Photographer Stephen Mallon captured pictures of disused subway cars being loaded up onto a barge and thrown into the Atlantic Ocean to make an artificial coral reef.
Photographer Stephen Mallon captured pictures of disused subway cars being loaded up onto a barge and thrown into the Atlantic Ocean to make an artificial coral reef.
Courtesy Stephen Mallon/Front Room Gallery
More than 2,500 carriages were recycled in this way by the Metropolitan Transport Authority, from 2007 to 2010.
More than 2,500 carriages were recycled in this way by the Metropolitan Transport Authority, from 2007 to 2010.
Courtesy Stephen Mallon/Front Room Gallery
The artificial reef is providing shelter to fish and a home for invertebrates such as blue mussels, along the coast from Delaware to South Carolina.
The artificial reef is providing shelter to fish and a home for invertebrates such as blue mussels, along the coast from Delaware to South Carolina.
Courtesy Stephen Mallon/Front Room Gallery
Mallon followed the process for three years in Delaware, Virginia and South Carolina, taking his pictures from a smaller boat facing the barge.
Mallon followed the process for three years in Delaware, Virginia and South Carolina, taking his pictures from a smaller boat facing the barge.
Courtesy Stephen Mallon/Front Room Gallery
Mallon's works are being featured in the solo exhibition "<a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nyu.edu%2Fabout%2Fnews-publications%2Fnews%2F2015%2F02%2F03%2Fpatterns-of-interest-photography-by-stephen-mallon-at-nyu-kimmel-galleries-through-march-16th.html" target="_blank" target="_blank">Patterns of Interest</a>" at <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nyu.edu%2Flife%2Fresources-and-services%2Fkimmel-center%2Fkimmel-galleries.html" target="_blank" target="_blank">NYU's Kimmel Galleries</a> from February 6 to March 15.
Mallon's works are being featured in the solo exhibition "Patterns of Interest" at NYU's Kimmel Galleries from February 6 to March 15.
Courtesy Stephen Mallon/Front Room Gallery