SOAPSTone Humans of New York

Humans of New York is popular photo blog by Brandon Stanton that began in 2010 and soon erupted in mass media. Brandon Stanton began his blog by planning to photograph 10,000 New Yorkers and plot their photos on a map. Over some time, Stanton began collecting quotes and short stories from the people he met and placed them beside the photographs he posted. Eventually his blog received over 14.6 million followers on Facebook and 3.7 million followers in Instagram. Stanton’s blog has completely overtaken all aspects of social media. The speaker of the photo blog is Brandon Stanton himself because he is the one taking the photographs and interviews and publishing them. The occasion are objects, events, or people that people see in everyday life but don’t take time to notice the significant beauty of the moments. In a video on Tumblr, Stanton stated, “I try and photograph things that make me happy and I guess my still pictures makes others happy as well.” The audience for his blog are people in the United States who are connected to any social media. Those who watch television, use the internet, or even have an iPhone can easily hear about this blog.The purpose of the photo blog is to focus on beauty in the world that is easily overlooked. It is also to share people’s personal stories and celebrate each and every individual. The subject of the blog is the people’s personal stories. Last, the tone of the blog is deep, personal, amazing, and  directs people to appreciate each other more.