Pierre Siedel’s Beijing Subway Photography

Anyone who has ridden the subway during rush hour in China knows how chaotic and overwhelming it can be as an individual commuter. Shuandjoe point us to the photography of Pierre Siedel, whose recent work “Still / Moving” captures people stopped in the middle of the Beijing subway commute.

Pierre Siedel explains the concept behind “Still / Moving”:

Being isolated from the rushing crowd, one feels alienated, lonely, detached even abandoned. In this artificial universe, the underground transit bubble stirs the mind to a kind of self-reflection. I thought it would be interesting to explore through photography such absurd places like the subway where everyone is running in the same direction and never stops.

Check out more of Pierre’s pictures at the Paris-Beijing Photography Gallery or on the gallery’s website.

[via Shuandjoe]