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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 140,000 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 “I was in school, he was breeding reptiles as a hobby, and we both worked at McDonald’s. I was a classic art kid in college and an avid weed smoker, so I needed a scale. A mutual friend at work knew him and that’s how we started mes
View fullsize (6/6) “I’ve always wanted to put my story out there. It helps to talk about it. This is how I felt and how I reacted. I was there. I had no reason to hate my foster family. I wanted my real family. I grew up partially with my mom and dad
View fullsize (5/6) Content Warning: Sexual assault . . . . . “I feel like my story goes on and on and on. At 18, I was sex-trafficked in Kansas City by two people I thought were my friends. I had been living in a group home as part of a program where I had
View fullsize (4/6) Content Warning: Self-harm and suicide attempt . . . . . “The way I was behaving as a kid wasn’t healthy. I still got scars. I’ve got them everywhere, but most are on my arms. I always had something on me that could be taken o
View fullsize (3/6) “After I moved out of my adoptive mom’s house at 16, I was on drugs. I’ve been off of heroin and meth for eight months now. My fianceé’s 18 months sober from alcohol, too. At first, people tell us, ‘It&rsquo
View fullsize (2/6) “There are a lot of things I don’t remember about my childhood, like the house or town I grew up in with my parents, but I remember being in foster care. I went to my first foster home for 10 days. They locked me in my room one nigh
“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