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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 sold 6,000 copies.

This is the last year we’ll be selling it. So pickup your copies at your local STL bookstore or order here for them to be delivered directly.

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

Each book purchase goes back to support Humans of St. Louis as a nonprofit to keep producing stories on the page, exhibiting stories around the city, and promoting 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 over 165,000 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 (3/14) “I got in the car with my roommate. We typically go from Taylor to Newstead to Penrose to get to our house. Couldn’t do that. He went up Forest Park instead to go all the way up Grand, and we couldn’t go through the park. We
View fullsize (2/14) “As I was working, I turned around, and my roommate had pulled up. But it wasn’t 4:30 yet, which is when I normally finished. I looked at him like, ‘Why are you here?’ The insurance rep on the other end of the call said
View fullsize (1/14) “On May 16, when the tornado hit, I was on my final day working at WashU’s infectious disease department. My last patient was deaf, so she’d typically come in with an interpreter. That day, her interpreter had a student with
View fullsize ☎️☎️☎️ Cecelia: “Dad, how are you? Were you doing something? I’m okay. So remember I told you about the young lady who wanted to interview me, and we were gonna take pictures over in The Ville? Well, do you remember where your grandparen
View fullsize “My great-grandparents’ house in The Ville has never been up in my lifetime. It was taken down a long, long time ago.” 𝐷𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑟𝑜𝑎𝑑𝑠 𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑙𝑜𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑡𝑠? “If I
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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