METRO / New York / London / Paris: Underground Portraits of Three Great Cities and Their People

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New photos from a renowned Black American photographer offer a hopeful perspective on societal relationships Subways are a great equaliser that supersede social barriers separating people in the aboveground city. In his microcosmic portrayals of everyday human dramas and performances, renowned photographer Herb Robinson profoundly captures the interconnection and alienation of human beings underground and on the move. Readers experience the excitement and extraordinary diversity of three celebrated metropolises in motion. METRO / New York / London / Paris tells a global-local story of immigrants and natives, showing how our worlds are linked and enriched through our common humanity. Innovative concepts and design by Eve Sandler transport viewers forward in this subterranean world. Woven throughout, commentary by Lady Gaga, James Baldwin, King George Vl, Coco Chanel, and others imparts historical context, insider insights, and humour. METRO provides many meaningful windows into the character of each city and its inhabitants, while illuminating modern issues of identity, equality, and the human condition.The only recent book showing the work of renowned photographer Herb Robinson, METRO / New York / London / Paris presents 165 microcosmic portrayals of everyday human drama on confined subways in three cosmopolitan cities. This timely book tells a global-local story of immigrants and natives, showing how our worlds are linked and enriched through our common humanity. Commentary by influential figures is woven throughout, imparting historical context, insider insights, and humour. AUTHORS: Herb Robinson is an original member of the legendary Kamoinge Workshop. His photographs are part of the permanent collections of major museums, including the Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, J. Paul Getty Museum, and others. Eve Sandler is an interdisciplinary artist, designer, writer, and activist whose work commemorates Black culture, memory, and transformation. She has exhibited at the Smithsonian Institution, Studio Museum in Harlem, Frans Hals Museum (Holland), Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, and other museums. SELLING POINTS: . New photos from a renowned Jamaican American photographer spark fresh social perspectives . The first and only photography book about the subways of New York City, London, and Paris, and their riders . Provides a timely look at our rich human ecosystem, accompanied by quotes from influential figures 165 colour and b/w photographs

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It seems the subways are the visual equivalent of the jazz that courses through Robinson's own veins, and maybe somewhat ironically it is their diversity and everyman credentials that are also the true unifying factors in these three portfolios. The subway is the city and the people are the subway."
-- Art Photobook Reviews
This book is packed with off-kilter, saturated, kinetic, up-close, pulsating images that bring energy and surrealistic style. The addition of quotations by people such as Lady Gaga, James Baldwin, Coco Chanel and others strengthens the narrative being shown.
-- LENSCRATCH
Robinsons Metro is a celebration of the vitality and complexity of daily life within the metro systems of New York, London, and Paris. These insightful photographs illuminate both the isolation and connection of commuters of different ages, backgrounds, and walks of life as they share their passage through the underground spaces of three distinctly different cities. -- Carrie Springer, curator
METRO pulses with the rhythm of Herb Robinsons photographic vision, while Eve Sandlers sense of editorial timing keeps a pace that is punctuated by her dynamic design and choice of quotes. -- Dr. Sarah Eckhardt, associate curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Herb Robinson possesses an observational clarity and an unfailing photographic empathy that allows us, as viewers, to gain profoundly relatable insights into the everyday beauty and humanity surrounding us.
-- Dr. Zo Whitley, director of Londons Chisenhale Gallery

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Herb Robinsonis an original member of the legendary Kamoinge Workshop. His photographs are part of the permanent collections of major museums, including the Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, J. Paul Getty Museum, and others. Eve Sandleris an interdisciplinary artist, designer, writer, and activist whose work commemorates Black culture, memory, and transformation. She has exhibited at the Smithsonian Institution, Studio Museum in Harlem, Frans Hals Museum (Holland), Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, and other museums.