The stories of HONY remind me of my purpose every day, a self-awareness that's inspired by the shared snippets of stories that have helped me continuously reflect on my own life. They always seem to remind me, not to take any moment of my life for granted. One can't help but feel a sense of camaraderie when realising that sometimes we are all just fighting the same battles, and we actually have similar hopes and desires.
With HONY, we are finally able to understand that we are all just a bunch of scared and sometimes confused people, scrambling to make sense of this difficult and beautiful thing, called life. HONY has zoomed in on very diverse kinds of people, who can still somehow resemble some part of all of us, exposing our deepest yearning of becoming better people, a universal struggle that I've discovered goes beyond any race or gender.
When I decided to expand my interest in HONY by reading the book, I expected that the book would be based on stories captured before my time as a follower. I was really excited to introduce myself to more of photographer Brandon Stanton's great work.
It didn't surprise me that the first book is more focused on the pictures. In the foreword, it gives the background story of how Humans of New York came into existence, and Brandon explains that the captions that go with the pictures now, only became an addition later on in the journey.
We really can't run away from the fact that even though Humans of New York is the creative birth of a photographer, the combination of both story and picture has contributed to the incredible success of what HONY is today.
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