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July 21, 2023
Grace Evert
West side of 72nd Street Station, New York, 1977.All images © Willy Spiller, courtesy of Bildhalle, shared with permission
“It didn’t take Willie Spiller It took me a long time to realize that there is nothing more New York than the subway, a microcosm of the city itself, where each carriage is sweaty and rattling, a noisy, crowded, colorful melting pot where everyone is forced into someone else’s work,” wrote Bill Shapiro in his introduction. hell on wheels.Issuer build halle In keeping with the exhibition of the same name, the book surveys Spillers’ photographic collection from 1977 to 1984 to form a now-legendary series of images that capture life on the move in one of the world’s largest cities.
Currently on display at a gallery in Amsterdam. hell on wheels Peek into graffiti-covered vehicles from the late 70s. Commuters fill the cramped rush-hour trains, teenage girls still in crisp white school uniforms sprawl across empty seats, and men in orange-cuffed trousers wait at the 72nd Street station with radios. Mr Spiller said he came to New York from Zurich in 1977 and in New York he took more than 2,000 pictures of the subway. notorious times It offers a clear glimpse of the ephemeral space where people across classes and cultures mingle in a mix of energy, friction and friendship during the brief journey from one part of the city to another in its history.
order a copy of hell on wheels upon Bidhalle websiteCheck out the other works in this series here.
Lexington IRT Rush Hour, Subway, New York, 1981
Schoolgirls on the A Train to Far Rockaway, New York, 1978
Dangerous Vehicle, Subway, New York, 1983
New York City Subway IRT Division, Lexington Avenue Line, 1979
Jerome Avenue IRT Line, New York, 1980
Downtown Express 72nd Street Station, Subway, New York, 1977
A Train to Brighton Beach Underground, New York, 1977
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