What is this about

Somewhere in the world, a mother just stared into the eyes of her child for the very first time.

Somewhere, an old man is looking at the last picture of his wife and is deciding that he can’t go on without her.

Somewhere there is a couple getting married.  Somewhere there is a couple that can’t keep living like this.  Somewhere there is someone who would give anything to be with her.

Somewhere there is a drunk stumbling his way home.  His mind is spinning and his stomach is filled with hard liquor and regret.  He passes a tall, bright looking young girl who turned out okay even though she never met her dad, who she knows only as a hopeless alcoholic.

Prison bars are closing in a man on his first day on the inside.  A child’s doll was just thrown away to teach her a lesson.  An old woman just picked up a seashell to see if she remembered the sound.  Two friends just smoked their first cigarette in a park.  A teacher is straightening his tie.  A boy skinned his knee.  A mother hides so her children won’t see her cry.  A drug addict wishes she was back home, before everything got fucked up.

Matthew Manning

There are so many of us in the world. We’re all seemingly different. But I believe we all have the same hopes and dreams, fears, and regrets.

This will attempt to look at someone, somewhere and maybe learn something from each other.

This project is inspired by Humans of New York.