Brandon Stanton launched the photo series Humans of New York three years ago . His work is popular on Tumblr and Facebook , and it features short stories with images . Stanton , who grew up outside Atlanta , says he has refined his approach to focus on storytelling in the few years since Humans of New York took off on Tumblr . The photos are often accompanied by text that explains what they mean or why people should care about them. Next year , Stanton will be publishing a children 's book , `` Little Humans ''
Brandon Stanton launched the photo series Humans of New York three years ago . His work is popular on Tumblr and Facebook , and it features short stories with images . The photos are often accompanied by text that explains what they mean or why people should care about them. Next year , Stanton will be publishing a children 's book , `` Little Humans ''