Humans of New York

[Ego Noir]

"I used to be 260 lbs."
"What triggered the change?"
"I think it just came from me being a competitive guy. My brother used to tease me and call me ‘fat boy.’ So I was like, ‘fukk you. I’m not fat. I’m a skinny guy in a fat body.’"

"I’m trying to find money for African start-ups. But I’m much too African for this cold weather."
"What sort of start-ups?"
"Most of them combine agriculture and mobile technology."
"How do those two things go together?"
"Africa is is an interesting case because it skipped the PC age and went straight to mobile. The economy is still largely based on agriculture, and farmers are beginning to use mobile technology to keep track of weather updates, market prices, and improved farming techniques."

"Who do you love most in this world?"
"God."
"When did you find it most difficult to love God?"
"Childhood."
"Why during childhood?"
"Because I always wondered why things happened to me."
"How long did you wonder why?"
"Until I found God, then I knew why."
"Why?"
"Because people aren’t bad, they’re sick. And sick people do bad things."

I asked what he wanted to be when he grew up.
He screamed: “A benny!”
"What’s a benny?" I asked.
"That’s his name," said his mom.

She was collecting rocks.

 

[Desirous]

I like this guys POV.

Life experience tells me people who say they love everybody is just doing lip service.

And even in that case, somebody who 'loves everybody' if he tells me he loves me does nothing to tell me he loves me as a person. Because a compliment given freely can never be a special compliment.

I love what he said. Love it.

 

[aqualung]

...The satoralist does the same thing........without the corny social commentary...

Corny social commentary? Pedestrian strangers speak about their personal lives and are photographed. That's it. That's all of it.

disclaimer: I like neither NYC nor people very much. Pray for me, y'all.

 

[Ego Noir]

"Do you remember the happiest moment of your life?"
"Impossible to pick one moment."
"Do you remember the saddest moment of your life?"
"Impossible to pick one moment."
"Do you remember the time you felt most afraid?"
"When my ex-girlfriend’s brother tried to kill me."

"I’m a feminist. So if a woman and I are going for the last empty seat on the subway, I’m not holding back."

"You photograph normal people on the street? I go to photography museums, so trust me, if you want to be successful, you must take crazier photos than this. Try photos with naked people."

"I found this guitar on the sidewalk last night. But my girlfriend thinks it has bedbugs. So I’ve got to play outside."

"I had a couple of plans, I felt like my life was going uphill. But by the time I was nineteen, my son was here."

 

[Ego Noir]

Corny social commentary? Pedestrian strangers speak about their personal lives and are photographed. That's it. That's all of it.

disclaimer: I like neither NYC nor people very much. Pray for me, y'all.

It's really just hating. He's posting what these people are responding word for word but get labeled corny?

 

[Trillion]

hahahaha this dude nearly jizzed himself

 

[Trillion]

"She won’t talk to me until I get my shyt together."
“Who’s she?”
“Every man has a She.”

 

[Trillion]

So this is how 28 years old looks in white years? Damn man, they need to find the fountain of youth for that entire race ASAP.

same thing i was thinking hahaha bow wow is like 28

 

[Trillion]

Posters asked for an interview with the photographer so see his perspective. Heres a video he shot 'Humans of New York; Behind the Portraits'. Its a video made when this blog was just starting out

Theres other polished videos out there about him, but this one is the most raw

thank you sir

 

[Trillion]

I had to post this cuz shyt is too true. If I have a non-black on me my brehs would be like "maybe she likes that black dikk bruh" I'm like maybe she thinks I'm fukking handsome breh

People try to fetishize everything it's sickening

reminds me of my friends only when they see you talking to a girl out the norm they think they could do it too ...nah bruh its me

 

[Nefrodamus]

http://www.humansofnewyork.com/post/73981126422/my-wife-is-in-the-hospital-right-now-with-double

"My wife is in the hospital right now with double pneumonia. Her kidneys failed on Wednesday, and she can’t talk anymore. But I know she can hear me. I go in every day and talk into her ear."
"How did you meet her?"
"I was sitting on the stoop just like this. It was 1960. I was fourteen and just sitting on the stoop of my house, and this bodacious girl came up. Big legs, big thighs, and jeans so tight that I didn’t know how she was walking down the road. She came right up and sat on my lap and didn’t leave until the sun went down. A few years later we had a kid. And I stayed with her. It wasn’t always great but I stayed with her.”

 

[Ego Noir]

"What was the happiest moment of your life?"
"When I graduated from basic training in the Air Force."
"What was the toughest part of basic training?"
"Probably just putting mind over matter. Some people take it too personally when they’re getting yelled at. You have to take a step back and say: ‘It’s part of the training. These people don’t know me.’"

"I’m examining my life and trying to figure out where to place my bets."
"What’s the worst bet you’ve ever made?"
"That would be a relationship."
"What happened?"
"I entered into a relationship with a con artist. The thing is— I’m normally very methodical and calculated about things, but I let my desire for companionship override my logic, and I let myself be blinded. He used the pretense of a relationship to gather information about me, and by the time I figured out what was going on, he’d already stolen about $30,000 from me. It also affected my future relationships, of course. You always want to enter a relationship from a position of trust, and I have a hard time doing that now."

"I know this isn’t going to be a popular opinion, but I’m gay, and I don’t think there’s nearly as much discrimination as people claim. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve experienced discrimination. But it hasn’t been a huge factor in my life. I feel like a lot of people bring discrimination on themselves by getting in people’s faces too much. They like to say: ‘Accept me or else!’ They go around demanding respect as a member of a group, instead of earning respect as an individual. And that sort of behavior invites discrimination. I’ve never demanded respect because I was gay, and I haven’t experienced much discrimination when people find out that I am."

"We were talking every day. Then her replies started taking longer. Then she stopped replying all together."

"What’s the most frightened you’ve ever been?"
"The first time I smoked weed, I thought a homeless guy was the Grim Reaper. So I started praying."

 

[Dooby]

http://www.humansofnewyork.com/post/73981126422/my-wife-is-in-the-hospital-right-now-with-double

"My wife is in the hospital right now with double pneumonia. Her kidneys failed on Wednesday, and she can’t talk anymore. But I know she can hear me. I go in every day and talk into her ear."
"How did you meet her?"
"I was sitting on the stoop just like this. It was 1960. I was fourteen and just sitting on the stoop of my house, and this bodacious girl came up. Big legs, big thighs, and jeans so tight that I didn’t know how she was walking down the road. She came right up and sat on my lap and didn’t leave until the sun went down. A few years later we had a kid. And I stayed with her. It wasn’t always great but I stayed with her.”

The fukk...

 

[KinksandCoils]

Keep these going please! One of the GOAT threads

 

[Jesus Is Lord]

I know the first dude in the wheelchair. In the 80's and 90's he played football in Bushwick and he was a dealer. That pic is in Ridgewood, Queens. He's a cool dude.