Hell on Wheels: Photographing the MTA at the Dawn of the 1980s

[Alex Benjamin]

In the late 70s, early 80s, Swiss photographer Willy Spiller spent 8 years capturing life in the New York Subway. The book that came out of this, Hell on Wheels, long out of print, is being reissued this summer.

Great photos.

Story here:

Hell on Wheels: Photographing the MTA at the dawn of the 1980s - Brooklyn Magazine

How a young Swiss photographer named Willy Spiller captured a lost microcosm of New York on the subway in its grittiest era.

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[MarkS]

Huh. I wonder if he ever met up with Bruce Davidson while riding the trains.

 

[Patrick Robert James]

I think Davidson did his later.

Hell on Wheels — WILLY SPILLER

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[Alex Benjamin]

I think Davidson did his later.

Hell on Wheels — WILLY SPILLER

www.willyspiller.com

Same time, actually, i.e., early 80s. They could have crossed paths.

Subway • Bruce Davidson • Magnum Photos Magnum Photos

Bruce Davidson's vivid exploration of New York's subway system in the 1980s is an epoch-defining series that marked the photographer's shift from black and white to color

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