A commercial and fine art photographer in New York, Saunders has been commissioned by a wide range of clients, including Forbes, NY Life Insurance Company, Showtime Networks, and many music publications. Her fine art work is widely exhibited and held in both private and corporate collections, including Pfizer and GE. On the Platform is her ongoing project of color photographs created on subway platforms at night in cities throughout the world. Her photographs clarify the colorful, complex relationship between man-made structures, community, and nature. Her fine art work is represented by Safe-T Gallery in Brooklyn.

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Daryl-Ann Saunders photographs nocturnal subway trains in busy urban settings. Given the speed of her subjects and the limitations of her environments, she has to plan a lot in advance. She shoots digitally for commercial work, but she selected a modest analog SLR with an integrated lens for her subway project to avoid the hazards of working with interchangeable parts and carrying expensive equipment in locations that are potentially unsafe.

© Daryl-Ann Saunders
Camera: Olympus IS-3 SLR, Lens: Integrated 35–180mm, 1:5.6 zoom , Aperture: f/22
Exposure: Between 4 seconds and 1 minute, Film: Fujicolor NPZ 800