An amazing photo project

[Uri Cogan]

The work of one photographer. I love it. See the web site or the project's  Facebook page.

Link to the Facebook page

Link to the web page

The photographer:

My name is Brandonand 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.  

Taken together, these portraits and captions became the subject of a vibrant blog, which over the past two years has gained hundreds of thousands of followers.  With over 180,000 followers on Facebook and 80,000 followers on Tumblr, HONY now provides a worldwide audience with daily glimpses into the lives of strangers on the streets of New York City.

 

[Doug McMillin]

An amazing effort.

I spent more time here than at any other website lately.

Thanks, Uri.

[Avril Kirby]

These are incredible!  Makes me feel like sticking my camera in people's faces.

[Patricia Page]

These are wonderful, Uri, thanks for sharing them with us.

[Patricia Fraser]

Hi Uri...what a marvellous way to spend a morning! The comments add tremendously to the stories. Thank you. 

[0rhebsayjd4v4]

I love the idea and wonder how we could make it work on SS. BOSS (boots), FOSS (feet), HOSS (hippies), MOSS (men) ... ah, the list goes on!

[10tyfhfclp9el]

Thanks URI...That is a tremendous 'doc' photo ensamble of great images of New Yorkers! I love the comments especially as it adds 'substance & character' to the images. Similar to what I was presenting in my last 2 presentations. This photographer Brandon Stanton ([e-mail]) is 'truly living and opening up new doors and meeting incredible people along the way.

 I wonder if he gets 'photo releases'- I imagine he does...as that's an easy way to get their stories too...

Yah Dale...BOSS,HOSS MOSS,WOSS,COSS (children), SOSS (Students), OTOSS (Old Timers of Salt Spring)...and the list goes on and on....:-))