Saturday, October 10, 2015

HONY Observations and Inferences

Observations:
-Brandon Stanton is the speaker
-He takes pictures of people in New York and eventually other parts of the world
-These pictures are accompanied by small stories from the subject's life.
-This is posted to a website, but also forms of social media like Tumblr and Facebook as well as a book.
-They are available for all the public to see, and the aimed audience is just that.
-The tones vary wildly depending on the story given.

Inferences:
-Brandon Stanton is attempting to express ideas in an artistic manner.
-The pictures are not candid, but posed, allowing Stanton to manipulate the atmosphere.
-The subjects come from a wide variety of backgrounds.
-Stanton attempts to capture diversity within his postings.
-Stanton wants to show his works to the entire world.
-Stanton uses the stories and photos together to compliment one another.

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