Humans of new york hony is a photoblog and book of street portraits and interviews collected on the streets of new york city started in november 2010 by photographer brandon stanton, humans of new york has developed a large following through social media. Humans of new york creator reveals how he gets people to. The blogs creator, brandon stanton, has simply walked up to people and asked them permission to photograph them. The pic with 1 million likes see the happiness on girls face. Humans of new york is an amazing story, and its a story that could not have happened 10 years ago. The humans of new york community just received an official proclamation from the city council of new york for its contributions to new york city. Which is the most liked hony humans of new york picture.
Hugely popular photographic blog has eight million fans on facebook and several spinoffs. Let brandon stanton and the humans of new york hes photographed astonish you all over again. Hamish blakes parody of humans of new york is absolutely perfect ive been waiting on this street corner for about six hours now trying to get. Brandon stanton is the creator, photographer, and interviewer behind the acclaimed and wildly popular blog, humans of new york. Humans of new york is a photography blog run by brandon stanton, a selftaught photographer who shares portraits of people he meets on the streets of new york city along with a snippet of the conversation he has with them. The latest stories from hony, featuring interviews with thousands of people on the streets of new york city. So if youve enjoyed the blog in the past, and would like to contribute to its future, i hope youll consider becoming a patron. After perusing through his quick portrait and interview snippets, i was stunned by each persons story and the human experience brandon is able to create. Massive sea turtle and new ferries in the east river. A vibrant photographic census of diversity and dignity the best photography books of 20 tattoos and tagged hat. Humans of new york everyone living downtown is the.
This week well talk about how to talk to strangers and with us is the expert. The popular blog that celebrates the ordinary people of the big apple will get a docuseries next. The news features i want to discuss on this 18th edition of watwb are on facebook. The narrative of the book tells of the uniqueness and possibility of each child. If you havent checked out stantons photoblog and project, humans of new york, i recommend you do so. Tanqueray on humans of new york is the best thing to happen on the internet in this. Back in the seventies i was the only black girl making white girl money.
And a big part of that is always being able to find the people who care about it most. I want humans of new york to be a lifelong body of work. Find books like humans of new york from the worlds largest community of readers. Posted by humans of new york on wednesday, may 11, 2016. It is all about spreading peace and humanity on social media. A few months ago, i discovered humans of new york hony, an instagram account and blog that features onequestion interviews of new york s unique inhabitants. Im starting a patreon for anyone who would like to take part in supporting humans of new york. We follow brandon stanton, the photographer behind the popular humans of new york blog, as he goes in search of subjects to photograph. The blog is wildly popular and currently has more likes on facebook than. Since brandon started his project in 2010, he has been capturing amazing stories from the people from nyc. In the first minidocumentary by humans of new york creator brandon stanton. I was approached while walking with my boyfriend in nyc last summer by a high energy tall, lanky guy with a nikon camera. Little humans by brandon stanton is a childrens picture book with the quality of images expected from the humans of new york hony project. It includes a diverse set of images with an original picture book narrative all about being a child.
Its one of many sentiments that have been shared recently by veterans on humans of new york, the popular socialmedia group that was created to. He threatened to kick me out when i turned seventeen, so i had to negotiate my own survival. Humans of new york pediatric cancer series popsugar family. Humans of new york lands a facebook video series cnet. Blog year 2009 origin tumblr tags photography, portrait, tumblr, single topic blog, new york city additional references wikipedia. I chose oral roberts university in tulsa, oklahoma.
Get your team aligned with all the tools you need on one secure. I try to make it be more of a conversation than an interview. Humans of new york photographer brandon stanton shares stories from the road duration. It showcases children of all races and walks of life. Enjoy this little emotional break in our fast and stressful lives. The blog has over 17 million followers on facebook and around 8. When he asked if he could take out photo, we smiled, wearing our leica cameras on us ourselves. Tanqueray on humans of new york is everything boing. If you can afford to give more support, that is great but not necessary.
So if you ve enjoyed the blog in the past, and would like to contribute to its future, i hope you ll consider becoming a patron. Little humans is a book of photographs taken by brandon stanton of humans of new york. His profile on the site has been liked more than half. Stories presents a whole new group of people in stunning photographs, with a rich design and, most importantly, longer stories that delve deeper and surprise with greater candor.
Humans of new york, the popular photo blog dedicated to documenting intimate moments with people from around the world, is becoming a 30minute tv show. So he began the blog humans of new york, which showcases his portraits, coupled with a poignant quote from the subject. Real eyes realize real lies as seen in union square by humans of new york humans of new york. This article, compiles 15 of the most inspiring and moving posts from humans of new york. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. The popular photo blog humans of new york is becoming a.
In midnovember the popular blog humans of new york posted an enlightening series on instagram about a woman known to the internet as tanqueray tanqueray was a stripper in 1970s new yorkand according to her, she lef a life filled with mobsters, theft, and presidential secrets her outrageous stories have fans calling for a show to be made about her life. New york city is the home of the yankees, the statue of liberty and more than 8 million people, many of whom are showcased on the hugely popular blog humans of new york. A closeup photo of an elder will move you to like humans of new york, as will a child dressed in a cute outfit. All of these posts and pictures comes from the humans of new york facebook page. This is the human behind humans of new york mashable. Resisting pretension or selfawareness, brandon stantons humans of new york series provides honest glimpses into the lives of new yorkers. What happens to your heart when you are talking to someone and you start involving your heart with their life. Humans of new yorks brandon stanton on how to talk to. For those of you not on facebook, you can read about this page here. Brandon stantons captivating humans of new york series. And so will a photo in which a heavyset man dominates the frame and tells us that. Id stay out all night, and skip church in the morning. Hony is the brainchild of nyc photographer and blogger, brandon stanton.
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