"...the subway could be excruciatingly beautiful. It could be the sexiest environment I’ve ever been in; we can’t go into details but the subway can really be sexy. At that time, about 1980, the trains were running poorly. They were very unsafe, there were a lot of muggers, there was graffiti written all over the place. I think the city was in default at that time, also. It was a chaotic, neurotic, pathetic time."Davidson was eventually mugged while making this series riding the subway with all his equipment throughout the night. He describes the graffiti surrounding many of his subjects as "the hieroglyphics of anxiety, of anger, of frustration." Check out the entire series, it's very intense.
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