Metropolitan Faces

A podcast about subway photography. Host Blake Eskin talks to other people who take pictures on the subway about their practice.

Nina R 01/07/2026

Nina R Nina R. posts her subway photographs on her Instagram account . Born and raised in Caracas, Venezuela, Nina took many of these pictures while commuting from her home in Forest Hills to her job as an architect. Sign up for the Metropolitan Faces . Follow Metropolitan Faces on . Rate and review Metropolitan Faces on , Music: by Mr Eff, courtesy of Burning Witches Records. /episode/index/show/4dd67b9d-448b-46f0-81b9-3c945e7b83e1/id/39659120

Ashley Van Buren 12/17/2025

Ashley Van Buren Ashley Van Buren, a writer and producer working in film, theater, and digital video, started taking subway photographs in 2011. She named her project after a by 10 directors including her former boss, Jonathan Demme. Sign up for the Metropolitan Faces . Follow Metropolitan Faces on . Rate and review Metropolitan Faces on , Music: by Mr Eff, courtesy of Burning Witches Records. /episode/index/show/4dd67b9d-448b-46f0-81b9-3c945e7b83e1/id/39339260

Willy Spiller 12/03/2025

Willy Spiller Willy Spiller is a Swiss photographer who moved into the Chelsea Hotel in 1977, the year Ed Koch became mayor. His subway photographs are collected in . Music: by Mr Eff, courtesy of Burning Witches Records. /episode/index/show/4dd67b9d-448b-46f0-81b9-3c945e7b83e1/id/39259350

Rebecca Davis 11/19/2025

Rebecca Davis was a video producer for the New York Daily News in 2012 when she started taking candid photographs on the subway, using Hipstamatic filters and posting on Instagram, then Tumblr. She turned the year's subway photographs into a video flipbook called . With her brother, Rebecca directed and produced the 2023 documentary , about the social scientist Robert Putnam. /episode/index/show/4dd67b9d-448b-46f0-81b9-3c945e7b83e1/id/39038375

Anton Nimblett 11/05/2025

Anton Nimblett Anton Nimblett’s subway photographs appear on his Instagram account . He took many of them while commuting to and from the Bushwick family shelter that he manages. Born in Trinidad, Anton is also the author of the short story collections and . Theme music is by Mr Eff, courtesy of Burning Witches Records. /episode/index/show/4dd67b9d-448b-46f0-81b9-3c945e7b83e1/id/38914500

Trailer 10/08/2025

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