Artist Statement

“Approximately 45 minutes. This is the amount of time the average American takes to get from home to work and back again. Just over a decade ago, I started a new job and became, once again, a commuter.  If I was lucky, my roundtrip would take just over 40 minutes.   

“When I accepted, I made a promise to myself. I was returning to a “desk job” in downtown Washington, D.C.  I had been freelancing for a couple of years. I had discovered street photography before that. Now, things were about to change. My promise was to photograph along my commute. My goal was to capture visual insights into what life is like as a commuter and not simply document details and facts. I found funny, quirky, and curious things as well as a great deal of quiet beauty in some unexpected places. 

“Throughout this work, I have approached my fellow commuters as a passenger who happens to be a photographer, rather than as a photographer assigned to be a passenger. Over time, this project has come to focus on people. Even though commuters regularly travel with one another, we remain essentially strangers. What continues to surprise me is how little attention people pay to what is going on around them and how much there is to see.”

Andrew Glickman

Artist Bio

Andrew Z. Glickman is a documentary photographer based in Maryland. His images have been exhibited throughout the United States and in Europe and are in a number of collections including the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the City of Washington, D.C., Museet for Fotokunst Brandts, Denmark, Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, and Deutsche Bank. His work is included in the book Street Photography Now by Sophie Howarth and Stephen McLaren (Thames & Hudson, 2010).  Glickman is the recipient of six artist fellowships and state grants including, most recently a 2009 grant from the Maryland State Arts Council.

For further information please see http://www.andrewglickman.com/splash.html