On the Beat, West Side IRT, 96th Street Station, Subway New York 1981
Being a great lover of fairy tales, I am always enthralled when I plunge into this wonder world of mobile metal living rooms with the most wondrous pictures parading in front of my camera. I can watch unabashed all the people sitting opposite, pressed together, as I observe and capture the vast human menagerie of the metropolis.
Never before have I felt such freedom, freedom to let myself go, and even such equality as in the cars of the New York subway.
In the years I spent riding the subway, New Yorkers called their transport system hell on wheels. Why they did so was always a mystery to me since I felt basically safe and sheltered; frequent and violent incidents happen in equal measure on the street.
Maybe it is simply a myth, which has emerged over the years, of the iron human prison racing through the eternal darkness of the underworld.
On The A Train to Far Rockaway, New York, 1978
On The Move, Union Square Station, Subway New York, Unguided Tour, Hell on Wheels, NYC, 1977-1985
Looking at You, Conductor in Gloves Checking, Subway NY 1982, Unguided Tour 1977-1985
Ghettoblasterman, Subway New York 1977
72nd-Street-Station, IRT Seventh-Avenue-Line-1977
Dangerous Ride, Subway New York 1983
Gaming Arcade, Time Square Station, Subway New York, 1979
Rush Hour on Lexington, Subway New York 1981
Navy Capt with Son, IRT Lexington Line, Subway NY 1983
Mystery at the 50th St. Station, Subway NY, 1979
Adventurer, Boy between Cars, Subway NY 1979
On Safari, L Train, Subway NY, 1981
Elevated Station 180 St, Queens, Subway New York 1982
Woman in Red, Heading to the Tracks, Subway New York 1979
Lost in Thought, Subway New York 1981
Homeless, Subway NY, 1979
66th St Lincoln Center, Subway New York 1982
Broadway Junction Brooklyn, Subway NY 1982
On the Beat, West Side IRT, 96th Street Station, Subway New York 1981
Being a great lover of fairy tales, I am always enthralled when I plunge into this wonder world of mobile metal living rooms with the most wondrous pictures parading in front of my camera. I can watch unabashed all the people sitting opposite, pressed together, as I observe and capture the vast human menagerie of the metropolis.
Never before have I felt such freedom, freedom to let myself go, and even such equality as in the cars of the New York subway.
In the years I spent riding the subway, New Yorkers called their transport system hell on wheels. Why they did so was always a mystery to me since I felt basically safe and sheltered; frequent and violent incidents happen in equal measure on the street.
Maybe it is simply a myth, which has emerged over the years, of the iron human prison racing through the eternal darkness of the underworld.
On The A Train to Far Rockaway, New York, 1978
On The Move, Union Square Station, Subway New York, Unguided Tour, Hell on Wheels, NYC, 1977-1985
Looking at You, Conductor in Gloves Checking, Subway NY 1982, Unguided Tour 1977-1985
Ghettoblasterman, Subway New York 1977
72nd-Street-Station, IRT Seventh-Avenue-Line-1977
Dangerous Ride, Subway New York 1983
Gaming Arcade, Time Square Station, Subway New York, 1979
Rush Hour on Lexington, Subway New York 1981
Navy Capt with Son, IRT Lexington Line, Subway NY 1983
Mystery at the 50th St. Station, Subway NY, 1979
Adventurer, Boy between Cars, Subway NY 1979
On Safari, L Train, Subway NY, 1981
Elevated Station 180 St, Queens, Subway New York 1982
Woman in Red, Heading to the Tracks, Subway New York 1979
