Brandon Stanton (L), creator of the Humans of New York blog, shows an image he took of a man named Carl February 22, 2013 across the street from Union Square in New York. Some like New York's skyscrapers, bridges, his energy, taxis or lights. But Brandon Stanton has set himself another challenge: photograph of 10,000 inhabitants for a blog now famous "Humans of New York." In two years, he has photographed 5,000 New Yorkers, children leaving school, tramps, fashionistas, New York with a bouquet of tulips, old lady with a cane, municipal employees, etc. And nearly 560,000 fans now follow his Facebook page.AFP PHOTO/Stan HONDA (Photo credit should read STAN HONDA/AFP via Getty Images).
Most photography careers begin with a camera. Brandon Stanton's began with a pink slip.
In 2010, the 26-year-old was working as a bond trader in Chicago. He'd recently bought his first camera, a Canon EOS 7D, and started taking photographs in downtown at the weekends. Then he lost the job. But rather than see it as a setback, he treated it as a starting gun.
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