The feed moves very quickly. You should blog whore. monkey fingered.

Thanks, bbe. I'm not much for blog whoring--I've tried a couple of times, and it didn't get much more traffic.

I just launched your last post subway portrait post on reddit. Give yourself an up arrow, it might take off.

You're too kind, bbe. Is there a picture of you in the last post? ;)

Chris, I know how you feel. It is just too crowded and if people don't notice something right away it tends to die a quick death. I post a LOT less than I used to. The email solution ain't so effective any more anyway because, let's face it, there are already a million people clogging each other's inboxes. And like you, I really don't enjoy doing that. It would be wonderful if we could carve out our own little corners, with separate cover pages, but as of now, that's not an option.

Now I have to go see if bbe's picture is in that last post, tee hee.

I hear ya, Susan. One of the things that confuses me is that OS is supposed to feature "art" as well as other things, yet how often does art make it to the cover (or even an editor's pick). These pics on the subway should appeal to anyone living in NYC or anyone who's ridden public trans. And they could liven up the cover. But they wind up buried.

But instead of putting art on the cover they put a content-free piece about "30 Rock." I love "30 Rock," but I also love reading posts that do more than point us to a Slate article. Not to carp on that piece, but what a waste of cover space when so much better writing should be there.

Photos on the cover right now: stock photo of the NY Fed chairman, the cover of Interview magazine, and people's avatars next to their articles. 'Nuff said.

I think there should be a ban on links to You Tube videos making the cover.

I say MORE youtube videos. And they should all be of cats doing precious and comical things.

OK, guess I've missed a lot. So, off to the Subway portraits for me!

I know I'm late in the game. I kind of like the photos. I'm sure you know of Walker Evans, the American photographer, also did subway shots. He also did on the street photos as well.

Plus, I know how you feel about not getting much traffic. But I've resigned to the fact that I just have to please me.

Chris, I hope you continue.......the comments here are very good, and I know the frustration. Documentary photography is in a class of it's own. Not everyone understands its importance.

I's like to see you mess w them a little in photoshop (color, contrast, sharpness) I know they are phone shots, many of mine are, but you have every reason, historic and esthetic, to manipulated the images.

Hey, Luis. I sure am familiar with Walker Evans and his "Many Are Called" series. My series of course makes explicit reference to that work and is in homage to it. But it is an update for a different age--the ethnic/racial makeup of the people on the subway has changed radically, class relations have changed, as has the technology (camera phone).

I can take entirely candid photos of people on the subway without anyone noticing. Several of Evans' subjects know they are being photographed and are looking into the camera, which is not what I want. I like the totally unposed shots that the camera phone allows.

Tons of people have done on-the-street photos, candid photos and others have done public transportation pics. There's obviously a long tradition of the candid in photography. There may be nothing new about it, but I don't think that negates the quality of the work. Otherwise no one would bother taking public candids.

Gary, thanks for the comment. I've considered messing with them in photoshop, but I like the rawness and immediacy that the camera phone provides. Camera phones have become such a part of the culture and I'm interested in exploring their possibilities.