It was a temporary stunt as part of a city-wide cleanup. The goal was to give a “first class experience” to commuters.

    • The Picard Maneuver@piefed.worldOPEnglish
      17·
      15 days ago

      I had the same question. Every photo I could find of the event had this guy censored. Or it’s just a photo error that looks like censorship?

      Edit: wait, I think I found the answer. It looks like there was a guy walking in front of him, and someone tried to edit that out in some versions of this photo.

      • Ghostie@lemmy.zipEnglish
        5·
        15 days ago

        It looks to me like the colorizing was done by AI and it got all wonky on that part.

        • cabbage@piefed.socialEnglish
          3·
          14 days ago

          I also find it fascinating how it messed up the “FEED THE KITTY” “IT WON’T BITE” in the subway advertisement. “IT WAWT WTE”

    • TrackinDaKraken@lemmy.worldEnglish
      14·
      15 days ago

      This photo was colorized at some point, likely recently, because it’s fairly well done.

      I suppose his face is blocked for the same reason faces are ever blocked in photos, so no one can recognize who it is.

      The “ghost” in the window is just someone outside the train looking in, and not colorized. The train is stopped at the station.

    • NotyouEnglish
      1·
      15 days ago

      It looks like when they colored the photo, it combined 2 people into 1. The b&w pic looks like they are just talking and the color pic looks like 1 guys with some weird censor or mask on.