Brandon Stanton

Brandon Stanton is the writer and photographer behind "Humans of New York," a storytelling platform with over thirty-million followers. He has photographed and interviewed over ten thousand people in forty different countries aroud the world, including extensive series in Iran, Iraq, and Pakistan. During this time he has helped raise over $20 million in support of various causes and individuals that have been featured in his work. In 2013 Time magazine named him one of "30 under 30 Changing the World." In 2015, he became the first social-media creator to be granted an interview in the Oval Office with then President Barack Obama. He is also the author of four #1 New York Times bestselling books, which have sold millions of copies around the world: Humans of New York, Humans of New York: Stories, Humans, and Tanqueray. He is a proud graduate of the University of Georgia.