Humans of New York: Stories

Humans of New York: Stories

2015 • 428 pages

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The #1 New York Times Bestseller! With over 500 vibrant, full-color photos, Humans of New York: Stories is an insightful and inspiring collection of portraits of the lives of New Yorkers. Humans of New York: Stories is the culmination of five years of innovative storytelling on the streets of New York City. During this time, photographer Brandon Stanton stopped, photographed, and interviewed more than ten thousand strangers, eventually sharing their stories on his blog, Humans of New York. In Humans of New York: Stories, the interviews accompanying the photographs go deeper, exhibiting the intimate storytelling that the blog has become famous for today. Ranging from whimsical to heartbreaking, these stories have attracted a global following of more than 30 million people across several social media platforms.

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A one sit down kind of read. HONY feeds my soul

December 28, 2015

Humans of New York is the kind of book I like best.

Reasons?

(1) Little stories about lots of people.

(2) Photography of the people.

(3) Lots of surprising philosophy pops up in people's everyday comments.

Now I want to seek out the other Humans of New York books.

January 10, 2016