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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.

~Brandon Stanton

Topics: Biggest Comfortable Forward Get Help Learned Lessons Lessons Learned Losses Move Risks Setbacks Take Taking Trader Two You

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The most pivotal moments in people's lives revolve around emotions. Emotions make stories powerful.

~Brandon Stanton

Topics: Around Emotions Lives Make Moments Most People Pivotal Powerful Revolve Stories

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I always say that my favorite people to interview are the people who are at the beginning and the ends of their lives because they have two alternate perspectives of the world, and neither of them are less profound.

~Brandon Stanton

Topics: Alternate Always Because Beginning Ends Favorite Favorite People Interview Less Lives Neither People Perspectives Profound Say Them Two Who World

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I think everyone feels alone in their sadness, and there's a certain value to hearing other people's sad stories.

~Brandon Stanton

Topics: Alone Certain Everyone Feels Hearing Other People Sad Sadness Stories Think Value I Think

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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.

~Brandon Stanton

Topics: About Before Central Central Park Come Could Different Different Story Divorce Each Eyes Families Get Go Horror Horror Movie Interviewing Many Movie Park Paying People Person Refugees Seeing So Many People Story Talk Talking Then Third Tuition You

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I've always felt like an artistic person. I can't draw or paint or sculpt. I never really had technical skills, but I've always felt like I appreciate really beautiful things, and part of taking a good photograph is being able to recognize beauty.

~Brandon Stanton

Topics: Able Always Appreciate Artistic Beautiful Beautiful Things Beauty Being Draw Felt Good Had Like Never Paint Part Person Photograph Really Recognize Sculpt Skills Taking Technical Things

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'Humans of New York' did not result from a flash on inspiration. It grew from five years of experimenting, tinkering, and messing up.

~Brandon Stanton

Topics: Did Experimenting Five Flash Grew Humans Inspiration Messing New New York Result Up Years York

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Each time I arrived in a new city, I'd get lost in the streets and photograph everything that looked interesting, taking nearly a thousand photographs every day. After each day of shooting, I'd select 30 or 40 of my favorite photographs and post them on Facebook. I named the albums after my first impression of each city.

~Brandon Stanton

Topics: After Albums Arrived City Day Each Each Day Each Time Every Every Day Everything Facebook Favorite First First Impression Get Impression Interesting Looked Lost Named Nearly New Photograph Photographs Post Select Shooting Streets Taking Them Thousand Time

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I am interviewing people with a spirit of genuine interest and compassion, and therefore, the general tone of the site is one of genuine interest and compassion. The moment that culture changes, 'Humans of New York' is no longer viable.

~Brandon Stanton

Topics: Am Changes Compassion Culture General Genuine Humans Interest Interviewing Longer Moment New New York People Site Spirit Therefore Tone Viable York I Am

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Interviewing someone is a very proactive process and requires taking a lot of agency into your own hands to get past people's general normal self-preservation mode.

~Brandon Stanton

Topics: Agency General Get Hands Interviewing Lot Mode Normal Own Past People Proactive Process Requires Self-Preservation Someone Taking Very Your

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Photographer

Born: March 1st, 1984

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