Willy Spiller - Hell on Wheels (Signed)

Swiss photographer Willy Spiller's legendary series of the New York Subway 1977 - 1984: newly edited, redesigned and never before seen images in a stunning photo book - including an introduction by Bill Shapiro and unseen images.

In May of 1977, a 30-year-old Swiss photographer named Willy Spiller, newly arrived in New York City and recovering from the one-two punch of jetlag and a night in the notorious Chelsea Hotel, descended the steps of the city’s subway for the first time.

Beginning that week and continuing for eight years, Willy Spiller brought his camera on the subway, and he shot. He shot cops and robbers. He shot the fashionable and the indigent, commuters and kids. He shot the unpredictable dance of strangers interacting in tin-can train cars. He shot the beginnings of stories whose ends he left to our imaginations. Film was expensive so he chose his moments carefully; still, over the years, he amassed some 2,000 frames.

Pages: 128 pages
Dimension: 32 x 24 cm
Language: English
Format: Hardback with silver embossing
Publisher: Edition Bildhalle
ISBN: 978-3-952506646
Publication date: 2023
Edition of 1000 copies, signed
Edition: 1st edition, REVISED