Observations/Inferences for HONY

Observations	Inferences
Photos began in New York but have branched out	The project transcended the idea of capturing snapshots of the people of New and has expanded to capture the lives of people all over the world
All of the photos are portraits	Portraits allow the author to frame the picture in any way he wants and allows the tone to be easily manipulated
Project was originally started as a hobby	The speaker is very passionate about what he does and isn’t in it for fame and money
Originally started on social media	The author wanted his work to be widely available to a variety of people and also wanted it to be easy to find and access
Tone of the photos are varied	This shows that the author wishes to portray different people in different ways in order to make the audience see what he wants them to see. It also reflects the varied nature of the people of the world.
Some photos have stories that are associated with them	the author is trying to use these stories to supplement what his photographs say about the people he is writing about.

What interests me most about the Humans of New York project is how it tells the story of a wide variety of people from around the world. As I see it, people are essentially just a collection of stories and past experiences; the Humans of New York project shares the stories of people, which is essentially allowing the anyone who views the project to gain an, important, although limited, understanding of who the subjects are. This in turn creates a snapshot of the world; almost a mini census of the world's population.