Hi Rhizome,

I came across this piece on the NYTime's website this morning (reg
requ):

http://www.nytimes.com/packages/khtml/2004/03/28/nyregion/
20040327_SUBWAY_FEATURE_02.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx80485403-
rxHO1Os8+JZ1wF7tnw+Cwg

It's an interview and slide show (flash) with the photographer Bruce
Davidson regarding his late 70s/early 80s photographs of and in the NYC
subway system.

It reminded me of David Crawford's 'Stop Motion Studies' series:
http://www.stopmotionstudies.net/

As some may know, MTAA is interested in 'updates'
(http://www.mteww.com/mtaaRR/on-line_art/update_series.html) of older
art work and it's interesting to read Crawford's work as an update of
Davidson (though I'm certain that Crawford didn't intend it to be).

If you compare Davidson's photos to Crawford's animations both formally
(still photo as opposed to sorta-still) and you compare how the subject
has changed over the intervening years, you will see a greater
narrative develop which neither of the two projects could achieve on
their own.

Don't misunderstand, both projects are brilliantly executed on their
own, but the comparison creates a historical arc that adds another
fascinating layer.

(http://www.mteww.com/mtaaRR/news/twhid/Subway_images.html)

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