Origins of "Humans of New York" style of photography
October 26, 2014 11:50 AM Subscribe
It occurred to me recently that HONY may have been influenced by Bill Owens' Suburbia project in the '70s, which had a similar approach of photographing strangers and getting a quote from them to accompany the picture. Are there other examples of this technique in art photography?
Also, does it originate with / reference the "man on the street" type section in newspapers where people were all asked the same question about some particular issue/story? When did those start? Are there other precursors?
Also, does it originate with / reference the "man on the street" type section in newspapers where people were all asked the same question about some particular issue/story? When did those start? Are there other precursors?
This doesn't center on photography, but a similar concept has been done in mostly-plain-text form since 1979 by David Greenberger, who collects quotes from residents of a nursing home, and presents them without any other commentary or context, in Duplex Planet. (Wikipedia.)
posted by John Cohen at 12:49 PM on October 26, 2014 [1 favorite]
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