Jason polan

The artist understood pre-pandemic New York in a way few others do.

We are sad to hear about the passing of our friend and incredibly prolific illustrator, Jason Polan. He was 37. As reported by the NY Times and confir...

Read 34 reviews from the world’s largest community for readers. Jason Polan is on a mission to draw every person in New York, from cab drivers to celebriti…

In March of 2008, Jason Polan set off into Manhattan armed only with a white notepad and a black Itoya Fine Point .6 pen. He had one goal: to draw every person in New York. It would seem an insurmountable task if not for Polan’s habit of documenting most anything that crosses his path, tagging each conquest with a thick scrawl detailing its circumstance, such as “Plant outside of a medical center on Orange and Magnolia Streets, April 25, 2010, drawn right after I tripped on the sidewalk,” or…

Jason Polan drew everyday scenes of everyday people and changed how some of them saw the world.

Jason Polan chronicled city life in thousands of sketches before he died at 37 in 2020. What happens to his legacy now?

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For nearly 10 years, the illustrator has worked to commemorate the stray moments within the routines of New York’s millions of inhabitants.