Picture perfect! Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder and as a professional photographer our whole exitance is to capture the beauty of an image. And while I appreciate, Brandon Stanton vision I strongly disagree with his excessive use of sentiment to attract his audience. At his best his images are ‘street photography’. And his capture is fetishized.
Author, Photograph, Blogger- Brandon Stanton started this journey with the attempt to photograph 10,000 New Yorkers. He took his success to Facebook posting, pictures of men, women, and children with sentimental caption’s he clams this inspired him to start adding quotes which led to full interviews to all his social media images. And well he has had a (New York Times) best seller in 2013 it still leaves one to wonder how something that is perceived so positive can still leave one so unsatisfied. Going to Google to view the site I type in humansofnewyork instagram page and choose http://www.instagram.com/humanofny. Once on the page I randomly pick through the images to get a feel for the site. Undirecting my attention in the …show more content…
In this image sit a black woman only revealing her hands she wears a blue jean jacket and khaki colored pants and, on her lap sat a large colorful pock a dot bag where her hands where displayed. Tapping on her picture the caption discloses yet again a tear jerking story. Of how her husband became abusive her after herself, her husband and children moved from Keyna to the United State. Seeing the hurt in her loved one eye she realizes that the abuse wasn’t only hurting her but her loved ones as well. Finally seeing the light, she moves on and now she in a happy and loving relationship. I don’t know is it just me or do you feel you’ve read this somewhere or maybe even lived it yourself. and not to forget about the image it again shows lack of security by only showing presentation of her dry worn out