An online collection of photographs of
the people of New York City, Humans of New York shows how our
experiences influence our Ideals. The photographs themselves depict
the 'interesting' people the photographer felt worthy of capturing
with his camera. The comments of the viewers also shows which forms
they consider closest to Ideal, and how certain traits make up the
collective human Ideal. For instance, there are consistently comments
on the 'cute' factor of a smiling older man, leading it to seem that
our Ideal older gentleman has a happy countenance. The website
depicts hundreds of such examples of semi-universal Ideals based off
a collective opinion of hundreds of comments. The images have many
shared qualities that combine to form an Ideal 'Human of New York': a
stylish, happy person with a unique quirk that marks them as
extraordinary. An Ideal 'Human of New York' made up of hundreds of
singular experiences.
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