Brandon Stanton is an American photographer and blogger with a decent net worth
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Brandon Stanton, the founder of Humans of New York, recently expressed his displeasure with the behavior of the Indian storytelling firm Humans of Bombay on X (formerly Twitter).
The 39-year-old Stanton publicly attacked the business for bringing legal action against another storytelling site and claimed that they had copied his own idea. In his tweet, Brandon wrote,
I’ve stayed quiet on the appropriation of my work because I think @HumansOfBombay shares important stories, even if they’ve monetized far past anything I’d feel comfortable doing on HONY. But you can’t be suing people for what I’ve forgiven you for.
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Similar to Humans of New York, Karishma Mehta started Humans of Bombay as a Facebook Page in 2014. Since then, it has grown in popularity and fan base. However, Humans of Bombay recently filed a lawsuit against ‘People of India,’ for alleged copyright infringement.
Brandon Stanton did not support this move and said that people should refrain from suing others for something he had previously pardoned, namely, emulating Humans of New York. Meanwhile, the Humans of Bombay also do not shy away from taking part in an online spat. In their X post, Humans of Bombay reacted to Brandon’s allegations.
🚨A thread 🧵 on controversy between Humans of Bombay, People of India, and Humans of New York:
– In 2010, Brandon Stanton started Humans of New York (HONY), a photoblog that features stories of people in New York City, USA. HONY became a global phenomenon and inspired many… pic.twitter.com/JfxJTlyzE9
— Aspirant (@aspirantsblog) September 24, 2023
Since then, Brandon has become the talk of the town with many people trying to find out more about him. So, here’s what we know about him:
Who is Brandon Stanton?
Brandon Stanton is a well-known American author, photographer, and blogger.
He was born on 1 March 1984 in Marietta, Georgia, United States. He did his schooling at The Walker School. Later on, at the University of Georgia, he majored in history.
He is currently 39 years old.
His career
In 2010, Brandon Stanton purchased a camera and began documenting individuals in downtown Chicago on the weekends while working as a bond trader in Chicago. He relocated to New York City after quitting his job in order to focus only on photography. Stanton wanted to record the whereabouts of 10,000 New Yorkers and take their pictures.
He shared his work on the Humans of New York Facebook page, which he launched in November 2010. Simple photographs that he started with turned into stories as he added captions and quotations, which finally led to thorough interviews.
In October 2013, Brandon Stanton released the book “Humans of New York,” which gained a multitude of favorable reviews and 30,000 preorders. His influence went beyond photography, and in December 2013, Time magazine named him one of the “30 Under 30 People Changing The World.”
I've stayed quiet on the appropriation of my work because I think @HumansOfBombay shares important stories, even if they've monetized far past anything I'd feel comfortable doing on HONY. But you can't be suing people for what I've forgiven you for. https://t.co/0jZM05YyTt
— Brandon Stanton (@humansofny) September 23, 2023
Net worth of Brandon Stanton
He has an estimated net worth of about $8.5-10 million.