Nearly all of his pictures are of people, whether posed or unposed. Often, they are quite busy without an obvious centre of focus and the eye does not know where to look.
He documented New York as a photo diary. This reminds me of my own diary routine project. They are generally of large crowds, people in bars or on the train – and there's a great sense of New York to them.
Quite a few of his pictues are out of focus in parts. I prefer the smaller images and am not particularly keen on those pictures that don't involve people.
The exhibition display reminds me of a comic strip, with frames the same size and distance apart and all black-and-white.
I was interested to read that before he took up photography he was an abstract painter.
In one room is a long series of photographs of people standing waiting on a train platform. The faces look like they've been edited in PhotoShop. But I like the way the frames are set out, that enable you to walk along in front, as if on an inspection.
