While we commute, we are crammed into small containers. Shielding ourselves from closeness with strangers, we enter a private space within ourselves. I try to wait until that moment happens. I never ride the subway to just photograph. These images are made as I commute to and from work, appointments, etc.. I never hide my intention. People look as if they notice, but I am occupying that same internal space that they just entered. Being a voyeur, I am there, ready to greet them.
I started this ongoing project in earnest a few years ago. If one lives in New York City and photographs, it is not hard to find yourself trying to make images underground. For some it’s a passing fad, for some it’s a project into itself, or part of a photographer’s oeuvre. I am aware of the historical connection between what I do and Strand, Kubrick, to name a few. I hope in this project I can add my own vision to their already historical perspective.
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This is an extremely interesting set of pictures. I really like them, especially the sleeper. A whole new project in itself – subway sleepers.
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I have a few images sleepers Peter. I usually feel kind of strange taking pictures of them. Maybe because they are too vulnerable. The one here I couldn’t resist!
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I like these very much Keith. Each seems to have its own presence but, I agree with Peter about the ‘sleeper’. Have you read Geoff Dyer’s The Ongoing Moment? It seems particularly relevant to this series given the precedents you note.
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I’ll have to check out Geoff Dyer, John.
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Yes do, it’s all about the recurring motifs/subjects across the work of famous photographers. Very well written. His jazz book ‘But beautiful’ is equally good.
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