Τον τελευταίο καιρό παρακολουθώ καθημερινά με ενδιαφέρον στο facebook τη σελίδα του site Humans of New York.
Πρόκειται ουσιαστικά για μια φωτοσελίδα η οποία έχει δανειστεί το φόρματ των street photography fashions blogs και το έχει προεκτείνει (εξαιρετικά κατά τη γνώμη μου).
Αντί δηλαδή να επιχειρεί να κατασκευάσει μια ιδεατή απεικόνιση του νεουρκέζικου ανθρωπότυπου μπολιασμένη με όλα τα αναμενόμενα στερεότυπα που βαραίνουν αυτό το brand name επικεντρώνεται στην ανάδειξη των καθημερινών ανθρώπων ανεξαρτήτως επαγγέλματος, κοινωνικού status, ομορφιάς και επιτευγμάτων.
Αυτή η ποικιλομορφία σε συνδυασμό με το coolness της πραγματικής ζωής το οποίο απέχει μίλια από το κατασκευασμένο καθώς και η απουσία σιροπιασμένης urbanology έχω την αίσθηση πως την έχουν κάνει μια από τις πιο επιτυχημένες του είδους της με σχεδόν 900000 friends και χιλιάδες likes καθημερινά κάτω από κάθε φώτο.
Η πόλη, η κάθε πόλη, είναι το κέλυφος στο οποίο ζει και δραστηριοποιείται ο σύγχρονος άνθρωπος. Υπερασπιζόμενοι την αγάπη μας για την πόλη υπερασπιζόμαστε κάτι ανεξήγητα αυθόρμητο.
Το δικαίωμα στην καθημερινή έκπληξη της αληθινής ζωής.
Δεν είναι και λίγο:-)
He wanted to hold her hand so badly.
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"If you could give one piece of advice
to a large group of people, what would it be?"
"Be yourself."
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My ex-girlfriend seemed to love me a lot more than I loved her,
so I made the mistake of thinking I didn't love her."
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Life Is A Gamble
*
"What was the happiest day of your life?"
"When I got this job."
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"When our friends are discussing something, he'll just sit back quietly and observe. So when he finally does say something, it's very considered and carries a lot of weight."
*
"What was the saddest moment of your life?"
"When my good friend died."
"What's the best day you ever spent together?"
"Sitting in the woods, in the fall, skipping rocks."
*
"Where I grew up, everyone called each other 'nigger' all the time. It was meant to be endearing, but I don't think it's healthy. Words have energy. If you were to refer to a child as 'satan' his entire life, how do you think he'd turn out? So I'm trying something new. Whenever I see someone, I refer to them as 'mister' or 'missus.' I'm trying to put that energy onto people."
*
"Instead of focusing on the million things you need to do to be successful, focus on two or three things you can do to move forward each day. The quickest way out of paralysis is a simple daily routine."
*
"Every nickel I have goes to rent and student loans. You know what I eat every day? Half a dozen eggs and four cans of these beans."
*
"I came to America when I was 14. My mother told me that books were too heavy to bring, and I had this crazy idea that I'd never be able to replace them, so I copied all my favorite Russian poems by hand."
*
"61 years today!"
"62."
"61."
"62."
*
I rushed through life. Now I'm relaxing. And I've gotten more out of relaxing than I did out of rushing."
"What were you rushing toward?"
"Achievements."
"Didn't you get satisfaction from your achievements?"
"No. They only caused me to want more achievements."
*
I want to be President of the United States."
"What do you think will be the hardest part about being president?"
"You have to do all your homework."
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"I'm a drag king."
*
"If you could give one piece of advice to a large group of people, what would it be?"
"Eat healthy."
*
"I feel stuck."
"What's keeping you stuck, exactly?"
"If I knew that, I'd be unstuck."
*
"Before it was all about us. Now it's all about him."
*
"What was your first impression of America?"
"I wondered why everyone was rushing."
*
"People need to wake up!"
"From what?"
"The dream."
"What dream?"
"The dream that's keeping everyone from waking up!"
*
"I'm an artist."
"Any advice for someone who wants to be an artist?"
"You either need to be extremely talented or have rich parents."
*
"I'm a kick boxer and I own a restaurant."
"How do those two things relate?"
"They both require maintaining a calm center in the midst of chaos.
*
"This is the third one I've saved."
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