brandon stanton
My name is Brandon and I began Humans of New York in the summer of 2010. HONY resulted from an idea that I had to construct a photographic census of New York City. I thought it would be really cool to create an exhaustive catalogue of the city’s inhabitants, so I set out to photograph 10,000 New Yorkers and plot their photos on a map. I worked for several months with this goal in mind. But somewhere along the way, HONY began to take on a much different character. I started collecting quotes and short stories from the people I met, and began including these snippets alongside the photographs.
1:35 – random people, wherever they happen to be, and celebrating them on a stage every night
2:40 – fav compliment – you photo the things that other people walk by every single day and don’t notice, but somehow, you photograph them and make them beautiful
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his little blog:
humans of new york..
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his book comes out oct 15, 2013:
book links to amazon
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Brandon and hony on abc:
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i lost my job and i woke up..
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social media is secondary when i’m having these convos on the streets
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This Is The Human Behind ‘Humans Of New York’
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and much love..
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Brandon speaking at harvard – feb 2015:
http://forum.iop.harvard.edu/content/brandon-stanton-humans-new-york
stopping someone on the street and making them feel comfortable..
20 min – even if people know 20 million people will read the blog.. if they’re sitting next to their friends ..they clam up
53 min- it takes a lot of practice to be yourself.. getting rid of consciousness/nervousness
55 min – there’s a power when it gets to – oh that’s me just in different circumstances (2nd time his referenced this)
56 min – worst time – can’t think of any – because everything came to here
intimate stories of strangers…
1:01 – i deferred to ms lopez – but it’s not so much about – go to harvard – but more opening up the possibilities
1:08 – i’m just looking for a glimpse into a stranger’s life (not finding a caricature)
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mar 2016 – interview (video) w katie curic
https://www.yahoo.com/katiecouric/humans-of-new-yorks-brandon-stanton-on-trump-154634146.html
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jan 2017
Brandon share on fb:
Wanted to re-share the stories of people banned from the United States of America.
http://www.humansofnewyork.com/tagged/refugee-stories
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Chase Jarvis (@chasejarvis) tweeted at 5:37 PM on Sat, Aug 24, 2019:
Tell the story that’s in front of you. ️ this thought from @humansofny. Hear full episode @iTunesPodcasts https://t.co/5eHeDBCMEJ https://t.co/vxhSK7az22
(https://twitter.com/chasejarvis/status/1165407721165873152?s=03)my goal is not to tell the story or the meaning of humanity.. but to learn the story of that person right in front of me
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connecting
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via brandon’s 2025 fb post:
“For the last six months I’ve been closely guarding a secret. But before I share it, a little context: fifteen years ago I moved to New York to begin Humans of New York. This city has provided me with the most blessed life any one person can ask for. And when I say ‘this city,’ I mean one thing: it’s people. For me, New York has always been the people. Many of you know that tomorrow my next book Dear New York will be released. It is my love letter to the city, and I’ve never been prouder of a work I’ve created—until now. Because here is my secret: the book is the inspiration for a much larger piece of art. For the next two weeks Grand Central Station will undergo the biggest transformation in its 112-year history, as it becomes a living, breathing celebration of the people of New York. All advertising has been removed from the building and replaced with portraits and stories from Humans of New York. But it doesn’t stop there. Grand Central was far too large a canvas for one person, so more than 1000 artists have joined me to contribute to this vision. Some of my collaborators have big reputations, but none of us are more important than the 600 school children who will exhibit their photography in Vanderbilt Hall. Dear New York is far too large to describe in one post; it will cover all of Grand Central, including all three levels of the subway station. I’ll be telling you much more about my collaborators and their contributions over these next two weeks. But for now I can tell you this: it was lovingly and carefully made, by some of the greatest people I’ve ever worked with. And if it provides even the slightest amount of joy, solace, beauty, or connection to the 750,000 people who pass through Grand Central every day—we have achieved our goal.”
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be you. 