Brandon Stanton's Blog, page 515

"I’m on Instagram!" "Can I see?""It only works at...

"I’m on Instagram!" 
"Can I see?"
"It only works at home."

Then his dad leaned in and whispered, “It’s a private account."

"You think that your children are going to grow up to be a lot...

"You think that your children are going to grow up to be a lot like you, but then they develop into a completely different person. Yesterday my seven year old son told me that reggae was boring. That hurt a little."

"Fasting is about going without, so you learn to appreciate what...

"Fasting is about going without, so you learn to appreciate what you have. It’s also about learning to sympathize with people who have less than you."

"I met her when she tackled some guy next to me at a party. So...

"I met her when she tackled some guy next to me at a party. So in my first memory of her, she was horizontal and in the air." 

This was really cool for me…I had a few appointments...

This was really cool for me…

I had a few appointments yesterday, so I wasn’t able to get in a full day of shooting. I decided to head out late for a second shift, to see if I could find a few more portraits in midtown. I found this man around 11 PM. He was sitting off on his own in Bryant Park, working on his computer.

"Do you mind if I take your photo?" I asked.
"What for?"
"I run a site called Humans of New York… I’ve taken 5,000 street portraits of people around the city." He turned his computer around to face me.

He’d been looking at HONY.

Seen in Washington Square Park

Seen in Washington Square Park

"I’m trying to figure out what I want to be when I grow...

"I’m trying to figure out what I want to be when I grow up." 

"We don’t have as much money as we used to. We moved into...

"We don’t have as much money as we used to. We moved into a smaller apartment and don’t have as many nice things. But my mom still bought me this skateboard, even though it was really expensive." 

"What was the happiest moment of your life?""When I came to...

"What was the happiest moment of your life?"
"When I came to America."
"Why’d you come?"
"To be a housekeeper." 

"She does her thing, I do my thing. We interact in between....

"She does her thing, I do my thing. We interact in between. We’ve been married 30 years, and that’s how we like it."