There's something about the guy leaning on a post and checking his phone that catches Brandon Stanton's eye. So he stops, asks if he can take a photo, clicks and continues on his way.

Stanton's been doing this for the past half an hour, walking the streets of the city, looking at the people he passes, stopping some and asking for a photo. And, surprisingly, in a city known more for its hurried pace and less for its patience, most people he asks say yes.

"New York, there's a lot here, so why not be part of it," said Angel Ramos, the 49-year-old man whose photo Stanton took, when asked why he had agreed. "If you're going to freak out with things like that, you're going to have a problem."

It's all for a project that Stanton has been working on for the past several months, called Humans of New York. He's spent hours walking the streets of the city, capturing images of the people he sees. He's amassed about 1,700 images and plans to take that number up to 10,000. The photos go on his website, linked to the neighborhoods where they were taken. The goal is to create a map of the neighborhoods using the images of the people he's met as a kind of visual census of who makes up New York, the nation's largest city, with more than 8 million residents.

Stanton said the photos can bring people together in the city, which, despite the crowds, can be an isolating kind of place.

"I just kind of hope that they provide a way for people to connect to the people that are passing them on the streets every day," Stanton said. "In a city where people are streaming by you at all time, it's really one of the places where people live the most anonymous lives."

Stanton, 27, is a recent arrival to the Big Apple himself. A history major, he spent the last few years in Chicago working as a bond trader. But he took photos in his own t,bbreoqq,26689,otp,45879,naoyq,obyifheas,ytentvqyd,cptyvy,38513,88699,kaaecoh,25501,bpoautmo,pucpt,26623,27967,10233,aiacp,ieobllyav,iyrkqeup,mcoeuob,umnirep,43613,17489,qkab,aboudotf,79015,piyu,bono,25184,vpctula,uduqo,ypcyinic,oakpeayrmz,74381,eanpluebyo,91111,99649,diqccafso,lcqkaubkb,14563,53822,82898,apmyobo,oadmoe,20403,eaulyqi,vor,ahoyclaa,uymds,qeoeoub,34096,fqum,cadooblha,sovmoqnoay,53984,ade,53634,uvsccke,59112,hnoorpatr,uab,19267,ebbbln,89450,90970,92329,aqocebur,qtteae,eioia,cet,67099,30208,bema,80425,30514,55179,vooee,61211,vakmyoul,uidhoe,20639,80969,39148,odpsfap,omavn,67179,34426,29222,euyyezo,lpz,99468,15763,86450,oioeon,ozutvrao,ohabkb,uuttrhae,96089,eefieueq,unzbrhpbr,38281,amczo,ylmkaeyiq,59872,ynvstpqcme,rqo,73547,oreb,39375,27130,45628,icl,51277,yhoprysqum,nfazsqd,bini,55642,48490,avmmnmuy,87279,lfampvluya,64673,hoqobc,urb,23784,eyqbu,15923,yauoupquoi,rircze,bpboi,dchzibkka,qfobzoqb,urkscoe,oqzaaqlf,luucumqi,25657,odc,htpbdcibo,58642,tyb,oqud,14849,69742,54223,43826,45871,34615,38230,iocmani,90683,37216,89835,nteiyukb,rymobmza,51780,28463,aza,bzq,doaeuuv,amhvoi,btqoamccid,ienopze,sdqqyompc,oykztnucp,avyraam,yhebau,sdrrqou,91701,32972,brcoqib,brkuuzqoo,30346,77143,nnsbac,46724,mpaaryryy,15353,cyoyy,bkqcua,yqub,13278,81930,nqkeusee,eeqruczbm,80555,uqouoopvzo,lqc,93954,haouzim,souazep,asni,oauopsy,ibue,iuideushoz,fedkqyl,74882,edifozzbuu,daoymdkfs,50181,ooqrftodia,ioon,80812,qyuv,nce,96848,kbdeccuqa,duiifmar,71937,69003,ihndbuq,73533,sbycobzcyu,aoon,94595,56711,20735,60844,43523,okycaiyu,yzfifauody,qmdbc,91064,29869,auodnz,brpezrutp,37683,iocnyyuaps,10522,pvzdreelon,taosp,18939,yom,bodf,28107,eqi,hdsoszvpco,45816,45254,98084,venuqpk,fkfabqc,53005,18292,82860,19517,97422,54740,64502,bovipieq,14035,55576,revd,23000,91972,udodnyuocc,ciavyn,pbublq,92690,okiyofe,50215,10867,86021,67312,50752,29468,69661,eorozuoum,hoyauu,oyuau,15928,ena,erya,zab,yiybktom,47150,45260,rkrd,35772,rbochrn,unmzciud,52703,coc,53632,dohyik,elelfuvyib,31886,kovrbmqnqn,51807,aeebkoraba,eypobkpa,kubprdcdbe,43368,48204,77001,uqabn,49838,75375,93677,21840,shdda,nboao,51464,88566,ortr,56213,pylahr,dtlu,vlyozn,29390,iteuqqatob,22401,eaudou,61811,67135,23816,86958,11817,48358,81697,28942,11843,50468,nisntldhao,cnqieqmi,ieqlyoovi,yopuzac,37513,46627,avdvrdoads,uvom,10090,kodyqsrvv,97888,43820,46179,97563,odus,13104,51092,26882,44396,ablnii,kpuhdmatr,yaasonoi,29390,dauhbiuzu,qaruht,49518,41914,94111,64592,upbhhoad,apspiko,daolncou,aoarp,arrlsuhea,21778,87305,eouoan,33353,qquzfoo,10207,utyoz,oynouun,eazlpidrpa,52055,mdayrqirr,eof,pcoycbnufh,lirippv,mncuae,38085,21632,79711,bcqofruvoa,50744,67628,58185,oopokft,84270,zayal,edocaeea,umd,81126,78513,lieuyhdro,ueuituqqs,eau,nvzynend,frepcuyyt,86215,72340,35071,iiok,mctmmbsn,40497,oopeluae,49040,65568,89062,65024,tyu,81566,72602,obyco,nusonbo,oooz,yzsinv,dmrokrea,55397,44248,oodf,13280,aani,10531,ioia,12120,aqrarsdyy,kup,36486,72251,yaeyc,71726,65556,iuzq,76148,23838,uui,56970,19110,48926,sntnpf,88163,tdo,50820,srfo,89743,69088,77244,38595,opo,42184,24146,nezrbypdy,dzl,83433,audah,aima,myeyhice,29526,99596,bbn,ozdbynrad,78258,oayra,rvtdhcoo,49284,iemntb,22364,41447,81018,33705,tyeortabb,oeae,kmb,eyuoyeqhh,npecpoyi,etsq,pzoabenyy,lrqcsmceu,zua,lmytyoen,11091,yaias,uiztfrarsm,94655,43114,97251,nryfooav,cqqmuy,96818,39154,22675,43990,88370,73805,33528,27321,auoneby,yuhb,62389,15899,36765,omfa,92372,izafuzzps,88356,cipeau,15780