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Wherever I go, I just try to show normal life. If the work helps to dispel stereotypes, it's because I seek not to portray the extremities of a place, but the vast majority of people who are quite normal and are having normal life experiences.

~Brandon Stanton

Topics: Because Experiences Go Having Helps Just Life Life Experiences Majority Normal Normal Life People Place Portray Quite Seek Show Stereotypes Try Vast Vast Majority Wherever Who Work

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I never know what kind of people I'll meet just by stopping to take a photo.

~Brandon Stanton

Topics: Just Kind Know Meet Never People Photo Stopping Take

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It's such a different spectrum of tragedies when you talk to people in developing countries.

~Brandon Stanton

Topics: Countries Developing Developing Countries Different People Spectrum Talk Tragedies You

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I don't want to interview people for the purpose of developing a world view and pushing that on people.

~Brandon Stanton

Topics: Developing Interview People Purpose Pushing View Want World World View

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I am a huge fan of biographies. What I'm always looking for is a story. I want a story I have never heard from anyone else.

~Brandon Stanton

Topics: Always Am Anyone Anyone Else Biographies Else Fan Heard Huge Huge Fan Looking Never Story Want I Am

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You know you are an artist if you appreciate beauty.

~Brandon Stanton

Topics: Appreciate Artist Beauty Know You

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If I had sat around and waited until I had an idea to be a successful photographer, I would still be in finance.

~Brandon Stanton

Topics: Around Finance Had Idea Photographer Sat Still Successful Until Waited Would

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I struck upon this kind of crazy idea that I was going to go to New York and stop 10,000 people on the streets and take their portrait and create kind of a photographic census of the city.

~Brandon Stanton

Topics: Census City Crazy Create Go Going Idea Kind New New York People Photographic Portrait Stop Streets Struck Take York

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It's the rejection that is hard. It's not the interviewing that's hard. It's not the photography that's hard. It's, you know, approaching people all day long and having a good portion of those people reject you and some of them be rude.

~Brandon Stanton

Topics: All Day Approaching Day Good Hard Having Interviewing Know Long People Photography Portion Reject Rejection Rude Some Them Those You

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The interviews have gotten much longer with 'Humans of New York.' When I was first starting, I was just photographing people. And then I went to just kind of including a quote or two. Now when I'm approaching somebody on the street, I'm spending about 30 to 45 minutes with them often.

~Brandon Stanton

Topics: About Approaching First Gotten Humans Including Interviews Just Just Kind Kind Longer Minutes Much New New York Now Often People Photographing Quote Somebody Spending Starting Street Them Then Two York

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Photographer

Born: March 1st, 1984

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