The images captured in these vintage photos by Danny Lyon were shot in 1966. You might know the Brooklyn-born Lyon from his book called The Destruction of Lower Manhattan. This year the MTA is staging an exhibition from Lyon called Underground: 1966, which was inspired by some advice from his mom when he returned to the city;
“If you’re bored, just talk to someone on the subway.”
They have never been publicly exhibited and you can check them out in their entirety for the next year at the Atlantic Avenue Barclays Station. * Note to self: take more pictures of the seemingly banal. (Photos, Danny Lyon, courtesy Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York / Zürich; via Gizmodo)
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