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Brandon Stanton, a photographer, started Humans of New York as a way to show people who followed his social media accounts the stories that every person has. He takes portraits of various people who he meets and then recounts some of their stories. This project started out as a hobby for him, but quickly evolved into a way that people could see a snapshot of society and learn about what makes the ordinary people who populate the world so special. The stories of the people who are photographed are varied in content and tone; some are stories of incredible endurance, some are joyful, and some are tales of sadness; but because of his project, Stanton has been able to share these stories with the world and has increased people's understanding of what happens in the world.

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