5 Street Photographers to Follow on Facebook
I don’t know about your newsfeed, but street photographers have been overtaking my Facebook newsfeed lately. It’s probably my own doing — I had followed one and it became an addiction. And now I am writing this post so you can have this addiction as well. My rationale is this: Facebook is increasingly becoming a global network for every individual who joins it. I’m friends with people across the globe (thanks to my study abroad experience), but I know very little about their own culture. So following street photographers who updated my newsfeed with interesting and emotional photos daily seemed like a good way to get snippets of various cultures. So here are 5 street photographers to follow on Facebook!
1. Humans of New York
I’ve been following Humans of New York for about 2 months, and it has been a magnificent way to brighten up my day. The creator of HONY posts anything from 3-7 pictures a day, featuring any person he found appealing in any of New York’s boroughs — young, old, in between — and writing a snippet of a conversation that occurred when he took the photo. It’s both inspiring and addicting — an excellent way to waste time! Since then, other fantastic street photography pages have shown up on Facebook. Read on to find out about other street photographers!
2. Souls of San Francisco
This photographer takes a different approach than HONY does. Instead of utilizing the scenery to create a story, Souls of San Francisco focuses on a person’s eyes. As a result, it is typically only a head shot of a person around San Francisco. It’s absolutely breathtaking.
3. Humans of Copenhagen
I have never been to Copenhagen, and it is on my bucket list to go there! These two photographers were inspired by HONY to start Humans of Copenhagen, and it has been a new experience, being treated to a photo a day of individuals in a city I dream to go to. I think it’s really appealing how this page is run by students. And look at that child they photographed above! Who wouldn’t like their Facebook page after seeing that cutie?
4. Humans of Tel Aviv
To be honest, Tel Aviv is a completely foreign world to me. I know very little about it besides what I read on Wikipedia. But that’s what makes the demographic census concept of it so fascinating to me. With HONY, I understood the eclectic culture and really related as a result. With HOTA, I get an educational experience, viewing snippets of Tel Aviv’s culture, shot by shot. Like recently, it was Holocaust Rememberence Day, and the photographer took a shot of a family’s forearms, which had a tattoo of the ID number of their relative who was a Holocaust survivor. Already, I felt a connection. So you see that photo? Click on it and support Humans of Tel Aviv!
5. Humans of Rome
The photographer behind Humans of Rome does an excellent job of story telling. He doesn’t do only posed portraits — there are many candid shots as well, like you can see above. He attaches a detailed story to many of the candid shots that are both insightful and amusing. And plus, it’s Rome! Who wouldn’t want to follow a street photographer around a city like ROME?
P.S. There is another “Humans of” themed Facebook page, Humans of Beirut, but it only has one photo on it so far so I don’t have much to say. I would say that it would be worth it to see where this page is going!
P.P.S. I grabbed all the images from their respective Facebook pages.
P.P.P.S. Since writing this article, I discovered other similarly themed pages! Check out pages dedicated to Humans of Toronto, Humans of Washington DC, Humans of Sydney, and Athens Faces!
Are there any other street photographers to follow on Facebook that you’d like to highlight? Let me know in the comments below!
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Dearbháil
Here is Humans of Dublin: http://www.facebook.com/HumansOfDublin
Please check it out!
Eytan Levi
Dear Pamela,
Yes, there are two Paris projects. We made our project two months before the other page, and we starded the page a week before. There’s absolutely no collaboration, and the guy that do Humans of Paris with me tried to speak with the girl of Humains de Paris, but she locked her …
But we are very active, so come to us ! (http://www.facebook.com/HOPAIP)
Darci
My friend started one in Oklahoma. Here’s the link: http://www.facebook.com/peopleinthetrenches
http://www.facebook.com/CowsOfVermont
I love all of these projects so, so much! This one isn’t people, but it’s awesome.
Human Reading Being and Underground NY Public Library and Humans of Beirut are some of my favorites, along with the original HONY.
Eytan Levi
Hello everybody ! My friend and I have made the Humans of Paris project ! Check it out there : http://www.facebook.com/HOPAIP, and see you on the page
(P.S. Thanks to HONY for his great idea.)
Pamela
I heard there were two Humans of Paris projects! Do your two projects plan on collaborating?
Human Reading Being Steve
I think the great thing about all our street photography projects is how we’re learning from and feeding off each other.
Mine (http://www.facebook.com/HumanReadingBeing) came about simply because I wanted to do something similar for London as Ourit B-H is doing for New York with her http://www.facebook.com/UndergroundNYPL.
All the other Humans of X-City pages have stemmed from, and continue to be influenced by Brandon. It’s a lovely thing to see.
Pamela
The trends are just getting better and better! I’ll definitely check your page out
Carmen E. Pinto
Ticos: Humanos de Costa Rica
A friend of mine started this page a few weeks ago. Only a few photos so far but lots more to come. https://www.facebook.com/TicosCostaRica
Carmen E. Pinto
Ticos: Humanos de Costa Rica – a photographer friend of mine started this page a few weeks ago. Only a few photos so far but lots more to come. https://www.facebook.com/TicosCostaRica
Beiruti Human
Small correction: There are more than one picture on the Humans of Beirut. I suggest you them out
Admin
Thanks for the update, Humans of Beirut! I’ll make the edit now
Ingrid
Check out Humans of Berkeley on Facebook, too!
Pamela
So many “Humans of” pages! I think this is going to be a fantastic trend
Beth Weaver-Kreider
I discovered a new one today: Humans of Asia. Check it out, please!
Pamela
I’m a big fan of the Humans of Asia page. Same creator as Humans of Sydney, no?
Kme
Beau Brashares has a different style and does not post daily, but worth a look.
Admin
Thanks for the recommendation! I’ll definitely give him a look
Lensblr
We did an interview of HONY some days ago. Interview here.
Kathleen Richardson
I’m a longtime HONY fan and recently picked up on those you mentioned. One of my new favorites is Humans of Toronto. Thanks for posting about these FB sites; they all deserve the attention. What a wonderful way to bring people of the world closer together.
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Admin
Oh wow, there is a Humans of Toronto too? That’s so exciting! I am really just overwhelmed by the number of Humans of… that have been popping up!
Jorge Soto
Humans of DC! http://www.facebook.com/humansofthedistrict
Admin
Holy crap, there’s also a Humans of DC?!?! Okay, that’s awesome. My facebook newsfeed is no longer going to be friends, just these street photographers!!
marta
I love HONY! Now I will take a look at these others too.
I recently discovered another NYC photographer. Grittier, but fascinating. I like the pictures and how he lets the subject explain him or herself.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Chris-Arnade-Photography/281993958534617
Pamela
Wow, thanks so much Marta for the recommendation! I’m definitely going to check him out