Humans of New York: Stories

Brandon Stanton is the writer and photographer behind Humans of New York, a storytelling platform with over 30 million followers globally. He has photographed and interviewed over 10,000 people in forty different countries and helped raise over $20 million in support of various causes and individuals featured in his work.Named by Time magazine as one of 30 Under 30 Changing the World, he is the author of four number one NYT bestselling books, which have sold millions of copies around the world: Humans of New York, Humans of New York: Stories, Humans and Tanqueray, as well as Dear New York. A proud graduate of the University of Georgia, he lives in New York City.

An instant publishing phenomenon The New York Times The photographs in this volume, some of which have never been published before, capture the city's inhabitants with a commendable eye for demographic diversity and everyday street fashion. But it's Stanton's interviews with his subjects, usually excerpted from their rawest moments, that are the most captivating as they highlight both the hardship and the little victories of an often-unforgiving city. The Atlantic The images are gorgeous, and the effect is like walking through a version of our city where startlingly honest thought bubbles appear over everyone's head. The New York Magazine