Many of you probably have heard of the blog or already follow, Humans of New York. When the author, Brandon Stanton, gets passionate with something, he gets obsessed with it. His obsession to take portraits of strangers in New York City gained an enormous number of followers. It is amazing to see how a story can be told in one single photo with a short dialogue between the author and the subject or a comment by the photo subject. Simple words from ordinary people can be so moving. I follow Humans of New York on Facebook and it always excites me to see his new posts.
I learned about Humans of New York through an article under Opinion “30 Under 30: Meet Brandon Stanton, the Photographer Behind Humans of New York” on Time Ideas, a blog by TIME magazine. I have posted a video of his interview which you can see the original on this post.
ブログ「Humans of New York（ニューヨークの人々）」をもう多くの方は知っているか、既にフォローしているかと思います。写真家であるBrandon Stanton（ブランドン・スタントン）は、何かに夢中になるとのめり込んでしまうとか。彼は、ニューヨーク市の見知らぬ人々の写真を撮ると決め、その活動は多くの人々を魅了して来ました。一枚の写真と簡単な解説が、これほどまで人の心を打つのかと感心、感動しました。私は、「Humans of New York（ニューヨークの人々）」をフェイスブック上でフォローしています。新しい写真が載っているのを見ると、今度はどんな新しいストーリーがあるのかとわくわくします。
初めて「Humans of New York」を知ったのは、Time Ideasというタイム・マガジンのブログに掲載された記事、30 Under 30ーHumans of New York(ニューヨークの人々）の「カメラマン、ブランドン・スタントンに訊く」を通してでした。下に、タイムマガジンのブログ記事にある彼のビデオインタビューを掲載させて頂きます。
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The best is to visit Humans of New York, but here are a few out of many that struck me or left me thinking.
Humans of New Yorkを見る方が一番良いかと思うのですが、私の心に残った多くの写真の一例はこちら。
via Humans of New York
“I was engaged eight years ago, but my fiancee died in Iraq. After that, I promised myself that I’d never be that dependent on someone again. So after I met my husband, I fought marriage for the longest time. But we got married in September. And even though I was rebelling against it, and I always saw it as a meaningless formality, I’ve been surprised. There’s a comfort in knowing that you’re sworn to someone else.”
via Humans of New York
“I’m 86. And that’s about enough. I’m ready to go.”
“Aren’t you afraid of death?”
“Why would I be?”
“Isn’t that sort of a natural condition of living?”
“Not when you miss your husband as much as I do.”
via Humans of New York
“I want to be a princess hairdresser.”
“What’s going to be the hardest part about being a princess hairdresser?”
“Cutting Rapunzel’s hair.”
via Humans of New York
“It’s kinda weird having a child of my own, because I’m seeing all the things that my father missed.”
I love Brandon’s Humans of New York! I follow him on facebook and tumblr. I would like the book too.
A book is always nice to be able to touch and turn pages!
Hi Im winnny from Indonesia,
where can i find this book?
You can find it on amazon.com. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1250038820?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=1250038820&linkCode=xm2&tag=humofnewyor-20
For Indonesian stores, I am not very sure… I’m sorry!
thank you, i will check that website
Great! I think you’ll enjoy the photos very much!!
i do Kaho
very heartwarming to see all of photos. Love it so much !
I’m glad to hear that you also enjoy Humans of New York!!
Oh great blog! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for visiting!!
I’ve been following HONY for a while now, too. It’s amazing how one picture and a few words can tell an entire story.
I feel the same way!