in the summer of 2010 photographer brandon stanton began an ambitious project to singlehandedly create a photographic census of new york city the photos he took and the accompanying interviews became the blog humans of new york in the first three years his audience steadily grew from a few hundred to over one million in 2013 his book humans of new york based on that blog was published and immediately catapulted to the top of the ny times bestseller list it has appeared on that list for over twentyfive weeks to date the appeal of hony has been so great that in the course of the next year brandons following increased tenfold to now over 12 million followers on facebook in the summer of 2014 the un chose him to travel around the world on a goodwill mission that had followers meeting people from iraq to ukraine to mexico city via the photos he tooknow brandon is back with the follow up to humans of new york that his loyal followers have been waiting for humans of new york stories ever since brandon began interviewing people on the streets of ny the dialogue hes had with them has increasingly become as indepth intriguing and moving as the photos themselves humans of new york stories presents a whole new group of humans complete with stories that delve deeper and surprise with greater candour