“Humans of New York”
Hey guys, just wanted to share something that I think is quite appropriate for our class. Here is the link for the project, “Humans of New York.”
Here is the description (taken from the website):
Humans of New York is a multi-year project to construct a photographic census of the city of New York. The team consists of one man, who walks the streets several hours a day, looking for interesting people, and taking their photograph. Currently, the project is in the gathering phase. Nearly 1,400 portraits have been collected thus far. The goal is 10,000. Photos are uploaded as they are collected, and arranged by date. When a substantial body of portraits has been gathered, they will be grouped by neighborhood and displayed geographically. Upon completion, an interactive map will show every neighborhood in New York through the faces of its inhabitants.
I really think that everyone should check out this website. There’s a lot of great stories out there that we probably don’t even know exists. I also think it’s pretty cool that they’re going to put up an interactive map after the completion of the project; though I guess it can never really be completed since there are just so many faces of New Yorkers.
It has given me a lot of inspiration for our multimedia project, because I know that for a lot of these people, I would have probably never thought of approaching them.
One of my favorite stories is about the traveling girl with her dog; the story is called “The Road Dog.” If any of you guys have time to have a look, I want to know this: what are your favorite stories?
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