American - Photographer | March 1, 1984 -
As an artist in the 21st century, my two goals are to make the best work that I can, improve as much as I can, and to distribute that work as far as I can.
Brandon Stanton
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It seems that everywhere I go, people want the same things - security, education, family. It's just that so many people have no avenues through which to obtain these things.
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Of all the places I've been, India is the one that's on the top of my list to return to.
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I never buy plane tickets out of a country until I'm in the country, so I get on the ground, figure out what I need, where I'm going, how much time I need, and schedule as I go along.
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Everybody asks, 'What does 'Humans of New York' mean?' and I always say that I try to avoid putting any kind of message in the work even if it is a positive or optimistic message. The moment you do that, you're looking for certain people and words that fit into the world view you are trying to show, and it becomes preachy.
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I know I have a caption that I'm going to use when somebody tells me something I've never heard before. It's very rarely a thought, a philosophy, when somebody says, 'Oh, I don't like cheese' or 'Oh, I think the government should be overthrown,' because so many people share these thoughts. But what people don't share is stories.
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I've taken pictures in at least 14 countries, and nowhere have people told me 'no' more than New York City.
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My two biggest lessons learned as a trader are take risks and get comfortable with taking losses and setbacks to help move you forward.
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I think it's important to try to get on a kid's level when taking their photo.
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New York has the biggest, most eclectic collection of people in the world.
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I didn't actually begin photographing, or even visit New York, for the first time until I was 26.
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Wherever I go, I just try to show normal life. If the work helps to dispel stereotypes, it's because I seek not to portray the extremities of a place, but the vast majority of people who are quite normal and are having normal life experiences.
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