I am interested in writing about HONY because the photographer offers new insights to the individuality, culture, and conflicts of the world through simple and memorable snapshots that emotionally touch the interests and concerns in his followers on social media. Each story the photographer conveys depicts a moral or subliminal call to action to the themes relevant across the world today. For example, Brandon Stanton, the brains behind HONY, followed a journey of Syrian Refugees in order to portray their struggles in migration, as well as compare and contrast cultural themes between Americans and Syrians. For me, reading HONY helps put in perspective the immense diversity of individual human beings. As a society, we have no idea what struggles random passer-bys are facing, or the spontaneous acts that make them happy. Anything out of uniform societal norms, whether it be the way one is dressed, how loud someone speaks, or even how much someone weighs causes us to assume the entire lifestyle of that individual. However, these predictions are made without any reasoning or rationale except for the way the individual is seen in our eyes. HONY attempts to combat these judgements by shedding positive light to the quirks and strength of random individuals who otherwise face stereotypes, or lack of attention, in the public eye. I feel HONY’s efforts help lead our world to strive to be a less judgemental, more unified web of compassionate individuals that have the potential to choose optimism over pessimism, and ultimately free one another of expectations and limitations that undermine global empowerment overall.
LINK TO PREWRITING:
https://docs.google.com/a/email.arizona.edu/document/d/1YOuGvHxS39PngYbJlrF3xiIFfQGksRCSfSn8yV19-0g/edit?usp=sharing
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