Travel is ubiquitous these days, but most of us are so focused on our destinations we don't pay much attention to the journey. Stations, terminals, ports... they see swarms of human traffic every day, and inevitably are the scene of all sorts of interactions, antics, emotions or even just the plain ordinary. They are not always appreciated for their role in human history, or their place in most of our lives. They can be architectural marvels, drab neglected ruins, or anything in between. But whatever they are, they all have stories.
This project is my tribute to these often ignored buildings, for their role in shaping the world and for what goes on within them.
Piccadilly circus subway station on a drizzly, quiet March morning. I was on the way to Kew gardens but had some time to kill. It isn't often you find this station entrance not buzzing with activity and even though it was still quite early I had to wait for fifteen to twenty minutes for this fleeting gap in the contraflow of commuters.
Train pulling in at Baden station, Switzerland
STA 0838
Train awaited at Kanhangad station, Kerala
ETA 1225
Train pulling in at Kanhangad station, Kerala
ETA... oh, never mind!
Silhouettes at Zurich airport
Walking out of the duty free these silhouettes just cried out to be photographed. Its one of those moments which probably happen evey day - you could go to Zurich airport any day of the week and get an almost identical shot. But each of those people will have a different story. What's the guy on the right working on on his laptop? What are the two women walking in the middle discussing? The individual tales may be worlds apart, but you just know those trolleys will always be exactly on the blue line, the bold lettering will remain as solid as ever, and the tails of the Swiss Air flights in the distance will always be on time!
Bahnhof strasse, Zurich
Engelberg station, the terminus for those wanting to visit Mount Titlis (just in the background, left)
Kleine scheidegg, panorama
A wonderfully picturesque litle railway station and village which serves as a base camp for those visiting the so-called 'top of Europe' - the three adjacent mountains Eiger, Mönsch and Jungfrau Joch.
Workers in deep contemplation at Kleine Scheidegg railway station
Lauterbrunnen railway station
Obviously waiting for trains in Switzerland is about as pleasant an experience as one could hope!
Tulips outside Weggis pier, Lake Luzerne, Switzerland
One of the piers at Weggis
Long exposure with a 10-stop ND filter
The port of Vitznau on Lake Luzerne, Switzerland. The waterfall can be heard from almost anywhere in the village.
The Hunslet - one of the trains of the Snowdonia Mountain railway - at Llanberis station, the foot of Snowdon.
The Hunselt at Snowdon Summit on a typically foggy day
Tenby Harbour, Tenby, Wales
The pastel houses are of course the centre of attaction, and it turns out they were designed to be. The pastel colours made them more easily identifiable in the early morning mist or poor light of the late evening when sailors and fishermen needed to find their homes.
This is one of my favourite images with the sepia tones bringing out the details in the bay and the sand while the colours of the houses provide the main focus. To do it justice it really needs to be viewed at full size.
