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Photographer Spends 9 Years Shooting Same People On Their Way To Work, Shows How They Change Over Time
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Ah, the daily grind. Love it or hate it, it's an unavoidable part of life for most of us - especially New Yorkers. Danish photographer Peter Funch spent nearly 10 years stationed outside of Grand Central Station shooting the morning commuters rushing by, and ended up capturing more than just yawns and iced coffees when it was said and done.
The impressive catalog of photos that now make up Funch's latest book, 42nd and Vanderbilt, span from 2007 to 2016, and were each taken between the tender hours of 8:30 to 9:30 AM. During the editing process, Funch realized that sticking to the same spot and same times every day had produced an amazing effect; he ended up catching the same people 2 or 3 times, sometimes years apart. "You could hardly believe it, that you’d find the same people having the same ritual over 10 years," Funch told Fast Co Design. "It’s such a New York thing, the idea that people just do the same thing over and over again."
Scroll down to see how Funch's recurring subjects changed - or didn't - over time, and tell us some of your morning rituals in the comments at the end.
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This is my favourite- a ray of sunshine among all the glum and anxious faces
So nine years late he is still trying to finish that Starbucks americano lol
No, most of them don't change over time... lots of sad looking people..
Some of these are never, ever 9 years apart. Maybe 1 week apart. Some look like they are photographed on the very next day.
"It's a bird, it's a plane..." 9 yrs later: Superman vs Batman sucked.
nope different tie, top is orange with squares, other is red with circles and squares.
Most of them seem to be days or hours or minutes apart each other. Surely not a year.
If I understand correctly, not all fotos are necessarily nine years apart...but it surely is described confusingly. I think what the protographer wants to stress is that many people keep attitudes, habits, and ritualised behaviour.
Note the hair styles don't change, look at the bangs, parts, colors. Maybe some of them put their hair up in a ponytail or bun but otherwise same haircut. Also, they haven't upgraded their technology in 9 years?
Yeah. Earphones don't last more than a year or so.
There's NO way these photos were taken a decade apart. I'm disappointed.
I was wondering the little change in most of the pictures too, also see the same people years again
Topic headline is definitely inaccurate and misleading. Many of these are clearly taken on the same day, probably even within minutes of each other. Thumbs down. No inspiration.
Also, not spontaneous. Subjects have been coached to pose similarly to make it seem like they have the same behaviors "years" apart.
It's amazing the conclusions that you seem to reach with paltry evidence. Think about your own routine and the paths that you crossed in the same years. We're animals of habits. And age is something relative to many human beings, due to lifestyle, genes and the mixture of the two. It's perfectly reasonable to expect some to change not that much in nine years. For example, from ages 31-40. Are those differences really that noticeable? Not at all.
well yeah. I kinda agree. But the clothes put me off a bit. Did the photographer *really* wait for numerous people to get 'accidentally' wear the same clothes like in their old pic? huh..
BOOOO!! This post is bogus! Some of the images appear to be photo shopped, some images the subject is wearing the same clothing/accessories/etc, hell even the people in the background are even the same for some of the pictures
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Most of them seem to be days or hours or minutes apart each other. Surely not a year.
If I understand correctly, not all fotos are necessarily nine years apart...but it surely is described confusingly. I think what the protographer wants to stress is that many people keep attitudes, habits, and ritualised behaviour.
Note the hair styles don't change, look at the bangs, parts, colors. Maybe some of them put their hair up in a ponytail or bun but otherwise same haircut. Also, they haven't upgraded their technology in 9 years?
Yeah. Earphones don't last more than a year or so.
There's NO way these photos were taken a decade apart. I'm disappointed.
I was wondering the little change in most of the pictures too, also see the same people years again
Topic headline is definitely inaccurate and misleading. Many of these are clearly taken on the same day, probably even within minutes of each other. Thumbs down. No inspiration.
Also, not spontaneous. Subjects have been coached to pose similarly to make it seem like they have the same behaviors "years" apart.
It's amazing the conclusions that you seem to reach with paltry evidence. Think about your own routine and the paths that you crossed in the same years. We're animals of habits. And age is something relative to many human beings, due to lifestyle, genes and the mixture of the two. It's perfectly reasonable to expect some to change not that much in nine years. For example, from ages 31-40. Are those differences really that noticeable? Not at all.
well yeah. I kinda agree. But the clothes put me off a bit. Did the photographer *really* wait for numerous people to get 'accidentally' wear the same clothes like in their old pic? huh..
BOOOO!! This post is bogus! Some of the images appear to be photo shopped, some images the subject is wearing the same clothing/accessories/etc, hell even the people in the background are even the same for some of the pictures
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Careful, you'll all end up with negative ratings for honest answers like yours. This site is all about letting people post what makes them feel they're special and unique. You have been warned, now shape up!