Since it first began in the summer of 2010 Humans of New York has become an awesome cultural phenomenon, pairing portraits with extraordinary stories of ordinary people told in their own words. But NYC is a very big place and part of its population has been excluded from this captivating project. That is, until filmmaker Harry Aspinwall recently started his own fascinating project called Orcs of New York.
Some may say Orcs of New York is simply an entertaining parody, but we think it’s a brave and noble thing to reach out to the city’s growing population of migrant Orcs and listen to what life is like for them, having exchanged the volcanoes of Mordor for the skyscrapers of New York, pursuing their dreams and going about their daily business so far away from the lidless, fire-rimmed eye of Sauron.
Speaking of his reasoning for the project, Aspinwall said “Humans of New York has done so much for helping nurture understanding between different humans all over the world at this point. Having “humans” in the name made me want to take it one step further and bridge the gap to other anthropoid species. After all, we all have to get along.”
Follow Orcs of New York on Facebook to keep up with Aspinwall’s latest Orc-on-the-street interviews.
[via Design Taxi, Nerdist, and Orcs of New York]
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