SUBWAY RIDER with Graffiti Interior NYC 1970s Gelatin Silver Photograph

Description:
Original 5 x 7 inch black and white photograph by Thomas Alan Schmidler, taken on a New York City subway in the 1970s. A lone rider gazes from the shadowed foreground while behind her, the subway wall is covered in bold, era-defining graffiti. The signage above her seat lists stops like Flatbush Avenue and the 6 Bus Transfer, grounding the image in Brooklyn’s transit history. A torn advertisement peers from the top of the frame, its smiling subject an eerie counterpoint to the grit below.

This is an original gelatin silver print developed by the artist in his own darkroom. The image captures Schmidler’s hallmark style: candid, immediate, and attuned to the layered textures of city life. Blank on reverse.

This is an original 1975 photograph taken and developed by my dad, Thomas Alan Schmidler in his darkroom.