From 2008 to 2010, Chris Marker, 90 years old, invaded the Parisian metro and photographed it’s occupants on the fly. His photographs are a way of making a portrait of a common space that had always intrigued him by the stunning connectivity that it brings about between people. It is his last work to date.
There is no need to look for extraordinary scenes or atypical framing. Passengers is not a hunt for the unexpected but in fact an observation of the daily voyage of Parisians. It is with this idea that Chris Marker descended into the metro of the French capital, and sat down, like them, on the green benchs and the folding seats. During these two years, he concealed a small camera and shot portraits of people in front of him, attempting to find a regard or an attitude.
