{"id":73993,"date":"2018-12-04T08:15:44","date_gmt":"2018-12-04T12:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/?p=73993"},"modified":"2018-12-05T17:18:24","modified_gmt":"2018-12-05T21:18:24","slug":"faces-of-the-7-train-exhibition-opens%e2%80%a8at-flushing-public-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/?p=73993","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Faces of the 7 Train\u2019 Exhibition Opens\u2028at Flushing Public Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The culturally diverse blend of passengers on New York City\u2019s 7 subway line, also known as \u201cThe International Express,\u201d are the subject of a new photo exhibit, \u201cFaces Of The 7 Train,\u201d which opens at the Queens Public Library\u2019s Flushing branch on Thursday, Dec. 14.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/EXHIBIT-POSTER-1-LADY-AND-CART.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[73993]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-73996\" src=\"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/EXHIBIT-POSTER-1-LADY-AND-CART-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"412\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/EXHIBIT-POSTER-1-LADY-AND-CART-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/EXHIBIT-POSTER-1-LADY-AND-CART-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/EXHIBIT-POSTER-1-LADY-AND-CART-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 412px) 100vw, 412px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Using nothing more than an iPhone, Drew Kerr spent six years secretly photographing riders on the 7 train as it rattled from Manhattan\u2019s Times Square to Flushing and back. \u201cFaces Of The 7 Train\u201d features 32 black-and-white-photographs culled from hundreds of shots of riders going to work, spending time with their families, thinking, laughing, and, since this is a subway, sleeping.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI perfected a technique of quietly and quickly taking pictures with the aid of a little misdirection,\u201d said Kerr, who grew up in Flushing and Howard Beach. \u201cI hopped from car to car in search of interesting subjects, doing my \u2018photographic dance\u2019 until I captured what I needed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Over six years on the 7 train, only one person ever stopped Kerr, a public relations consultant at Four Corners Communications who also mentors LaGuardia Community College students, from taking a photograph. He was not hurt during the incident.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFaces Of The 7 Train\u201d will be on display through Dec. 3, 2019. Many photos can be seen here: <a href=\"http:\/\/facesofthe7train.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/facesofthe7train.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The culturally diverse blend of passengers on New York City\u2019s 7 subway line, also known as \u201cThe International Express,\u201d are the subject of a new photo exhibit, \u201cFaces Of The 7 Train,\u201d which opens at the Queens Public Library\u2019s Flushing branch on Thursday, Dec. 14.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-up-to-date-news-on-everything-asian"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=73993"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73993\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73997,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73993\/revisions\/73997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=73993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=73993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=73993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}