Willy Spiller - Hell On Wheels URO Publications drag racing

drag racing

Typotheque (Amsterdam)

inventing and representing the democratic changes of Europe in a nearby future through pan-European creative exchange

self published (Melbourne)

equipped with two bellows cameras and a box of photographic glass plates

Willy Spiller - Hell On Wheels URO Publications drag racingFirst published in 1984, photographer Willy Spillers scenes from New Yorks notoriously crime ridden subway system retrospectively tell a different story, one of glitz and colour, curiosity and amusement. Today we can look back at his images with a more objective feeling, finding not the sensationalism, danger, and voyeurism proclaimed by the media at the time, but rather the fascination of this young European newcomer to the Big Apple with its people,