Through the Magpie Eye — New York Subway Shots

CART

Your cart is empty

23.01.2014

A group of passengers swinging from the grab rails of a graffiti-covered New York subway carriage in 1981

New York in the 1980s may have been a complete cesspit, but what a magnificent cesspit it must have been. Alright, living in the constant fear of knife attacks probably isn’t much fun, but it certainly makes for good photos. These here candid-captures were taken on the New York subway in 1981 by a young go-getter known as Christopher Morris, and if you’re into colour photographs of graffiti-strewn transport networks (and who isn’t?) then you’re in for a treat.

Someone in a dark suit and patterned tie reading papers in a graffiti-tagged New York subway carriage, 1981

Commuters crammed into a New York subway carriage in 1981, holding the overhead straps, one in dark glasses

A passenger in headphones and glasses seen through the window of a graffiti-covered New York subway carriage, 1981

Passengers on a New York subway platform in 1981 by a graffiti-painted train door, with a face at its window

Passengers in winter coats in a graffiti-covered New York subway carriage stopped at 23rd St, 1981

Someone in a hooded top writing graffiti on the window of a New York subway carriage, 1981

Photos nabbed from Time

Socials

We don't care about algorithms. Just rhythms.

If you liked this, you’ll love