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Humans of New York as an Eight-Year-Old Photography Project
44:55 - 55:20 (10:24)
Humans of New York began as a project to take photographs of 10,000 people in all five boroughs of New York City and plot them on a map. The project evolved into a probing and therapeutic interview with random strangers and eventually became the popular Humans of New York project.
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"Humans of New York" began as a way for Brandon Stanton to structure his life around something that was nourishing and enjoyable for him; he wanted to create enough time in his life to focus on photography, paying the minimum amount needed to sustain himself.
44:55 - 48:08 (03:12)
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"Humans of New York" began as a way for Brandon Stanton to structure his life around something that was nourishing and enjoyable for him; he wanted to create enough time in his life to focus on photography, paying the minimum amount needed to sustain himself. Starting in 2008, his unemployment benefits allowed him to afford a sublease in Bedford-Stuyvesant and live off of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches while he pursued photography full-time.
ChapterHumans of New York as an Eight-Year-Old Photography Project
Episode#321: Brandon Stanton — The Story of Humans of New York and 25M+ Fans
PodcastThe Tim Ferriss Show
Brandon Stanton, the creator of "Humans of New York," discusses how his initial idea of photographing 10,000 people in NYC led him to approach hundreds and thousands of strangers which eventually evolved into the therapeutic interviews that produce the captivating stories for which "Humans of New York" is known.
48:08 - 53:38 (05:30)
Summary
Brandon Stanton, the creator of "Humans of New York," discusses how his initial idea of photographing 10,000 people in NYC led him to approach hundreds and thousands of strangers which eventually evolved into the therapeutic interviews that produce the captivating stories for which "Humans of New York" is known.
ChapterHumans of New York as an Eight-Year-Old Photography Project
Episode#321: Brandon Stanton — The Story of Humans of New York and 25M+ Fans
PodcastThe Tim Ferriss Show
The host discusses the benefits of total immersion in a subject matter, citing his own experience with photography to emphasize the importance of simply getting out there and pursuing the subject rather than getting bogged down in theory and technique.
53:38 - 55:20 (01:41)
Summary
The host discusses the benefits of total immersion in a subject matter, citing his own experience with photography to emphasize the importance of simply getting out there and pursuing the subject rather than getting bogged down in theory and technique.