Photos of people passing through subway turnstiles

[asthmaticeog]

http://www.3situations.com/BillSullivanWorks/MT4.html

Via the Presurfer:
"Photographer Bill Sullivan developed a situation so that various subjects could be defined by the constraints of exactly the same mechanical apparatus.

The scenario consisted of someone passing through a subway turnstile. At the moment that the subjects passed through the turnstile, unknown to them, Sullivan took their picture stationed at a distance of eleven feet."

More at link.

[Little Wing]

1. and they all suck

[Auggie]

2. The figures look like they've been outlined and stripped in.

[SouthoftheBorderPaul]

5. Lighting nt

[jobycom]

3. Why are they all looking at the camera, then, if they were unaware of it?

[johnnie]

4. I'm lost

Was there a purpose other than being "artistic"?

[Kerrytravelers]

6. Everyone looks trapped. Is the question, perhaps, the way we allow technology to trap us?

What would these same people look like if walking between two trees in nature versus two metal sides in an unnatural setting?

Interesting.

[Kerrytravelers]

7. You know what? I K&R this. I love analyzing art, be it film, paintings or photography.

I particularly like analyzing the way in which people react to their surroundings. It makes for an interesting debate in how we effect our world and the way in which our world effects us... and, when we manipulate our world, how do we react to that?


Thanks, again, for the interesting artistic perspective. I dig this kind of thing on a Thursday afternoon!

[NV Whino]

8. Interesting project

Any idea how high the gates are?

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

11. i think MTA subway turnstiles are about 3 feet high

give or take? i'm 5'2" and that's always where it feels like it hits.

[momophile]

9. I like this. thanks. nt

[Blue-Jay]

10. They all look very happy!

[Starbucks Anarchist]

12. I like it.

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

13. hmm.

if they didn't know, why are the looking at the camera?

ps. i've taken better lit pictures in the nyc subway than those. he photographed it the exact way he shouldn't have...

[graywarrior]

14. Someone should take pictures of women going through clothes racks in a store.

Talk about INTENSE.

[NV Whino]

15. I think they already do that

It's called security. Quality of tape/film is pretty bad, though. :rofl:

[Arugula Latte]

16. Interesting concept.

I likeee. :thumbsup:

[bridgit]

17. wonder if they had to sign a release, they don't look comfortable being snapped...