“Earth Without Art is Just ‘Eh’” -author unknown
“There is something especially magical about framing these moments of stillness and of absolute attention to the individual amidst this bustling city of millions, a city that never sleeps and never stops.” These are the words which with Maria Popova begins her article Humans of New York: A Vibrant Photographic Census of Diversity and Dignity.
The continuation of her article goes in detail about Brandon Stanton, the creator of Humans of New York photography. First she describes how he got to being the world known photographer who began the Humans of New York facebook page and authored the best selling novel of the same title. She goes on to expound on how emotionally influencing his photographs …show more content…
It is not simply pretty. It is a person with a heartbeat. And in some ways, we’re not all so different as we think. In many ways, her article reflects not only the importance of stories and photography, but the importance of art in general, and the effects it can have upon the …show more content…
“This is who I am.” “These are my thoughts.” “This is the way my mind works.” “This is me.” “I.” But where did you go? While we were all so busy trying to express ourselves, when did we forget about everyone around us? When was the last time we stopped for a moment to think about how we would express someone else? What would they look like if we painted their picture? Took a photograph? Wrote a hundred words? What kind of beauty could we capture, if we stopped trying to capture “I” and thought more about the world around us? What beauty are we missing out on? What would change if we stopped for a minute and asked about someone else’s story? What would change if we stopped seeing everyone around us as “just another face” and saw them as a person who has a story and a life just like we do? Art is meant to have meaning. When you look at a piece of art without knowing the context it can never mean as much as it will when there’s a story behind it. A person behind it. But maybe self expression isn’t always the best release. Maybe it’s time we put a little less “me” and a little more “them.” In today’s society we are encourage to think about ourselves so much. We are told to be ourselves, learn who we are, do what makes us happy. This has been expressed in much of this age’s art, and I believe that has subtracted some of the meaning art once had.
Popova brings out in her article that Brandon Stanton is
“There is something especially magical about framing these moments of stillness and of absolute attention to the individual amidst this bustling city of millions, a city that never sleeps and never stops.” These are the words which with Maria Popova begins her article Humans of New York: A Vibrant Photographic Census of Diversity and Dignity.
The continuation of her article goes in detail about Brandon Stanton, the creator of Humans of New York photography. First she describes how he got to being the world known photographer who began the Humans of New York facebook page and authored the best selling novel of the same title. She goes on to expound on how emotionally influencing his photographs …show more content…
It is not simply pretty. It is a person with a heartbeat. And in some ways, we’re not all so different as we think. In many ways, her article reflects not only the importance of stories and photography, but the importance of art in general, and the effects it can have upon the …show more content…
“This is who I am.” “These are my thoughts.” “This is the way my mind works.” “This is me.” “I.” But where did you go? While we were all so busy trying to express ourselves, when did we forget about everyone around us? When was the last time we stopped for a moment to think about how we would express someone else? What would they look like if we painted their picture? Took a photograph? Wrote a hundred words? What kind of beauty could we capture, if we stopped trying to capture “I” and thought more about the world around us? What beauty are we missing out on? What would change if we stopped for a minute and asked about someone else’s story? What would change if we stopped seeing everyone around us as “just another face” and saw them as a person who has a story and a life just like we do? Art is meant to have meaning. When you look at a piece of art without knowing the context it can never mean as much as it will when there’s a story behind it. A person behind it. But maybe self expression isn’t always the best release. Maybe it’s time we put a little less “me” and a little more “them.” In today’s society we are encourage to think about ourselves so much. We are told to be ourselves, learn who we are, do what makes us happy. This has been expressed in much of this age’s art, and I believe that has subtracted some of the meaning art once had.
Popova brings out in her article that Brandon Stanton is