METROPOLITAN AREA (United States, 2009-2011)
In his work Niels Stomps examines changes that are so vast that people can hardly adjust to them. Urbanisation is one change of that sort. METROPOLITAN AREA shows a cross-section of New York and exposes the connections between the city and its residents. By literally laying bare the different layers of urban life – everything that takes place between the smog above the buildings and the sewers under them – thee series becomes a metaphor for life itself.
