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Restocked!

Humans of St. Louis: The Book

With so much enthusiasm around this project, we are both grateful and astonished that we sold out of our first print run in three weeks.

How heartwarming that these photos and stories are now living in humans’ homes, offices, and libraries around the world. But we’re not done! We didn’t want anyone left out, so we ordered another run.

A very special thank you to the Regional Arts Commission of St. Louis for supporting the second printing of the HOSTL book.

And THANK YOU for believing in this publication, helping to see this project through since our Kickstarter, and purchasing copies to help our nonprofit storytelling around St. Louis.

 
 
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WHO WE ARE

Humans of St. Louis (HOSTL) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that shares first-person stories and photographic portraits, featuring people and places throughout St. Louis.

HOSTL gives over 145,000 social media followers an intimate look into the lives and struggles of the people of St. Louis, one photo and story at a time. It is the second most popular “Humans of” site in the U.S. after Humans of New York.

Stories highlight areas of economic growth, philanthropy, and small businesses. They also address race, racial equity, gender equality, LGBTQ rights, community, family, youth, aging, health, disease, education, discrimination, homelessness, poverty, cultural awareness, and more. The project is intentionally grounded in social work, public health, and documentary photography.

In their Words

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EVERYDAY HOSTL: Facebook + Instagram

The people of St. Louis, one photo and story at a time. 

View fullsize (13/13) “I had a patient in a wheelchair who had a pacemaker. He wasn’t good at all. As I was waiting for another coworker, he started asking me how I got into MRI. We talked for about 20 minutes and he told me, ‘Travel while you&rs
View fullsize (12/13) “When it comes to dating, people see my traveling as a red flag because I’m always gone. It’s complicated because I don’t want to stop. Ideally, I’d like to meet someone who likes traveling, too. Another difficul
View fullsize (11/13) 𝐼𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑎 𝑔𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑙 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑎 𝑏𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑠? “Yes, when my brother and I went to Morocco. We were in Marrakesh and had booked a h
View fullsize (10/14) 𝐻𝑜𝑤 𝑑𝑜𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑗𝑜𝑏? “I like to learn about people whenever I travel. I like to learn some of the local language and how the local history has shaped the people who live there. We a
View fullsize (9/14) 𝐻𝑜𝑤 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑟𝑜𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑛 𝑀𝑅𝐼 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑒𝑛𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑙? 𝑌𝑜𝑢’𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑛 𝑔𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑘𝑠. “I work two days a week — Mondays and Tuesdays. Once I’m abl
View fullsize (8/14) “I worked two years in MRI at BJC and then took a trip for nine months to see the world. I started in South America, going with my parents to Brazil for Carnival. We were there for two weeks and then went to Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia.
“There are people who are curious and there are people who are just like, ‘I can walk down the street and never have to talk to anybody. I don’t want to talk to anybody. I just want to be in my own thoughts.’ The question is, ‘How do you create curiosity?’”
— Travis Sheridan