"Excuse Me, is there any way I can take your photo? I run a blog called Humans of New York, and I'm trying to document all the neighbourhoods of New York by photographing the people who live there."

New York is just one of those place, you know? Everyone owns their own little piece of it and Stanton presents that to the world with his amazing photographs.

Stanton has a special talent for photographing people out on the street. I can't imagine this is easy. I can't imagine the process, but the product is remarkable. While reading through the line quotes and comments I got a little emotional, a little inspired, and a little envious. The style of some of these men and women is surely something worth being envious over.

This collection places fashion and eccentrics right next to the everyday quite moments. You see introverts and extroverts in full displays and people of all shapes and sizes.

One of the quotes under the feet of a beautiful girl standing with a vintage looking travel case asks, "Are you going to make fun of me?" While in another a man holding a red cape says, "I didn't even start dancing tango till I was 62."

The book itself did have some flaws, I'm a perfectionist and I can get pretty anal about layout and design when it comes to photography collections in particular. There were some obvious flaws that stood out. Photographs being stretched over the centre line causing distortion was the biggest. The introduction in my copy also had some inking issues. But my minor misgivings were easily ignored. I found myself so enamored by the art that occasionally I would stop and wonder if I should be looking at the layout more critically because I had been so busy staring at faces and quotes.

Reading through this book is like a little adventure and I loved it.