Brandon Stanton's Blog, page 517

"It’s getting increasingly difficult to disconnect from...

"It’s getting increasingly difficult to disconnect from the world. So everyone needs a drug— some way to disconnect from everything. For me, tango is that drug. When you dance tango, it’s like you are in a cloud for three minutes." 

The girl on the right told me she wanted to be a veterinarian....

The girl on the right told me she wanted to be a veterinarian. Then, almost as an afterthought, she threw in— “Also, the President of America." Charmed by her extremely ambitious postscript, I chuckled a bit.
"What are you laughing at?" said Dad.

BREAKING: Panhandlers cracking under the heat.

BREAKING: Panhandlers cracking under the heat.

Seen at West 4th Street.

Seen at West 4th Street.

I think the sky wins this fight.

I think the sky wins this fight.

Sun Drenched

Sun Drenched

Flash Flood

Flash Flood 

I don’t normally post iPhone photos. But I also...

I don’t normally post iPhone photos. But I also don’t normally look up at the gym and see this…

“I can’t go back because I’m a political refugee. I haven’t seen...

“I can’t go back because I’m a political refugee. I haven’t seen my family in 31 years.”

"It’s difficult for many people to pick a saddest moment,...

"It’s difficult for many people to pick a saddest moment, because they’ve had so many sad moments strung together. Same thing with a happiest moment. You can be very happy buying needles or postage stamps, or you can be miserable at a $3,000 gala. It’s not about a place or a time. It’s about a feeling."
"So what decides the feeling, if not place and time?"
"Who you’re with, I suppose."