This is an excellent book and a true evolution or step beyond on the previous art photography books of the series before now, as Brandon Stanton says in the introduction to this book, it is now not just about shots of people and a sentence but their speaking at greater length.
Stanton does a great job of selection and arrangement of the pictures and stories in the book too, so a natural flow and pace is established with each new picture and the tales which accompany it. The book as a result is highly readable and not simply an interesting table book (not that I would depreciate any of the previous books in contrast to this one, every one of them exudes a humanity, warmth and interest, a certain spirit, when this real begins to resonate with the reader it is not difficult to see how Stanton was considered one of the top thirty beneath thirty among creatives).
In particular I thought the placing of pictures of Obama and his own hopeful thinking next to a more joe average character and his much, much more pessimistic thinking was interesting, though that is only one example, I liked pretty much everything this book had to offer. Recommended.
What Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Page 1 of 1 Start overPage 1 of 1
Top reviews from other countries
Lark
Humans of New York in Evolution
Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 2 July 2016Verified Purchase
pumpkin
Brilliant book to dip into
Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 21 December 2020Verified Purchase
O'Brian
Love It
Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 23 July 2020Verified Purchase
Yannis
Amazing life lessons from the eyes of everyday people that ...
Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 20 September 2017Verified Purchase
J. Marshall
Very nice quality book.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 29 December 2015Verified Purchase
