Monday, July 2, 2012

Subway Readers

Have you ever heard of the Underground  New York Public Library? It's the solo project of Ourit Ben-Haim, who photographs readers taking the NYC subways. I find it fascinating!  This post made me dearly happy:

"He saw me after I took the shot so I approached him to tell him what I was doing. I told him how, you know, I had a library full of pictures of people reading in the subways. He stared at my nose for a few seconds. Then, he changed the subject. “Are you a Christian?”, he asked me. I hesitated and responded with some dread, “No...not really...”. I didn’t mind the way he proceeded though. “I LOVE being a Christian”, he said. “It keeps me strong!”. “It gives me PEACE in my heart!”. “It makes me happy!”. His train came in and he jumped on with his arms still outstretched in his enthusiasm."

Check out the rest of the project here. I also love the "About" page.

What do you think about books in public places, readers? Anti-social, or charming?