Empty New York

No matter where you look, the streets of New York City are almost always filled with hundreds and thousands of people. But, in the 1960s, American photographer Duane Michals found the rare and quiet moments along back alleys, inside offices and shops, and riding in a subway car, where not a single person was in sight. The series, titled Empty New York, was inspired by the work of Eugene Atget, a brilliant photographer who led the way for documentary photography in Paris.

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