Pixioo Photography: Urbex Instagram Photog Killed While Subway Surfing in NYC

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A New York-based photographer and Instagram star was killed yesterday after apparently trying to subway surf by climbing onto a train car in Brooklyn.

The New York Post reports that 25-year-old Christopher Serrano was riding an F train in Brooklyn with a female friend at around 5 a.m. yesterday when he went between two of the subway cars and began climbing the outside of the train.

Serrano, who was reportedly intoxicated at the time, seems to have gotten clipped by something and fell off the train. His body was found in the subway roadbed at the Fourth Ave./Ninth St. station at around 5:12 a.m.

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Prior to his death, Serrano regularly published urban exploration photos to his Instagram account, @heavy_minds, which had over 100,000 followers. Many of his photos were captured from extremely high and dangerous vantage points, often in locations off-limits to the general public.

It's lonely up here.

A photo posted by NYC | HeavyMinds (@heavy_minds) on Oct 2, 2016 at 3:08pm PDT

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Starting over.

A photo posted by NYC | HeavyMinds (@heavy_minds) on Aug 31, 2016 at 7:07pm PDT

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Nostalgia.

A photo posted by NYC | HeavyMinds (@heavy_minds) on Aug 19, 2016 at 2:45pm PDT

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GWB.

A photo posted by NYC | HeavyMinds (@heavy_minds) on Oct 26, 2014 at 6:52pm PDT

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After his passing, Serrano’s brother Ryan took to Instagram to post a tribute to Christopher:

I wish I had taken more photos of you. I lost my brother today. My first best friend. I'll never forget our adventures. You took me to my first rooftop, my first abandoned building, first tunnel. You took me to my first concert, and my second one shortly after. 2 years ago we snuck out of the house after work to take pictures on a snowy night. We wandered the city during Storm Jonas taking photos. I'll never forget our celebratory high five after we both caught that photo of the lightning in DUMBO. We got chased out of a construction site by a helicopter. We could do anything together. We skated together. We worked together. Went to the gym together. Played video games together. Talked about almost anything together. This house will never be the same without you. I love you, brother. ❤️ @heavy_minds. Thank you everyone for your kind words. I really appreciate all the support. If anyone has any old photos or videos of my brother please contact me.

A photo posted by Ryan Serrano (@ryanserrano) on Oct 5, 2016 at 7:57pm PDT

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You can find more of Serrano’s photography on his Instagram and Facebook.

(via NYPost via Fstoppers)

Image credits: Header photo by 7beachbum