dickerson: next we turn to brandon stanton a photographer and blogger behind humans of york. it started as a personal photography project six years ago. since then, the presentation of simple but powerful personal reflections has grown into a social media phenomenon and two best selling books. in our political season of division his work was a reminder of our shared humanity. brandon, thank you for being here. and you have interviewed thousands of people. when you took that first photograph what did you set out to do? discovering humans of new york was incremental. i lost my job and was working in chicago and i knew i wanted to be a photographer. i loved taking photos. and i started naturally falling into to taking pictures of people and i would start stopping people and taking their photo. and i had been photographing for a month or two, i knew i did not have a good chance of being the best photographer in the world but maybe i had a chance of being one of the best people in the world stopping random strangers and taking random photographs and it grew from that into a storyt

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dickerson: next we turn to brandon stanton a photographer and blogger behind humans of new york. it started as a personal photography project six years ago. since then, the presentation of simple but powerful personal reflections has grown into a social media phenomenon and two best selling books. in our political season of division his work was a reminder of our shared humanity. brandon, thank you for being here. and you have interviewed thousands of people. when you took that first photograph what did you set out to do? >> well, the process of discovering humans of new york was incremental. i lost my job and was working in chicago and i knew i wanted to be a photographer. i loved taking photos. and i started naturally falling into to taking pictures of people and i would start stopping people and taking their photo. and i had been photographing for a month or two, i knew i did not have a good chance of being the best photographer in the world but maybe i had a chance of being one of the best people in the world stopping random strangers and taking random photographs and it grew

dickerson: next we turn to brandon stanton a photographer and blogger behind humans of new york. it started as a personal photography project six years ago. since then, the presentation of simple but powerful personal reflections has grown into a social media phenomenon and two best selling books. in our political season of division his work was a reminder of our shared h brandon, thank you for being here. and you have interviewed thousands of people. when you took that first photograph what did you set out to do? >> well, the process of discovering humans of new york was incremental. i lost my job and was working in chicago and i knew i wanted to be a photographer. i loved taking photos. and i started naturally falling into to taking pictures of people and i would start stopping people and taking their have a good chance of being the best photographer in the world but maybe i had a chance of being one of the best people in the world stopping random strangers and taking random photographs and it grew from that into a storytelling project where i interviewed the random people that

dickerson: next we turn to brandon stanton a photographer and blogger behind humans of new york. it started as a personal photography project six years ago. since then, the presentation of simple but powerful personal reflections has grown into a social media phenomenon and two best selling books. in our political season of division his work was a reminder of our shared humanity. brandon, thank you for being here. and you have thousands of people. when you took that first photograph what did you set out to do? >> well, the process of discovering humans of new york was incremental. i lost my job and was working in chicago and i knew i wanted to be a photographer. i loved taking photos. and i started naturally falling into to taking pictures of people and i would start stopping people and taking their photo. and i had been photographing for a month or two, i knew i did not best photographer in the world but maybe i had a chance of being one of the best people in the world stopping random strangers and taking random photographs and it grew from that into a storytelling project where

jahana hayes thank you for being dickerson: next we turn to brandon stanton a photographer and blogger behind humans of new york. it started as a personal photography project six years ago. since then, the presentation of simple but powerful personal reflections has grown into a social media phenomenon and two best selling books. in our political season of division his work was a reminder of our shared humanity. brandon, thank you for being here. and you have thousands of people. when you took that first photograph what did you set out to do? >> well, the process of discovering humans of new york was incremental. i lost my job and was working in chicago and i knew i wanted to be a photographer. i loved taking photos. and i started naturally falling into to taking pictures of people and i would start stopping people and taking their photo. and i had been photographing for a month or two, i knew i did not best photographer in the world but maybe i had a chance of being one of the best people in the world stopping random strangers and taking random photographs and it grew from that into a

jahana hayes thank you for being dickerson: next we turn to brandon stanton a photographer and blogger behind humans of new york. it started as a personal photography project six years ago. since then, the presentation of simple but powerful personal reflections has grown into a social media phenomenon and two best selling books. in our political season of division his work was a reminder of our shared humanity. brandon, thank you for being here. and you have interviewed thousands of p when you took that first photograph what did you set out to do? >> well, the process of discovering humans of new york was incremental. i lost my job and was working in chicago and i knew i wanted to be a photographer. i loved taking photos. and i started naturally falling into to taking pictures of people and i would start stopping people and taking their photo. and i had been photographing for a month or two, i knew i did not have a good chance of being the but maybe i had a chance of being one of the best people in the world stopping random strangers and taking random photographs and it grew from that

from new york, new york, please welcome brandon stanton.

from new york, new york, please welcome brandon stanton. [cheers and applause] very good to meet you. [dramatic music] ♪

brandon stanton a photographer and blogger behind humans of new york. it started as a personal photography project six years ago. since then, the presentation of simple but powerful personal reflections has grown into a social media phenomenon and two best selling books. in our political season of division his work was a reminder of our shared humanity. brandon, thank you for being here. and you have interviewed

jahana hayes thank you for being dickerson: next we turn to brandon stanton a photographer and blogger behind humans of new york. it started as a personal photography project six years ago. since then, the presentation of simple but powerful personal reflections has grown into a social media phenomenon and two best selling books. in our political season of division his work was a reminder of our shared humanity. brandon, thank you for being here. and you have interviewed thousands of people. photograph what did you set out to do? >> well, the process of discovering humans of new york was incremental. i lost my job and was working in chicago and i knew i wanted to be a photographer. i loved taking photos. and i started naturally falling into to taking pictures of people and i would start stopping people and taking their photo. and i had been photographing for a month or two, i knew i did not have a good chance of being the but maybe i had a chance of being one of the best people in the world stopping random strangers and taking random photographs and it grew from that into a storytellin

from new york, new york, please welcome brandon stanton. [cheers and applause] very good to meet you. [dramatic music]

., are bob stanton, former director of the national park service. spent his life in conservation of american history. even though he is retired, you are still involved in all this. >> i'm working on it. >> and brandon bies, with the national park service and has the big task of restoring this place. if someone walked in now, it looks a little ragged around the edges. one day david rubenstein, co-founder of the carlisle group, is very wealthy man who has become quite a philanthropist in washington, walked in here and what did he do? >> he walked in here and saw the same thing. fortunately for us, he contacted the director of the national park service and said, this is a really significant historic home for america, the stories that it tells. how can i help? ultimately, he wanted to make this place perfect and asked us what did we need. so we were incredibly fortunate that we were able to really tailor our specific needs for all kinds of things for the museum objects and for telling the story and the physical fix not just to the building but to the gr