Humans of St. Louis – One Photo and Story at a Time
By Magdalena Knapp, Editor
“What do you wanna be when you grow up? “
“A doctor.”
“And why?”
“Because I want to look into people’s bodies.”
“In which body do you wanna look?”
“My mom’s body, because she has cancer, and I want to take it out.”
Would you have expected this answer? Answers like this and interesting stories are all around us. Every person has a story to tell, but most of them do not share because they are not asked. Imagine how many stories you could hear during the day if you would simply talk to people on the streets. This is what Lindy Drew and her coworkers do: They talk to people they meet on the streets of St. Louis.
Lindy’s lifework is called “HOSTL” which stands for “Humans of St. Louis”, their motto is it to take one picture and story at a time. The whole proj...
