal Aug 24, 2015 It is remarkable that the interviewer got people to say such incredibly intimate (and often negative) stuff about themselves. It is all very 'real', but after 2020, I need something more positive.

Stanton, Brandon (October 16, 2018). "Humans of New York". Humans of New York . Retrieved October 26, 2018. Jamal, Ramsha (August 21, 2015). "Humans of New York blog offers a fresh perspective on Pakistan". The Guardian . Retrieved October 12, 2015.During the COVID-19 pandemic Stanton accepted submissions from anyone in the world for the first time, asking his followers for "their most amazing, uplifting stories" to inspire people during the crisis. Giving his reasoning, he said "I think what is helpful are these doses and reminders of normal life, normal happiness, normal joys, normal love." [19] Books [ edit ] The blog was still tiny, but the likes poured in, and Stanton understood he had stumbled onto something. New Yorkers exist in crushing proximity to strangers: First dates, tantrums, cigarette breaks — all these ordinary events are conducted in plain view, so curiosity about others’ lives, a kind of incidental voyeurism, is the New Yorker’s constant mind-set. The woman’s quote, guileless, seemed like an open invitation into the world of someone you didn’t happen to know but under the right circumstances might. As the project grew, his audience expanded far beyond the five boroughs. For Stanton, the interviews — the encounters with random passersby, the intense exchanges amid foot traffic and horn blasts — became a sacred space. “There’s something pure about it,” he said. “Even with all my weaknesses. Because it’s bigger than me.” And by telling the stories, if he does his job right, “millions of people feel it. And millions will be changed by it in the same way that I was changed by it on the street.” Humans of New York has self-selected for an audience that cares about people. It’s the nicest 20 million people on the internet.

I ended up reading Stories cover-to-cover in one sitting. The powerful storytelling Stanton does on his blog translates seamlessly into book form." —Elise De Los Santos, Chicago TribuneFrom street photographer Brandon Stanton, Humans of New York is a celebration of individuality and a tribute to the spirit of New York City, filled with photographs of its residents and stories from their lives.

I never thought I would love a book containing only pictures of people this much. A millisecond of a person's life captured with the lenses of a camera, frozen forever in time. Beyond all these faces is a story; there's whole entire life. We're all similar, but we're not the same. And you can see this human uniqueness in each and every photo in this book. How the eyes of these people show you their heart, and how you can stare at a photo for hours and still find something new about it. How close you can feel to a person oceans away from you. Many of my favorite photos are the ones in familiar places—Central Park, the High Line, the New York Public Library. I especially like the ones in Grand Central, since I know that building so well. Though I'm no connoisseur, I think these are superb portraits. But the quotes that accompany the photos are the main attraction. They’re so pungent and revealing. Honestly, I have no idea how Stanton does it, how he gets perfect strangers to open up to him. The combination of the portraits—portraits of people I might pass on any given day—and these deeply personal quotes is what hits home. Instantly a face is transformed into a person, and you see the portrait in an entirely new light. So, these aren't representative of humanity, or of nations or of cultures... but they do provide a sort of sample of what potentially speaks of us as well as what speaks to us.

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The Arkansas woman’s first encounter with Stanton was “one of the most exciting days of my life,” she told me later. She loved watching his mind work as she was speaking to him. After ten years, “he knows how to craft for an audience. I could see the little gears and the big gears in his brain. I knew what he was looking for, and I knew I had the answers.” We don’t have any hobbies. But we do try to get together a few times a month to judge people and complain about things. Aki ismeri a blogot/Facebook oldalt, annak nem is kell ajánlgatni. Igaz, a híresen elfogadó HONY közösség támogatása, szinte csupa pozitív hozzászólása nincs benne, de a fantasztikus portrék, a pár szóba, mondatba sűrített életek igen. (A következő könyv HONY Stories and Top Comments lesz, fogadok.) Martin, Kristyn (March 19, 2020). "Coronavirus social distancing rules change how Humans of New York tells stories". Yahoo . Retrieved April 20, 2020. These stories often move me. Not always negatively, of empathy for the narrator's hardships, but sometimes of joy when, for example, two self-aware old ladies admit to getting together regularly to judge people and complain about things.

For a person who mines the biographies of others for significant buried details, Stanton is notably ineloquent about his own childhood. It was “good,” he told me. “It was nuclear. And there was structure.” His parents divorced when he was a baby — his father struggled with drug addiction — and his mother soon remarried. Stanton’s stepfather, whom he calls Dad, was a stable presence in his life. (As an adult, Stanton reconciled with his biological father, who had gotten clean.) Taken together, these portraits and captions became the subject of a vibrant blog, which over the past two years has gained a large daily following. With nearly one million collective followers on Facebook and Tumblr, Humans of New York now provides a worldwide audience with glimpses into the lives of strangers in New York City. This is my neighbor. She only speaks Mandarin, so we’ve never had a conversation. But she’s brought me a handful of candy every day for 20 years.” Fans of the Humans of New York blog & books will need no encouragement, this is more of the same but from all around the world. Brandon Stanton walked the streets of NY for several days looking for interesting people and asking simply: “Do you mind if I take a picture?”Looking at the pictures and putting together a story when there weren’t any captions was such an exhilarating experience. Gambino, Lauren (September 8, 2016). "Hillary Clinton opens up about sexism in new Humans of New York post". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved February 26, 2017. In March 2016, Stanton wrote an open letter to Donald Trump that went viral on Facebook, garnering over 2.3 million likes and over 1.1 million shares, making it one of the most-shared posts in the history of Facebook. [3] He was born in 1984 in South America. Brandon Stanton studied in Marietta, near Atlanta, then at the University of Georgia. I think HONY is an inspired project by a beautiful mind. History told through the photographic lens has always been one of our most powerful, evocative mediums since its invention. I also love that Stanton has tried to put these photographs into some sort of context by the very human questions he asks of his subjects (and the illuminating -- sometimes heart-wrenching -- answers he receives).