140 pages Edited by Willy Spiller and Sabina Lietzmann Text(s) by Sabina Lietzmann, McKinley E. Dabney and Jürg Ramspeck Photographs by Willy Spiller Designed by 27,8 x 24,2 cm Language: German Paperback Publisher: Edition Stemmle 1986
“In the New York subway—often described as a ‘hell on wheels’—a world of its own unfolds, and this world is portrayed in words and images with unvarnished honesty and striking intensity. The New York ‘underground’ follows its own rules, and what goes on in the city’s ‘belly’ often stands in stark contrast to life in Manhattan and the façades of Fifth Avenue. A world of rush and frenzy is reflected in the tunnels through which graffiti-covered trains hurtle, but where pronounced social divisions also prevail. Europeans and tourists—even when they use the subway ‘for a change’—catch only a superficial glimpse of it. Even some New Yorkers themselves may not be familiar with this life underground…”
