William Hills Sheldon is an artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum.

William Hills Sheldon ate the same lunch every noon, vanilla pudding in a dented metal bowl, then walked the Brooklyn Bridge at 1:07 sharp. The black-and-white photos he made in the 1940s catch strangers who are always caught mid-yawn or sneeze, their faces lit by diner fluorescents and El-train arcs. His photograph “Untitled (Photograph)” turns a subway platform into a stage where half the actors haven’t noticed the curtain is up.

Tap this file to see how a pudding bowl, a bridge, and a train car can choreograph a moment no one planned.