In his signature style Bagno assumes the perspective of a passerby a shadowy apparition-positioned between beside behind-often depicting others as they turn away hurry past and wander off. For him they are forms without identity-abstractions of fleeting encounters. With a sense of pathos for the mundane and sensitivity for the minutiae he provides a nuanced glimpse into the city beyond myths. In his publishing debut New York City Anonymous Bagno reveals the poetics of anonymity ephemerality and the beauty in melancholy.