Subvisual Subway: The Art of New York City's Bacterial World
https://www.sciencefriday.com/videos/swabbing-new-york-citys-subways-for-art/

Typographer and illustrator Craig Ward heard an urban legend that “using the handrails on the subway is like shaking hands with 100 people.” He decided to test that theory by sampling the bacteria on subway lines around New York City and photographing his findings. The results were striking and unconventional “portraits” of NYC commuters.

Additional Photography © Tasha Sturm, The Mason Lab,
The Wall Street Journal and Martin Burch, Chris Canipe,
Madeline Farbman, Rachel Feierman and Robert Lee Hotz

Thanks to Christopher Mason, Craig Ward and Weill Cornell Medical College

Craig Ward
Mason Lab at Weill Cornell Medical College
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Emily Driscoll is a science documentary producer in New York, New York. Her production company is BonSci Films.