This is an expanded version of the book that was originally published in 1986. Photographs, text, a technical note and edited by Bruce Davidson. Foreword by the original graffiti artist Fred Brathwaite (aka Fab 5 Freddy). [New] Introduction by Arthur Ollman. Original essays from the 1986 edition by Bruce Davidson and Henry Geldzahler. Designed by Paul McMenamin at SPINE. Printed by drukkerij Mart. Spruijt bv, The Netherlands, from separations made by John Robinson. - From the publisher: "Since the ground was broken, New York City's subway system has been the stuff of legend as well as a source of inspiration and fear. Originally published in 1986, this dark, democratic environment provided the setting for photographer Bruce Davidson's first extensive series in color. Subway riders are set against a gritty, graffiti-strewn background, displayed in tones Davidson described as "an iridescence like that I had seen in photographs of deep-sea fish." Never before has the subway been portrayed in such detail, revealing the interplay of its inner landscape and out vistas. The images include lovers, commuters, tourists, families, and the homeless. From weary straphangers to languorous ladies in summer dresses to stalking predators, Davidson's compassionate vision illuminates the stubborn survival of humanity. From the spring of 1980 to 1985, Davidson explored and shot six hundred miles of subway tracks. In his own words, "I wanted to transform this subway from its dark, degrading, and impersonal reality into images that open up our experience again to the color, sensuality, and vitality of the individual souls that ride it each day." (Antiq. Borrelli, Albuquerque NM, 02.2005). - [Text at Schaden.com:] "In the late 20'th century, before Messrs Giuliani and Bloomberg reduced it to a sanitised, litigious pastiche of its former self, New York City was one of the most exhilarating, creative and downright dangerous cities on earth. Riding the subway armed with his camera in the early 1980's, Bruce Davidson captured this vibrant and violent era in his photographs - when hip hop culture was first emerging and graffiti was spread across the city via the subway lines like a hieroglyphic virus. Long out of print, this new edition of ‘Subway’ includes over 40 unpublished shots and a foreword by Fab Five Freddy, a legendary figure in NY street and club lore. Filled with moody and intimate shots of bankers. beggars, fly-boys, hookers and hoods as they traverse the city, this book is a journey through New York's dark heart." (From: Wallpaper 04.04).

Other edition: Expanded new edition Los Angeles 2003. - Illustrated with color reproductions of Davidson's revealing photographs of the graffiti-ridden New York subway. - Nur Kurztitelaufnahme 11.2008.