Martin Roemers at Anastasia Photo

How do people manage to live in the world’s biggest cities? Dutch photojournalist Martin Roemers set out to answer this question in ‘Metropolis,’ a series that took him around the world to cities with populations of ten million or more. Roemer discovered that to survive is to focus on the details of everyday life, as he does in this colorful market in Lagos. (On view at Anastasia Photo on the Lower East Side through April 26th).

Martin Roemers, Oshodi Road, Oshodi, Lagos, Nigeria, archival pigment print on Ilford Galerie Smooth Pearl paper, 22 x 28 inches, 2015.