Illustartion Spotlight: Every Person In New York
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Jason Polan is after every living person in New York — with a pencil and a sketchpad. His ambitious illustration project, Every Person In New York, is an effort do draw New Yorkers — all 8.3 million of them. Since March 23, 2008, he has been drawing people daily, and uploading the results to his blog.
He draws in subway stations, museums, restaurants, street corners — just about anywhere. And he doesn’t discriminate — from junk food lovers to junkies to celebrities, his sketches span the entire social spectrum.
To increase you own chances of getting drawn, he even invites you — yes, you — to email him with a public location you’ll be standing at for a duration of exactly two minutes.
From the standard subway sleeper, to the typical pack of art-admiring MoMA-goers, to Kirsten Durst walking down Grand Street, Every Person In New York is part art, part sociology, part fascinating slice of the cultural anthropology of the world’s most vibrant city.
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RT @brainpicker Every person in New York, illustrated http://ow.ly/pNBU
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RT@brainpicker: Every person in New York, illustrated http://ow.ly/pNBU
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Illustrating EVERY person in NY. Cool! Pst, I live here
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I love this. RT @hazeliz: Illustrating EVERY person in NY. Cool! Pst, I live here
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awesome! i want in! rt @amyflanaganI @hazeliz: Illustrating EVERY person in NY. Cool! Pst, I live here
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RT amyflanaganI love this. RT @hazeliz: Illustrating EVERY person in NY. Cool! http://bit.ly/TcaZf
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now having an “I love NY” moment RT @brainpicker: Every person in New York, illustrated http://ow.ly/pNBU
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RT @brainpicker thought you may dig this. Clever idea. (Yes, thank you! Big fan of Jason Polan’s work and ideas) http://is.gd/3npRH )
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RT @brainpicker Every Person In New York, Illustrated http://ow.ly/15PvpJ
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What about trying to draw every person among 8.3 million people, which is the New York population? – http://tinyurl.com/l842ry
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[...] | Brain Pickings Más información | Every Person in New York SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Jason Polan: [...]
Artist working to sketch every person in New York: http://bit.ly/nykgT
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RT @l3ahb3tan: Artist working to sketch every person in New York: http://bit.ly/nykgT
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A belated tweet: Every person in New York, illustrated: http://tinyurl.com/l842ry
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RT @wordsonstyle A belated tweet: Every person in New York, illustrated: http://tinyurl.com/l842ry
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