- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Past
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- Nov 07, 2020
Interviewing someone is a very proactive process and requires taking a lot of agency into your own hands to get past people's general normal self-preservation mode.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
My interviews are very pointed. I'm an active participant; I will kindly interrupt people. But I've learned there is nothing people won't tell you if you ask in a compassionate and legitimately interested way.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
The only things I make money on are speeches and books.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Humans of New York' wasn't the result of a fully finished idea that I thought of and then executed; it was an evolution. There were hundreds of tiny evolutions that came from me loving photography.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Somebody's willingness to let me photograph them, and willingness to tell me a story, has nothing to do with the words I say. It all has to do with the energy I'm giving off, which hopefully is very genuine, very interested energy. It's just two people having a conversation in the street. I think that's where genuine content comes from.
- Eyes
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was making projections about 'Humans of New York,' back when I had zero followers, that made all my friends and family roll their eyes. I'd throw out these huge numbers: 'One day, a million people are gonna be looking at this. Trust me.' And even those wild, wild numbers I was throwing out have just been smashed. So, it's a good feeling.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Humans of New York' is basically somebody walking up to absolute strangers on the street every day and, within minutes, talking with them about very personal things. Some things they haven't even told their best friends or family members.
- Appreciate
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always felt like an artistic person. I can't draw or paint or sculpt. I never really had technical skills, but I've always felt like I appreciate really beautiful things, and part of taking a good photograph is being able to recognize beauty.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think everyone feels alone in their sadness, and there's a certain value to hearing other people's sad stories.
- Learning
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think there's any better education than learning the intimate details of the lives of people who you most admire.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
As an artist in the 21st century, my two goals are to make the best work that I can, improve as much as I can, and to distribute that work as far as I can.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
It seems that everywhere I go, people want the same things - security, education, family. It's just that so many people have no avenues through which to obtain these things.
- Places
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- Nov 07, 2020
Of all the places I've been, India is the one that's on the top of my list to return to.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never buy plane tickets out of a country until I'm in the country, so I get on the ground, figure out what I need, where I'm going, how much time I need, and schedule as I go along.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020