‘Humans of New York’ Blogger Photographs NYPL CEO Tony Marx

By Maryann Yin 

Tony MarxHumans of New York blogger Brandon Stanton has photographed the President and CEO of the New York Public Library, Tony Marx (pictured, via). Follow this link to see Marx’s picture.

Stanton posted the photo on Facebook and it has received more than 260,000 “likes.” He also included quotes from Marx about the library’s role in the age of information:

“The library isn’t going to compete with the internet. It’s going to be part of the internet. New York libraries have one of the greatest collections of information in the world, and one of our goals is to have it all curated, linked, and navigable.”

Some of Stanton’s past subjects from the literary community include David & Goliath author Malcolm Gladwelleditor Yaniv Soha, literary agent Brian DeFiore, and PostSecret book series author Frank Warren. What do you think?