Brandon Stanton: Biography in Details
Who is Brandon Stanton?
Brandon Stanton is an author, photographer, as well as a blogger. He has written the Humans of New York book, as one of Time’s “30 Under 30 People Changing The World”.
In 2010, he had taken hundreds of portraits of people living and working primarily in New York City.
Who are the parents of Brandon Stanton?
Brandon Stanton was born on 1st March 1984 in Marietta, Georgia. Besides this, he hasn’t mentioned any kind of information regarding his father, mother, and ethnicity.
When he was young, he studied at The Walker School in 2002 and then joined the University of Georgia, where he took a major in history.
He then bought a camera from Chicago in 2010 and started taking photographs on the weekends.
Brandon Stanton: Career, Profession Life
Brandon Stanton started his career when he lost his job and decided to pursue photography full-time. In 2010, he started to shift his photograph on social sites like Facebook.
When he posted a photo of a woman including a quote from her, he soon began adding captions and quotes to his photographs, which eventually evolved into full interviews.
Then in 2013, his first new Humans of New York book was published and received good reviews.
From this, he sold 30,000 copies as well as reached achieved 1st position on The New York Times Non-Fiction Best Sellers.
Likewise, Brandon Stanton had traveled to the Middle East to photograph people as part of a 50-day trip through 10 countries in the Us.
The next year he traveled to Pakistan and again to Iran to do the same. He was also invited to the Oval Office to interview President Barack Obama in the same year. There he had raised $1.4 million.
In 2016, Brandon Stanton opposed Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. He had criticized Trump on social media for hateful speech.
From this, he raised over 1.6 million likes and shared nearly 1 million times on Facebook.
Similarly, Brandon Stanton had also posted stories and photos from the Pediatrics Department of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. From this, he raised over $3.8 million for pediatric cancer research.
Achievements and awards
Brandon Stanton has achieved 3 awards. He won the People’s Voice Award, Best Use of Photography category, 2013 Webby Award for Humans of New York, Time magazine placed him in its list of “30 Under 30 World Changers” in 2013, and the James Joyce Award from the Literary and Historical Society (L&H) of University College Dublin (UCD) in 2014.
How much does Brandon Stanton earn?
Brandon Stanton hasn’t mentioned his salary but Brandon Stanton’s net worth is $8.5 million as of 2023.
Brandon Stanton: Rumors, Controversy
Unlike other photographers, Brandon Stanton hasn’t suffered from any kind of rumors or controversy.
Body measurements: Height, Weight
Brandon Stanton has a height of 6 ft 1 inch and his weight is 80kg. His hair color and eye color both are brown.
Social Media
Brandon Stanton is just active on Twitter and has over 816k followers. He does not use Facebook or Instagram.
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