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Metropolitan Faces

Metropolitan Faces

Written by: Blake Eskin
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 A podcast about subway photography. Host Blake Eskin talks to other people who take pictures on the subway about their practice.2025 Art Social Sciences
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  • Nina R

    Nina R
    Jan 7 2026

    Nina R. posts her subway photographs on her Instagram account @nina_at_nyc_subway. Born and raised in Caracas, Venezuela, Nina took many of these pictures while commuting from her home in Forest Hills to her job as an architect.

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    Music: Express Train by Mr Eff, courtesy of Burning Witches Records.
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    40 mins
  • Ashley Van Buren

    Ashley Van Buren
    Dec 17 2025

    Ashley Van Buren, a writer and producer working in film, theater, and digital video, started taking subway photographs in 2011. She named her project Subway Stories after a 1997 anthology of short films by 10 directors including her former boss, Jonathan Demme.

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    Music: Express Train by Mr Eff, courtesy of Burning Witches Records.
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    1 hr and 17 mins
  • Willy Spiller

    Willy Spiller
    Dec 3 2025

    Willy Spiller is a Swiss photographer who moved into the Chelsea Hotel in 1977, the year Ed Koch became mayor. His subway photographs are collected in Hell on Wheels.

    Music: Express Train by Mr Eff, courtesy of Burning Witches Records.
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    1 hr and 49 mins
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