Book Report - Humans of New York: Stories

What started as a simple photography blog grew into a movement. Over 15 million people follow Humans of New York (HONY) in one form or another. He is extremely active on social media, and that is likely where you have encountered him in one form or another. I was just gifted Brandon Stanton’s second book.

If you are not familiar with HONY, Brandon Stanton tells stories.

Pairing photographs with short interviews, Stanton has been able to effectively tell a very moving story. For this book, it is a dedicated effort to tell the stories of the variety of people who live, exist and thrive everyday.

The book itself is beautiful. A hefty book of rich photographs paired with an excerpt of his interview with the subject, creating a succinct but strangely complete portrait of a person. Each page is a different subject, and is extremely snackable, yet satisfying.

If you are looking to kill some time, check out the website for his most recent work:

http://www.humansofnewyork.com/

If you are looking for gift ideas, for yourself or another:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1250058902/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1250058902&linkCode=as2&tag=humofnewyor-20&linkId=PDCZMIXZETZP44D7