humansofnewyork:

“Do you mind if I ask what you’re writing?”

“It’s a poem about all kinds of love.”

“Are you in love now?”

“I am. It’s only been a few weeks. It’s a very happy sort of love.”

“Is this the first time you’ve been in love?”

“It’s the second, actually. My first love died unexpectedly of complications from routine surgery. That was a very tragic sort of love.”

humansofnewyork:

The whole family was deaf, so the transaction was conducted in a language of smiles.

What a beautiful family. :)

humansofnewyork:

This was so cool for me. Yesterday I had the honor of being photographed by master photographer Jill Enfield. She uses the same method that was used to take portraits of soldiers back in the civil war. The process is called Wet Collodion, and involves carrying around a portable darkroom. After the photo is taken, Jill instantly uses a special mix of chemicals to develop the photo on a piece of glass. 

Recently she’s used this method in a series called The New Immigrants, where she takes portraits of recent immigrants to the United States. She explains: “Using this method to document recent immigrants helps to show that they are no less brave than those who came over on boats 150 years ago.”

Check out this short, time-lapse video of Jill in action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgDtAa-6Zvs

humansofnewyork:

“I design costumes.”
“What’s the coolest costume you’ve ever designed?”
“Has to be the break dancing polar bear.”

humansofnewyork:

Let’s start this day off right.

And by right I mean BABY. 

humansofnewyork:

This man was sitting next to me on the subway today, asking me very technical questions about my camera. 

I said: “You seem to know more about my camera than I do.”

He made this face, and said: “Well, I did invent the world’s largest x-ray focusing telescope when scientists around the world were claiming it could not be done.”