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Christopher Payne

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Christopher Payne is an architectural and industrial photographer specializing in American manufacturing

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Some scenes from the New Flyer factory in St. Cloud, Minnesota, where MTA buses are made. I ride these buses every day when I take my daughter to school, and it was amazing to see something I thought I knew—and take for granted—in an entirely new and unexpected way. A lot of people I met at the factory have never been to New York and were touched to hear how important these buses are in the daily lives of New Yorkers, including myself. This might sound sappy, but I felt like a goodwill ambassador, bringing the country closer together, one person at a time. These pictures are part of my new exhibition "In Service", celebrating the 40th anniversary of MTA Arts & Design. The exhibition consists of 50 photographs displayed in 52 lightboxes across five locations, and remains on view through March. For more information see link in bio. @mtaartsdesign @estophoto #newflyer #estophoto #madeinamericabook 16 Oct 2026

I have been fascinated by subways all my life, probably because I spent so much time riding them as a kid growing up in Boston. Before the internet made research easy, I scoured historic photos and transit reports for abandoned stations and tunnels. I even got arrested once. Years later I taught myself photography by locking myself inside the decommissioned electrical substations that once powered the subway. Those pictures became my first book. So I am especially proud of my new exhibition "In Service", in celebration of the 40th anniversary of MTA Arts & Design, which brings my love of transit infrastructure full circle. For this commission I visited workspaces and industrial facilities that keep New York moving and that most riders never see. I also traveled to the far away factories where our subway cars, buses, and locomotives are made. The exhibition consists of 50 photographs displayed in 52 lightboxes across five locations, and remains on view through March. For more information see link in bio. I’ll be sharing more photos but this was the first picture I made, of Barry Jacobs, a sign painter with 23 years of service at the New York City Transit Sign Shop. Many smaller MTA signs are still made traditionally on this press, and Barry often has to crank out 400 or 500 at a time. esto @mtaartsdesign #estophoto @benrubigallery @cooperhewitt 12 Oct 2026

I love to know how things are made. Photographer Christopher Payne had an incredible exhibit at Cooper Hewitt… planes, pianos, pencils, felt hats, Oscar statues… 05 Oct 2026

Behind every portrait in “In Service” is an artisan devoted to their craft. Meet Barry Jacobs, a sign painter with 23 years of service at the New York City Transit Sign Shop. Before the exhibition was installed, we had the chance to share a sneak peek of his portrait with him. Head to the @grandcentralnyc Dining Concourse to see Barry’s photograph IRL and take in the other worker portraits on view. Learn more about the people and places featured in our exhibition guide on @bloombergconnects. OR hear directly from the artist and join our @openhousenewyork tour. @christopherpaynephoto will be giving two walkthroughs of the exhibition on Oct 17. Sign up now! NOTE: Meta is incorrectly marking this video as AI content. This video was filmed, produced and edited by the MTA video team. 05 Oct 2026

Last day to see Made In America… I’ll be at the museum today so stay dry and stop by and say HI! @cooperhewitt 27 Sep 2026

This is the FINAL WEEKEND of Made In America @cooperhewitt I will be photographing the exhibition both days, so please come by and say HI. Cooper Hewitt 2 East 91st Street New York, NY 10128 Thank you for your support!! @estophoto #estophoto @benrubi_gallery #madeinamericabook 25 Sep 2026

52 lightboxes. Five stations. And the @mta like you’ve never seen it before! “In Service: MTA Photographs by Christopher Payne” is now LIVE across the system. Arts & Design is proud to launch our first‑ever systemwide photography exhibition. All lightboxes across our photography program are now illuminated with @christpherpaynephoto’s striking behind‑the‑scenes look at the world that keeps New York moving. Granted unprecedented access across the transit system, Payne’s photographs celebrate the MTA’s skilled workers and intricate infrastructure, revealing powerful moments usually hidden from sight. His meticulous images turn repair shops, manufacturing floors, and operational spaces into stunning portraits of expertise, grit, and precision. From Grand Central to Brooklyn, each station installation reveals a different dimension of this complex ecosystem—from bus building to subway car lifecycles to the everyday components and incredible people that keep the system running. Explore the full exhibition on Arts & Design’s @bloombergconnects guide (link in bio) and see the transit system through a whole new lens! Exhibition locations: 42 St-Bryant Park (B,D,F,M,7) Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr (B,D,N,Q,R,2,3,4,5) Bowling Green (4,5) Grand Central Terminal, Dining Concourse Grand Central Madison 22 Sep 2026

