Brandon Stanton Quotes

United States, Author
March 1, 1984

Brandon Stanton is an American author, photographer, and blogger. He is known as the author of the Humans of New York book, as one of Time's "30 Under 30 People Changing The World," and the founder of Humans of New York, a photojournalistic work that has over 18.1 million likes on Facebook and around 8.2 million followers on Instagram as of October 2018.

Also known as Photographer, Blogger

The only things I make money on are speeches and books.

Brandon Stanton
- Money
In July of 2010, I lost my finance job in Chicago. Instead of updating my resume and looking for a similar job, I decided to forget about money and have a go at something I truly enjoyed. I'd purchased a semi-professional camera earlier that year and spent my free time taking photos in downtown Chicago.

Brandon Stanton
- Time
- Money
- Job

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

Brandon Stanton
- People
- Moments
- Powerful
When I meet somebody in the street who knows about 'Humans of New York,' a lot of times they might have a scripted answer, and that scripted answer is the first thing to come out of their mouth.

Brandon Stanton
The media chooses to portray the most extreme and violent aspects of a place. I do the opposite and portray the normality.

Brandon Stanton
New York is a giant place and no matter how big you get, there's still going to be a ton of people who haven't heard of you.

Brandon Stanton
- People
The fact that people are so willing to disclose (deeply personal issues in their lives) shows you how much we avoid talking about these very serious issues in our everyday lives,

Brandon Stanton
- People
- Serious
- Everyday
A lot of the children I photograph are extremely colorfully dressed in some way. But I also find a lot of kids with outsized personalities or who happen to be doing something charming.

Brandon Stanton
- Children
- Kids

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
- Help
When you say journalist, it's like oh - how many sources have you fact checked? When you say photographer - it's, why are your photos a little bit out of focus? The answer is because I don't care. I like to call myself a storyteller so I don't have to worry about other people's definition of what correct work is.

Brandon Stanton
- People
- Work
- Why