Ashley Van Buren, a writer and producer working in film, theater, and digital video, started taking subway photographs in 2011. She named her project Subway Stories after a 1997 anthology of short films by 10 directors including her former boss, Jonathan Demme.
Here are some photographs we discussed.
Moving a piano on the subway
A woman reading Eat Pray Love
A pair of sparkly shoes
An older woman, lost in thought
Miss Havisham, Grey Gardens
I interviewed Ashley on June 1, 2023.