Observed arrival · 2026-09-21
Urban Stratigraphy, by Christopher Auger-Dominguez
A photographic archive of disappearing New York City subway advertising surfaces, recorded before analog boards gave way to digital screens.
- For
- Readers of urban history and contemporary photography
- Worth noticing
- The photographs leave the posters in place, documenting each subway surface only once rather than removing or arranging it.
Field notes
The archive treats subway advertising as a sequence of dated, indexed surfaces rather than as a general collection of street imagery. Its records include coordinates, borough, palette, and field notes, while the print specification identifies cotton-rag paper and editions of 50, 25, or 10 by size. The page also places the project in conversation with Raymond Hains and Jacques Villeglé’s décollage practice, while emphasizing that its photographed posters remain in situ.
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