Editions Stemmle. 1986. First Edition. Softcover. 140 Pages. Text in German. Book : VG+.

Like Bruce Davidson, Willy Spiller documented both, the ordinary and the extraordinary from New York’s subway and the people who populated it. As Paul Nizon wrote, “Spiller is always hot on the trail of human comedy, or rather tragic comedy. Always led by the question, how do they manage to cheat and fight their way through the carnival of life (the valley of tears): the small, the big, the mountebanks and silent sufferers, the victims, the stars with false teeth, the people”.