Some pictures from the past two weeks for @natgeo, documenting the installation of Tribute In Light for the 25th anniversary of 9-11. The installation brings together a variety of tradespeople, all working towards a common goal to keep this tradition alive as a symbol of the city’s resilience for a quarter of a century. Many of these people have been doing this for years, so it felt like a reunion of old friends. It was an honor to be a part of this important project, and in a way it brought my career full circle: My first job out of architectural grad school was at @fmslighting, working for the legendary lighting designer Paul Marantz, who was one of the original consultants to Tribute In Light. I am grateful to @allypix77 for trusting me with this. And many thanks to my assistants and new friends that helped make the work possible: @aaronscheung @tj_elias @yasmeenaazer @lafirestone @maxvhsrl @estophoto #estophoto @benrubi_gallery #tributeinlight 13 Sep 2026

Alas, all good things must come to an end… This Saturday 9/12 will be the FINAL public tour of MADE IN AMERICA. The show closes 9/27. Saturday 9/12 - 1:30 PM Cooper Hewitt 2 East 91st Street New York, NY 10128 Thank you for your support and hope to see you there! @estophoto @cooperhewitt @benrubigallery #madeinamericabook 10 Sep 2026

FINAL WEEKS for Made In America - closing 9/27 Please join me tomorrow Wednesday 9/9, for IMAGE MAKING AND INNOVATION AT MILLERKNOLL 6:30 - 8 PM Cooper Hewitt Museum Amy Auscherman, @millerknoll Director of Archives and Brand Heritage, will give an illustrated talk on the critical role photography has played at MillerKnoll across the histories of both Herman Miller and Knoll. Whether documenting manufacturing processes or creating images for advertising, photographs of MillerKnoll’s furniture and textiles have shaped our understanding of American design for over seven decades. Following her presentation, I will join Amy for a conversation about the work I made at Herman Miller and Knoll factories specifically for this exhibition. It will be a lively discussion…I hope you can join us!!! @estophoto #estophoto #madeinamericabook @cooperhewitt 08 Sep 2026

FINAL WEEKS for Made In America - closing 9/27 Wednesday 9/12 6:30 PM - Please join me for IMAGE MAKING AND INNOVATION AT MILLERKNOLL Amy Auscherman, @millerknoll Director of Archives and Brand Heritage, will give an illustrated talk on the critical role photography has played at MillerKnoll across the histories of both Herman Miller and Knoll. Whether documenting manufacturing processes or creating images for advertising, photographs of MillerKnoll’s furniture and textiles have shaped our understanding of American design for over seven decades. Following her presentation, I will join Amy for a conversation about my recent work photographing the manufacture of MillerKnoll’s iconic Eames Lounge Chair. I will also show other MillerKnoll pictures not included in the show. It will be a lively discussion…I hope you can join us!!! And if not I hope see you at the museum this month. I will be giving a public tour on Saturday 9/12 and other private tours during these weeks. DM me if you plan to stop by and maybe we can connect. Thank you!!! @estophoto #estophoto #madeinamericabook @cooperhewitt 06 Sep 2026

"The modern electric grid is built on a backbone of transformers. These giant machines, some as large as a shipping container and weighing as much as 800,000 pounds, allow utilities and grid operators to move electricity across the country at high voltages. They are also incredibly difficult to build and increasingly hard to find: Wait times for large power transformers — the kind needed to connect new power plants and gigawatt data centers to the grid — are as long as five years." "The basic design hasn’t changed in years: a core of steel with copper wound around it, using the interaction of magnetic fields and electric currents to increase or decrease voltages. Thomas Edison could look at a modern transformer and feel a flash of recognition. Making that design more efficient, and capable of handling today’s ultrahigh voltages (some transmission lines operate at 765,000 volts; your toaster is rated for 120), requires a combination of 19th-century craftsmanship and 21st-century materials science.” To understand how this laborious process unfolds, I was recently commissioned by the @nytmag to visit @deltastarinc, a transformer manufacturer based in Lynchburg, Va. The first thing I ever photographed was a transformer, when I was working on my first book, New York’s Forgotten Substations: The Power Behind the Subway, so in a way this assignment brought my career full circle. Still, I had no idea how beautiful and intricate these machines are inside, and that the handcrafted process by which they’re made hasn’t changed much in the past century. Thank you @amykellner and @j_dims for the assignment. Working with the @nytmag is like coming home to family! @estophoto #estophoto @benrubi_gallery #madeinamericabook 21 Aug 2026

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