Walker Evans’ Subway Portraits

By today’s standards many would consider his style of photography unethical and I could see people having a strong reaction if they discovered he was taking pictures of them.  That being said, I love the timeless quality of the images and think this is an important set of photographs.  There is definitely a remarkable similarity in the faces then and now, regardless of how much society changes some things always remain the same.  Public transportation, especially via subway, has a certain effect on people commuting for work that seems to not have changed over the years.  I’d love to see a present day version of this, which of course you can get glimpses of on the internet.