Friday, January 22, 2016

Book Review - Humans of New York Stories

Cover blurb -Humans of New York Stories   is the culmination of five years of innovative story telling on the streets of New York City. Photographer Brandon Stanton has stopped, photographed, and interviewed more than ten thousand strangers, eventually sharing their stories on his blog - Humans of New York.

This book is a compilation of this work and it is fascinating.  Whimsy, humor, brashness, bragging, humble, heartbreaking, shy, outgoing, pathos, and so much more. Every picture, every quote demonstrates the incredible variety in humans and their spirit.

You truly can't make up this stuff. Reality is astounding.

http://www.humansofnewyork.com




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9 comments:

  1. Hilary Melton-ButcherJanuary 22, 2016 at 7:41 AM

    Hi Joanne - looks to be an interesting book and one to read at some stage .. whimsical life ... that's great - cheers Hilary

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    1. JoanneJanuary 22, 2016 at 9:32 AM

      it's the kind of book you can look at, put down, and pick up again. Very short quotes

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  2. Sue McPeakJanuary 22, 2016 at 9:27 AM

    Real life...all of the things you listed. Will have to check it out.

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    1. JoanneJanuary 22, 2016 at 9:33 AM

      check out the website and you'll get a feel for how interesting it is

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  3. ConnieJanuary 22, 2016 at 12:42 PM

    I've seen a lot of their posts on Facebook. Fascinating portrayals.

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  4. Susan Flett SwiderskiJanuary 22, 2016 at 12:49 PM

    Sounds like a fantastic book! I love stuff like that.

    Have a super weekend, and if you get snow, you've gotta make a snowman, okay? I'll do the same. (We MIGHT get a dusting, so it could take some doing to scrape enough white stuff together, but I'll try!) (But I really hope we don't get any snow at all...)

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    1. JoanneJanuary 23, 2016 at 7:42 AM

      no snow at all in TX. Saturday should be 60s. I worry about my father in PA. Yikes!

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  5. Susan Flett SwiderskiJanuary 22, 2016 at 12:49 PM

    Sounds like a fantastic book! I love stuff like that.

    Have a super weekend, and if you get snow, you've gotta make a snowman, okay? I'll do the same. (We MIGHT get a dusting, so it could take some doing to scrape enough white stuff together, but I'll try!) (But I really hope we don't get any snow at all...)

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