17 January, 2006
Travis Ruse – Inspiration From The Everyday
Travis Ruse is a New York City magazine photo editor who commutes to work by train. He carries his Canon 20D with him every day, taking photographs along the way, and then edits those shots down to a single ‘shot of the day’ which he posts to his web site each night. He concentrates not on the sights outside the train, but on the commuters themselves, and telling the story of what it’s like to be an NYC train commuter in the modern day.
In Travis’ own words:
I live in Park Slope, Brooklyn. I work in midtown Manhattan.
42nd & Lexington Ave., to be exact, right across from Grand Central Station.
As the crow flies, that’s just 6 miles. But on the tracks, it can be three trains, 11 stops, and 45 minutes each way.
This is what I see every day commuting to and from work.
The New York Times recently ran an article about Travis – When The Muse Is A Train.
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January 26th, 2006 at 1:42 pm
Cools, glad to see my old boss is doing well.