42nd Street-6th Avenue

Travis Ruse

Underground Exposure

Travis Ruse is a chronicler of his daily subway commute, using his camera to record a daily journal of images: the people and scenes from his Brooklyn to Manhattan commute. For more than two years Ruse used the opportunity provided by his 45-minute commute via three train lines to create a series of vivid photographs. His lens captures those at rest, reading, waiting anxiously, workers traveling in groups, or hurriedly racing to the train - all the scenes of the subway captured through the eye of an artist who uses the available light in a split second, to isolate the humanity - and even the joy - in being part of the masses in mass transit. His images also capture the calm at the end of a day's work or the moments of solitude that can be found in a sun-filled subway car.

On a daily basis for two-and-a-half years Ruse, who is photography Director at Inc. magazine and had been involved in special photography projects, posted his images on his photoblog (travisruse.com).which became extremely popular. He was awarded the Photoblog of the Year award in 2007 and was profiled in the New York Times. His work was been posted on websites of the New York Times, New York magazine, and National Public Radio.

Ruse's work is being exhibited in two lightbox locations, 42nd Street-Bryant Park (B, D, F, V) and Atlantic Avenue-Pacific Street (2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, M, N, R, Q). The work will remain on display through 2009.

Duratrans generously provided by Modernage and Fuji Film.