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The retrospective exhibits of Walker Evans: Simple Secrets and Thomas Roma: Intimate City on display at the International Center of Photography present a cross section of each photographer’s works. Thomas Roma, an active photographer, shows his interpretation of Brooklyn through a six series narrative. The Walker Evans exhibit, made possible by the Marian and Benjamin A. Hill Collection, takes a sampling of photographs from Evan’s expansive photographic career. “Court Portraits” was Roma’s first series presented in the show. Taken at the Brooklyn Criminal Courthouse Brooklyn courthouse, Roma casts a few courthouse stragglers as his subjects. All seem to be in a quiet submission to the photographer, like in acts of repentance or admittance. “Higher Ground” looks to be Roma’s most prolific effort. A compilation of subway photographs in a range of emotion and scale. Subway straphangers and riders populate his photographs either sleeping or caught in their thoughts. Like many of the other pictures in his series a common tie can be seen in his subway interior shots. The passengers lean toward an overexposed light, as if the light held spiritual power. After looking at his book, I wasn’t quite convinced on the i