HW #2

Back in this time period I could only imagine how dreadful subway rides were because of no portable entertainment or any ac or heat on the subways. I think that Walker Evans photos are funny because today I always take photos of people on the train with my phone and I try to be very discrete for various reasons, mostly because I find something funny. Today there are so many other things to do on the subway other than stare at one another so I find it very clever that Walker Evans came up with the idea to photograph everyday people during their commute. All of the people have similar expressions on their face, whether it’s a look of stress, patiently waiting or pretending they don’t notice him taking photos. I also noticed everyone looked very well dressed so perhaps being able to ride the subway in this time period was considered a luxury, unlike today you will find anybody.