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FInal SALE!

Humans of St. Louis: The Book

With so much enthusiasm around this project, we are both grateful and astonished to have already sold 6,000 copies.

This is the last year we’ll be selling the books. So pick yours up at your local STL retailer or order them here to be delivered directly.

A very special thanks to the Regional Arts Commission of St. Louis for supporting our second print run.

Each book purchase supports Humans of St. Louis as a nonprofit to keep storytelling, exhibiting around the city, and promote engaging conversations and civic pride in, of, and for 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 170,000 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, equity, LGBTQ rights, community, health, education, cultural awareness, and more. The project is intentionally grounded in social work, public health, and documentary photography. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram, or pickup our book to have your own curated collection of our stories at home.

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EVERYDAY HOSTL: Facebook + Instagram

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

View fullsize “After my freshman year in college, my buddy Harvey invited me and our friend Nick to visit his family in ​​Long Khánh, Vietnam. Of course, there was no world in which we’d turn him down. We had to say yes, and we’d do it aga
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View fullsize (5/5) “A few weeks later, I had my typical first ultrasound, which was scheduled early since I had had such a complicated history with pregnancies. We told the tech what went on in the ER, and she said, ‘The doctor’s not going to wa
View fullsize (4/5) “After our son was born, we moved back to St. Louis to be closer to family. I had a lot of PTSD for a while. I couldn’t go up and down stairs while holding Seamus. Babywearing with him stressed me out. Running errands alone with him
View fullsize (3/5) “For the rest of the pregnancy, I say I carried my yin and my yang with me — one alive, one dead. We were buying take-home clothes for Seamus as we were buying an urn for Killian. We were removing all of our doubles from our baby re
View fullsize (2/5) “We named our boys, Seamus and Killian. And halfway through the pregnancy, Killian was getting one complicated diagnosis after another. At the time, we were living in New Mexico, and my provider had us drive five hours north to Colorado b
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“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