I don't want to interview people for the purpose of developing a world view and pushing that on people.
— Brandon Stanton
I never know what kind of people I'll meet just by stopping to take a photo.
It's such a different spectrum of tragedies when you talk to people in developing countries.
'Humans of New York' did not result from a flash on inspiration. It grew from five years of experimenting, tinkering, and messing up.
When you are interviewing refugees, each person you talk to has a different story that could come from a horror movie. So many people talk about seeing their families get murdered before their eyes. Then I go to Central Park, and people are talking about their third divorce and paying tuition.