Over the last decade, social media users have come across many photo blog pages that tell stories of people from a 바카라human바카라 angle in an otherwise distorted depiction of reality. One of the most popular versions of these human stories is 바카라Humans of New York바카라 바카라 a collection of street portraits and interviews from the streets of New York City 바카라 started by photographer Brandon Stanton. The concept became so popular and loved that it had several spinoffs around the world, including two very prominent ones 바카라 바카라Humans of Amsterdam바카라 and 바카라Humans of Bombay바카라.
While Stanton has largely celebrated the presence of 바카라Humans of바카라바카라 spinoffs around the world, recently, he came out in criticism of the apparent double standard of 바카라Humans of Bombay바카라 (HOB), created by Karishma Mehta, after she sued a local competitor, People of India, for copyright infringement. Stanton accused the account of 바카라appropriation바카라 and using his empathy-driven storytelling format for monetary gains.
Humans of New York (HONY) was founded in 2010 by Stanton shortly after he moved to New York City, losing his job as a bond trader in Chicago. The 39-year-old self-taught photographer had a goal of taking pictures of 10,000 people on the streets of the city he now called home. Initially, he used to click portraits and upload them on his blog every day. By year two, he slowly started adding short captions to it. Suddenly, people started noticing Stanton바카라s blog; the tiny bit of context he used to give resonated with his growing audience.
An Internet Sensation
Stanton started sharing his photos with captions on his 바카라Humans of New York바카라 Facebook page. And every photo he shared used to get him tens of thousands of likes. What really connected with the mass was his unique approach to the study of humanity 바카라 the raw human experience in all its shades of struggles, fears, hopes and dreams 바카라 that offered an amazing guide to creating a social media frenzy with real stories. He started adding small quotes in his captions that eventually evolved into full interviews.
Stanton went viral. Even an accidental status change on his Facebook page to just 바카라Q바카라 once got him nearly 100 likes within minutes. His storytelling approach started being imitated by users around the world, he did not contest it. In 2013, he published his book titled 바카라Humans of New York바카라 which sold 30,000 copies as preorders and reached the No. 1 position on The New York Times Non-Fiction Best Sellers. In December that year, Stanton was named one of Time magazine's "30 Under 30 People Changing the World".
Thirteen years later, he has 17 million followers on Facebook and 12 million followers on Instagram.
Stanton started travelling elsewhere in America with his camera including Boston, San Francisco, Austin, and even around the world. In 2014, he took on a 50-day trip through 10 countries in the Middle East with the United Nations. In 2015, he travelled to Pakistan and Iran. He also traveled to Europe with UNHCR where he studied war zones and migrant crises. In a lot of his trips, Stanton started crowdfunding campaigns to help various charities.
In January 2015, he was invited to the Oval Office to interview President Barack Obama. The next year, Stanton opposed Donald Trump's presidential campaign over hateful speech. His Facebook post criticising Trump had over 1.6 million likes and was shared nearly 1 million times.
A Simple Goal
In many interviews, Stanton has emphasised how his goal was simply to chase his passion and tell stories of normal people through his photos. Stanton바카라s journey with photography speaks for thousands of people who leave their jobs behind to turn their hobbies into full-time careers.
In an interview to BBC, Stanton said, 바카라If I had one goal, it would be that a large amount of people appreciated what I devoted my life to.바카라
Speaking to NPR바카라s Michel Martin on why he thinks his stories connect with people, Stanton said, 바카라I think that if you ask with a genuine interest and a genuine curiosity and a level of compassion, there's very little that someone won't share with you.바카라
He said that some of the HONY stories are 바카라very personal and very revealing바카라 but the discomfort with sharing tends to be overridden by the appreciation they get from distilling their life experiences into a story and sharing it with other people.
In the latest controversy with 바카라Humans Of Bombay바카라, which filed a lawsuit against 바카라People of India바카라 calling it an "identical portal/service", Stanton criticised Karishma Mehta. He said he does not identify with anyone who is 바카라creating a certain lifestyle for themselves바카라.
The case drew global attention after Stanton commented on the news saying, 바카라You can't be suing people for what I've forgiven you for." He said that he has stayed quiet on 바카라the appropriation of my work바카라 because he felt HOB shared important stories 바카라even if they've monetized far past anything I'd feel comfortable doing on HONY바카라.
Throughout the years, Stanton바카라s approach to HONY has never appeared as a business model. Even if he has tied up with the UN or others, they have had a charitable approach with the main motive of telling stories of people.
HOB clarified in a post on X that it was "grateful" to HONY and Stanton for "starting this storytelling movement". Mehta바카라s team also said that the lawsuit was "not about storytelling at all" but related to the intellectual property of its posts. But Stanton issued a statement on Monday, saying 바카라For the last thirteen years I haven바카라t received a penny for a single story told on Humans of New York, despite many millions offered.바카라
바카라Beautiful art can make money, there is nothing wrong with that. But when art begins with a prift motive, it ceases to become art,바카라 he said, adding that he does not identify with anyone who is using it for 바카라creating a certain lifestyle for themselves바카라.
Mehta has admitted in past interviews, that the platform functioned as a business and ran on ads. She also admitted to collaborations with brands like Amazon, Unilever and WhatsApp for campaigns. She has previously been criticised for running a five-part interview of Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of 2019 general elections.
