Brandon Stanton's Blog, page 469

"My first memory was when I was three years old. My dad set me...

"My first memory was when I was three years old. My dad set me up on the dresser, and said: ‘Jump to daddy!’ Then he let me fall and said, ‘Don’t trust anyone.’ He was twisted like that. I’m pretty sure that’s why I’m a loner."

This man was sitting across from me on the subway, holding what...

This man was sitting across from me on the subway, holding what appeared to be a spine. I asked if he was a chiropractor. “I’m a lawyer,” he said. “I’m coming back from court.”
"How’d it go?" I asked.
"Not too good," he answered, laughing. "My client lied to me. She told me she didn’t go back to work after her injury. Turned out that wasn’t true."

Then another man who was sitting nearby joined our conversation. He began to tell the lawyer about his own legal problems. He was apparently involved in a personal injury lawsuit of his own, stemming from a fall he took from the top of a bunk bed, during a stint at a rehab facility. 
As the man unloaded the details of his case, the lawyer heard him out, giving sympathetic nods and doling out vague expressions of support. The man left thinking that the lawyer agreed with him 100%.

The lawyer and I got off at the same stop. After we left the train, I asked: “So what did you think about that man’s case?”
"It’s awful," he said. "But I didn’t want to break his heart."

"I just try to have fun.""What’s the most fun you’ve...

"I just try to have fun."
"What’s the most fun you’ve ever had?"
"Can’t talk about it. I’m still waiting on my court date."

Sold!

Sold!

I am one of the officers in this picture. My friend found it in...

I am one of the officers in this picture. My friend found it in your book and pointed it out to me. The victim under the sheet was a woman in her late fifties. She was Miss Austria in her early 20’s and a contestant in the Miss World pageant. At the time of her death she was destitute and alone, but still carried her passport with a photo of her at the peak of her beauty. She was stunning. On October 22nd of last year, wandering the halls of the building she had chosen for her last act, she had looked for an open window at the record company that produces Maroon Five. Asked to leave, she found one a floor above in a hallway, took sleeping pills, sat on the ledge in the sunlight for about ten minutes, then leaned forward. Anyway, thanks for the photo. It is one of those souvenirs of one’s life that come to be valuable because it has unexpectedly captured a moment of you doing your life’s work, genuine and unrehearsed.

"I’m having a birthday at The...

"I’m having a birthday at The Plaza!"

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"I made it myself!"

"I made it myself!"

"What are you supposed to be?"“I’m...

"What are you supposed to be?"

“I’m dangerous!”

Seen in the subway.

Seen in the subway.

Seen in Union Square.

Seen in Union Square.