Humans of New York' (2013) is unread; translucent dust jacket shows a couple of tiny tears and a small, unobtrusive piece of Scotch tape at base of spine. In his introduction to the book, which doubles as a statement of purpose for HONY now and into the future, Stanton describes the process by which the project “evolved from a photography blog to a storytelling blog.

Authors exhilarting collection of photograpsh and interviews over afive year span in New YorkCity based on his blog of the same name. Another example of the book’s use of visual repetition to emphasizes themes is shown in the spread below. I absolutely LOVE this book and so does all of my family, from my little brother to my grandparents. Thus occupying the vague space between archetype and anecdote, between the particular and the more broadly illustrative, Riis’s photos realized photography’s unique and enduring possibility—to serve artistic and documentary ends at once. I loved all the Pics but particularly those of kids and their microfashions:-)There were one or two subjects which were given more attention and this might be my only beef - if I had to have one.

This might explain the vast expanse of interpretive space between the book’s images and text: Evans’s photos sit alone at the front of the book, unremarked upon, serving as a kind of tonal prelude, then cede the stage completely to Agee’s wild, modernistic jumble of verse, prose, and theatric convention. In Humans of New York, the different structural photo layout in each page strikes curiosity about the way he published his images.

Any ambiguity or intrigue to be found in a HONY photo is chased out into the open, and, ultimately, annihilated by Stanton’s captions, and by the satisfaction that he seems to want his followers to feel. Armed with his camera, he began crisscrossing the city, covering thousands of miles on foot, all in his attempt to capture ordinary New Yorkers in the most extraordinary of moments. Their stories are incredibly random and how Brandon gets everyday people, just like you and me, to reveal themselves so spontaneously and with such candor is eye opening. Seller has stated it will dispatch the item within 1 working day upon receipt of cleared payment - opens in a new window or tab . Stanton stated in a BBC interview that he had to use a new type of interviewing style for these subjects, because he did not think it pertinent to ask about their past or future.

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