Ex-prof at prestigious NYC art school takes ‘creepy’ photos of straphangers — including kids and tank-top-wearing women
An artist and former prof at the city’s prestigious School of Visual Arts is stockpiling a “creepy” collection of photos of unwitting straphangers — including scores of tank-top-wearing women. Brian Appel — who claims to be “Faculty Emeritus” at SVA, which the Manhattan school denies — has been uploading tens of thousands of images to his Facebook account for more than two years.
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An artist and former prof at the city’s prestigious School of Visual Arts is stockpiling a “creepy” collection of photos of unwitting straphangers — including scores of tank-top-wearing women. Brian Appel — who claims to be “Faculty Emeritus” at SVA, which the Manhattan school denies — has been uploading tens of thousands of images to his Facebook account for more than two years. The trove includes photos of rail-riding couples kidding, friends laughing and straphangers dapperly dressed as they get to their destinations. A slew also capture unsuspecting women wearing tight and revealing clothes.
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- An artist and former prof at the city’s prestigious School of Visual Arts is stockpiling a “creepy” collection of photos of unwitting straphangers — including scores of tank-top-wearing women. Brian Appel — who claims to be “Faculty Emeritus” at SVA, which the Manhattan school denies — has been uploading tens of thousands of images to his Facebook account for more than two years.
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Ex-prof at prestigious NYC art school takes ‘creepy’ photos of straphangers — including kids and tank-top-wearing women
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