Hard work got me here and only hard work will keep me here. — Brandon Stanton, photographer and author of Humans of New York. Brandon is the amazing young man who founded the Humans of New York Project. Q & A with Brandon and Lee Shearer: Why did you start Humans of New York? The idea for HONY came very organically from a love of photography. It wasn’t really modeled on anything. It emerged from many small evolutions rather than coming from a fully formed idea. For my first year or so of doing HONY full time, there weren’t even captions or interviews. It was just a photography blog. What kept you going in the first months of HONY? Obsession, really. I just truly loved doing it, and I thought the work was unique and important. Even early on, I had a lot of confidence that if I kept working,…
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Humans of New York Project
Do you like success stories? The kind where the humble, modest guy brings all kinds of people together in a unique way with amazing results? Meet Brandon Stanton, photographer and creator of the Humans Of New York project. I love his story. Even though I have never met him, I feel like I know him. Here’s his story. Brandon Stanton worked as a bond trader until he lost his job in July 2010. He started taking photos of buildings in Chicago. Then he spent a week in Philadelphia, taking photos of bridges, and occasionally photos of people. He headed for New York, intending to stay for only one week. This time, he took photos of people on the streets and began asking them questions. He posted these photos and quotes on Facebook. The response was tremendous, lots of “likes.” I mean LOTS of likes. To date, he has over three…