Ashley Van Buren

Kali Handelman

Kali Handelman is an editor and freelance writing coach living in New York City. She has worked at The New School and NYU, and as a managing editor at the Brooklyn Institute for Social Research. Kali started taking and sharing subway photos in the early days of Instagram, in 2011, under #NYcommuterphoto. Sign up for the Metropolitan Faces email newsletter [https://www.metropolitanfaces.com/newsletter/]. Follow Metropolitan Faces on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/metropolitanfaces/]. Rate and review Metropolitan Faces on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/metropolitan-faces/id1846159487], YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@MetropolitanFaces/podcasts], or Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/0oDWhPwvNdZCffzxzwPreP]. Music: Express Train [https://burningwitchesrecords.bandcamp.com/track/express-train] by Mr Eff, courtesy of Burning Witches Records.

Enrico Natali

Enrico Natali took pictures on the subway in 1960 while commuting to work as an assistant for fashion photographer Anton Bruehl. Natali later discovered Krishnamurti, gave up photography, and moved to Ojai, where he and his wife opened a meditation center. Sign up for the Metropolitan Faces email newsletter [https://www.metropolitanfaces.com/newsletter/]. Follow Metropolitan Faces on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/metropolitanfaces/]. Rate and review Metropolitan Faces on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/metropolitan-faces/id1846159487], YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@MetropolitanFaces/podcasts], or Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/0oDWhPwvNdZCffzxzwPreP]. Music: Express Train [https://burningwitchesrecords.bandcamp.com/track/express-train] by Mr Eff, courtesy of Burning Witches Records.

Eamon Dolan

Eamon Dolan has been a book editor for over 30 years and the author of The Power of Parting [https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/733809/the-power-of-parting-by-eamon-dolan/?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMjU2MjgxMDQwNTU4AAGnaFx8sz5F2cr7p6lf3vJqXdmV-WicM6G9GjbTtuz9CjWCWHEk8hduQX8cj-o_aem_7uRcvr3Ahsp1NnTlZb3ykg]. Raised by Irish parents in the Bronx, Eamon began posting subway photographs on his Instagram @eamondolan [https://www.instagram.com/eamondolan?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==] in 2015. Sign up for the Metropolitan Faces email newsletter [https://www.metropolitanfaces.com/newsletter/]. Follow Metropolitan Faces on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/metropolitanfaces/]. Rate and review Metropolitan Faces on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/metropolitan-faces/id1846159487], YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@MetropolitanFaces/podcasts], or Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/0oDWhPwvNdZCffzxzwPreP]. Music: Express Train [https://burningwitchesrecords.bandcamp.com/track/express-train] by Mr Eff, courtesy of Burning Witches Records.

Nina R

Nina R. posts her subway photographs on her Instagram account @nina_at_nyc_subway [https://www.instagram.com/nina_at_nyc_subway/]. 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 email newsletter [https://www.metropolitanfaces.com/newsletter/]. Follow Metropolitan Faces on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/metropolitanfaces/]. Rate and review Metropolitan Faces on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/metropolitan-faces/id1846159487], Music: Express Train [https://burningwitchesrecords.bandcamp.com/track/express-train] by Mr Eff, courtesy of Burning Witches Records.

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 Subway Stories [https://ashleyvanburen.com/subwaystories] after a 1997 anthology of short films [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WCadsKUmd0] by 10 directors including her former boss, Jonathan Demme. Sign up for the Metropolitan Faces email newsletter [https://www.metropolitanfaces.com/newsletter/]. Follow Metropolitan Faces on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/metropolitanfaces/]. Rate and review Metropolitan Faces on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/metropolitan-faces/id1846159487], Music: Express Train [https://burningwitchesrecords.bandcamp.com/track/express-train] by Mr Eff, courtesy of Burning Witches Records.