The grit, danger and occasional glamor of life on New York’s subway in the 1970s and 80s has been detailed in a set of fascinating photographs.
Acclaimed photographer Willy Spiller, who lives in Zurich, Switzerland, captured the threatening, violent, funny and delightful contradictions of the city’s graffiti-filled transport network from 1977 to 1984.
From a man with a boombox standing perilously close to the tracks to schoolgirls slumped in their seats while chatting idly, the images depict the raw energy