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Sleeper N.060 & Sleeper N.061
Photographed by Lee Milby

Sleeper N.060 & Sleeper N.061

Photographed by Lee Milby

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Sleeper N.59
Photographed by Lee Milby

Sleeper N.59

Photographed by Lee Milby

Sleeper N.58

Sleeper N.58

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Sleeper N.057

Sleeper N.057

Sleeper N.055 & Sleeper N.056

Sleeper N.055 & Sleeper N.056

Sleeper N.053 & Sleeper N.054

Sleeper N.053 & Sleeper N.054

Sleeper N.052

Sleeper N.052

Sleeper N.051

Sleeper N.051

Sleeper N.050

Sleeper N.050

Sleeper N.048 & Sleeper N.049

Sleeper N.048 & Sleeper N.049

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The City Sleeps

The City Sleeps is a on-going visual documentation of sleepers on the New York City Subway based on numerous commutes starting March 15th 2012.

It fascinates me to think that in one of the biggest cities in the world, where adjectives such as loudest and brightest are common words, you can find pockets of calm and peace. These pockets are fabricated by subway sleepers – people who temporarily shut down the incessant beeping, shouting and chaos for a few minutes of deep, open mouth snoozing.

New Yorkers are notorious all over the world for being fast paced and busy, but seeing them in their most vulnerable state was a deeply touching personal experience. The sharp contrast between the pre-conceived archetype and the observed reality led me to initiate a simple ritual of capturing sleepers.

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