Brandon Stanton's Wonderful Humans Of New York Blog...

I got my first glimpse into Humans Of New York on Lloyd's Blog the other day.
New York is a fantastic place and one of my favourites having been there a few times.
I just had to look to see if I recognised anyone.
Brandon Stanton began HONY back in the summer of 2010 as a result of an idea to construct a photographic census of the city's diverse and colourful inhabitants.
He set out to photograph ten thousand New Yorkers and plot their photos on a map of the city. The idea morphed into something different.
He began collecting little stories, quotes and began including them alongside the images.
Brandon's wonderful vibrant Humans Of New York Blog is the result.
It's a great blog. It's so, human...

This Year's Finalists In The Tenth Annual Smithsonian Photo Contest...

The Smithsonian Magazine has just announced the finalists in their 10th Annual Photo Contest.
Over 37,000 images were submitted by photographers in 112 countries.
The Smithsonian judges selected fifty finalists over the five categories. The Natural World, People, Travel, Altered Images and Americana.
As usual the photos are open to a public vote until March 29, 2013 and the Reader's Choice Award, it may be yours, will be announced with the winners later on in June.
Here are a few of my favourites.
You can see them all and vote here...