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I am really fascinated by the Humans of New York photo-essay. I have only been to New York once, but I could tell there was a diverse group of people living there. After analyzing a few photographs and reading some biographies, I can confirm this is true. The speaker of HONY is a photographer named Brandon. Brandon is a sporadic, interesting man. He doesn't seem to hold a job well, and enjoys photography. He decided then he would document people living in New York, and blog about it. The occasion of this blog is to allow for the documentation of all different people living in New York. The audience for this blog is people who are fascinated by stories of other people's lives, bloggers, and people who enjoy professional pictures. The purpose of this blog is to keep a record and inform the public about what its like to live in different parts of New York City. It gives you thousands of people, and he has expanded to Iran as well. Its essentially a snapshot into another person's life. The tone of this photo-essay is serious, as many of the people he documents has struggled throughout life.
For purpose, answer the question: what effect is Bandon trying to have on his audience through the vehicle of his photo blog Humans of New York? Remember, rhetoric is the art of persuasion. "Inform the public what it is like to live in New York" is somewhat vague. Brandon could have accomplished that by writing a novel, or compiling statistics, or making a movie, or giving speeches. So always be very specific about the three parts of the rhetorical situation,. What effect is this particular speaker trying to have on what audience (public is too vague) using this particular occasion (The HONY blog, photo essay format).
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