NYPL showcases ‘electrifying’ rare subway photos from 1970s
An image in a new exhibit on the top floor of the New York Public Library's main branch shows two women sitting in a subway car nearly 50 years ago. They appear exhausted, or deep in thought – as the train tracks loom impossibly close.
Trains converge in the background. Columns appear too close together. Subway car windows are unusually close. The mashups aren’t obvious at first. But with further examination, the pictures take on new meaning and are arguably stronger as one.“That's done entirely emotionally,” he said, speaking from his Upper East Side apartment. “You don't make the obvious connections. You make the ones that seem to come alive.
The film features scenes recognizable to today’s straphangers. Crowded trains. Fights. Downtrodden Musicians. Begging. Children dancing.
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