Life Below: The New York City Subway

by Christophe Agou

From its beginnings in the early part of the 20th century, the New York City subway has captured the imaginations of photographers from Walker Evans to Bruce Davidson, and many more. But never has it been so powerfully and lyrically portrayed as in these carefully orchestrated sequences from Christophe Agou, a photographer whose searing images haunt and intrigue us at the same time. Bridging the worlds of documentary and art photography, Life Below is a series of frozen moments, revealing fear, love, affection, stress, and solitude. The compelling photographs are an intimate rendezvous with people in a meditative people from all walks of life who have not yet put on a mask. This is at times a dark, but always-sensitive view of a corner of our world. 75 duotone photographs.

Genres: Photography

112 pages, Hardcover

First published September 30, 2004

Reviews

[Mayelly · Rating 4 out of 5]

A brief black and white photographic tour of moments and people in the NYC subway during the late 1990s and "in the year 2000." It had moments that the images felt surreal, but then that seems appropriate for the NYC Subway. It made for an interesting experience.