Humans of New York: Stories

By Brandon Stanton

In this beautiful follow-up to the bestselling Humans of New York, street photographer Brandon Stanton celebrates our shared humanity with yet more stunning photographs and stories from the lives of ordinary, extraordinary New Yorkers.

Ever since Brandon Stanton began interviewing strangers on the streets of New York, the dialogue he's had with them has increasingly become as in-depth, intriguing and moving as the photos themselves. In Humans of New York: Stories, Brandon presents portraits of a whole new group of humans, complete with stories that delve deeper and surprise with their greater candour.

Humans of New York began when photographer Brandon Stanton set out on an ambitious project – to single-handedly create a photographic census of New York City. Gaining millions of followers online, the photos he took and the accompanying interviews became his first book: Humans of New York.

With his second inspiring look at the residents of New York, let Brandon Stanton be your guide as he uncovers the astonishing stories of everyday people.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Pan Macmillan
• Release date: Oct 13, 2015
• ISBN: 9781509811250

Brandon Stanton

BRANDON STANTON is the creator of the #1 New York Times bestselling books Humans, Humans of New York, and Humans of New York: Stories as well as the children's book, Little Humans. His photography and storytelling blog is followed by a global audience of over thirty million people across several social media platforms. In addition to sharing thousands of stories from around the world, the blog has raised over $30 million for featured individuals and nonprofits. Stanton is a graduate of the University of Georgia and lives in New York City.

Reviews for Humans of New York

[bragan_8 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Brandon Stanton wanders around New York City taking photographs of people he sees on the streets and subways. People with interesting faces, interesting clothes, or interesting tattoos. People doing interesting things. People who look like they have interesting stories. People who happen to be nearby when he finds an interesting place to take a picture. With each photo, he includes a line or three of text, which might feature something that person said to him, or the circumstances under which he took the picture, or just a note of where it was taken.It's all weirdly compelling, to the extent that once I started it, I just kept compulsively turning pages until I'd finished the whole book. I feel as if I should indulge in some high-brow speculation about why it's compelling: that it paints a vivid portrait of life in a particular place; or that you can't help but wonder about all these lives we're seeing only one tiny moment of, where these people came from and what they did after the camera was off them; or that it says something important, if hard to pin down, about the nature and diversity of humanity. But, honestly, I think it might be simpler than that. I think there might just be something in us that relishes the opportunity to stare at strangers, especially unusual-looking ones.

[james.igoe · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Just great, with so many touching, insightful, and creative moments...

[bauernfeind · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

In New York you can truly see one of every type of human there is that lives on our planet. Sort of like a zoo for humans. Great book with wonderful images

[c.archer · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Fantastic pictorial encyclopedia of NYC. Places and people are represented in beautiful color and style. A treat for anyone who loves people and celebrates our vast diversity.

[les121 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I adore the HONY blog. In this collection, the captions that accompany each image are shorter and don't explore the darker aspects of human experience as they so often do on the blog. Still, the colorful characters in this book brought a huge smile to my face and made me extremely nostalgic for New York. As always, Stanton's photography captures the energy, diversity, and magic of the city perfectly. I would have easily given this book five stars if it weren't for the print quality. I purchased the physical version of this book so that I could have HONY on my bookshelf, but unfortunately, the print quality is mediocre at best. If I'd realized this, I would have purchased the digital version instead.

[mahallett · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

a happy book. fun to figure out the locations.

[annbury_1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Why live in New York? Stanton counts the ways -- Terrific read for anyone who lives in the city and/or loves it, and a great present for anyone who is interested in people.

[phoibee-1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

"This book is the result of nearly three years of work. I walked several thousand miles to find these portraits. I stopped over ten thousand people on the street. It was exhausting work, but I enjoyed every minute of it."

[ladycato · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I received this as a Christmas present, and I wasn't quite sure what to expect as I began reading. The content is mostly photographs of people, some accompanied by a mere line of text with location, some with several paragraphs of dialogue. It didn't take me long to get pulled into the book. There's a strong awareness that every picture is a story, and we are getting a simple sneak peak into a greater truth. No wonder the blog behind the book has millions of followers. Stanton has brought together something beautiful.

[books9n9pickles · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

So, so lovely. Probably one of the best pieces of "loot" I found during our office move.

[bookczuk · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Love this book. Love the website. Love the friend who gave it for Christmas 2014.

[m.belljackson · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

The people in these photographs are so open, honest, and fun that it feelslike you are looking through an album of old friends. So much to see and revisit!

[bness2 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Can't put my finger on it exactly, but this guy has the touch for portrait photography. A delightful book, and the brief snippets from his interviews are frosting on the cake.

[bookmagic_1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Great photography showing such great characters in NYC. This doesn't have as many stories to accompany the pictures as it does on the author's blog and that has upset some reviewers. But this was his original intention, to just take pictures and be a photographer. These may be mostly pictures from when he first started and didn't yet have such a fan base so they are new to most of the public. It didn't bother me, the pictures are so amazing and tell enough of a story. I'm sure Brandon will be publishing another book and that it will contain more stories.

[pennylane78 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

So much love!

[squeakychu · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This is a terrific book! Not only are the photographs well done, but they are inclusive of all kinds of people one might see in the city of New York...in all parts of the city. It displays like a love letter to the diverse population of New York.My favorite photos were those of the elderly and young children. However, there is enough variety throughout this book to find great photos of any human subject in which you might be interested.In addition to the photos were those great captions. Most of them contained remarks by the subjects of the photos. Some of them were wise, some were funny, but all were thought-provoking. Some of the photos did not include captions with remarks, but those did include the location those photos were taken. All subjects agreed to be photographed. Well, I guess the very tiniest of kids didn't as their parents did the agreeing for them, and some of the kids even turned away from the camera. In this world of mine, where my own country is turning individual against individual, it is heartening to see this book, so rich in the kind of people who share my country and this world with me. I appreciate them all. .

[5eva5 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

A collection of the photos Brandon Stanton took when he first started photographic people on the streets of New York. These are some great photos and some wonderful characters. My favorite part of HONY, though, are the stories and as this is a record of the beginning of the site, there aren't many of them, but mostly photos. Great pictures, great project, great work, great guy. I've picked up the other book ("Stories") as well and am looking forward to getting to it.