Brandon Stanton's Blog, page 491

"Tell me something about your grandmother.""She’s an...

"Tell me something about your grandmother."
"She’s an amazing woman. She lived in Denmark during World War II. After the Allies occupied the country, they began to hunt down Nazi collaborators. Overall this was a good thing. But instead of hunting down the powerful people, such as the police chief, they went after the weaker members of society. One of the main groups that they persecuted were the prostitutes who had slept with the Germans. My grandmother was very active in protecting and advocating for these prostitutes."

At this point, Grandma joined the conversation. “I was working in a hospital at that time,” she said. “After the Americans came, we had our first black baby! Everyone was so excited!”

"What’s something that adults do that they shouldn’t...

"What’s something that adults do that they shouldn’t do?"

“Punish kids. And war.”

"I wish I’d gone to college."

"I wish I’d gone to college."

If you’re gonna break your neck, do it with class.

If you’re gonna break your neck, do it with class.

"I’m from the Ivory Coast." “Why’d you come to America?” He...

"I’m from the Ivory Coast."

“Why’d you come to America?”

He formed his hands into two imaginary guns.
“Too much boom boom,” he said. “So I run.”

"What was the happiest moment of your life?""Any time I wake up...

"What was the happiest moment of your life?"
"Any time I wake up and nothing hurts."

He told me he was an artist.I asked what kind of art he...

He told me he was an artist.

I asked what kind of art he made.

He said: “I do my own thing.”

I said: “What’s your thing?”

He said: “Doing my thing.”

As I was walking away, his wife gave me his name. “Look him up,” she said. So I did.

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"Andres Serrano (born August 15, 1950 in New York City) is an American photographer and artist who has become notorious through his photos of corpses and his use of feces and bodily fluids in his work, notably his controversial work "Piss Christ", a red-tinged photograph of a crucifix submerged in a glass container of what was purported to be the artist’s own urine." -Wikipedia

"Everyone loves me. I go everywhere, and I don’t fight...

"Everyone loves me. I go everywhere, and I don’t fight with nobody. If somebody’s yelling at me, I just keep walking. I’ve only been in one fight. I used to be a taxi driver. One time I dropped somebody off at the airport, and I really had to pee. I saw a bathroom but three policeman said I could not use that bathroom. So I pushed them out of the way. But that’s only because I really had to pee."

Sweet HONY fan art. Love the use of color.bonnyjohn:Here’s...

Sweet HONY fan art.  Love the use of color.

bonnyjohn:

Here’s the second piece of my Drawing the Humans of New York series.
Based on a photograph by Brandon Stanton.

Teamed up with Vogue.com again this year to provide portraits...

Teamed up with Vogue.com again this year to provide portraits and stories from Fashion Week. Some you’ve seen on here, but there’s also several exclusives. Check them out here: http://bit.ly/1d4gYD2