SUBWAY FACES

On my commute from the heart of Brooklyn into Manhattan, I can’t help but notice the intricacy and wit with which the posters throughout the subway are altered. They are more than simply changed; they are augmented in such a way that these advertisements are given a new shared meaning due to their collective creation. Specific choices in additive and subtractive methods are articulated in a way that both references and riffs on the commercial imagery they are constructed from. The mile a second blur at which New York City operates is echoed in the synthesis of these photographs—no one stops for anyone here. Advertisements are more ubiquitous than ever and each one is selling the same idea, however, these graffitied posters have something else to offer — a reason to double-take. SUBWAY FACES is a portfolio consisting of quick quips about culture and society from the psyche/essence of New York City itself.

2016