London Underground n.8
I was on the escalator on teh way down to the Northern Line. A young couple was hugging just above me. Nice.
I was on the escalator on teh way down to the Northern Line. A young couple was hugging just above me. Nice.
Waiting for the next train southbound. On the way to a friend house for the weekend. Maybe thinking about the evening and whom she is going to meet.
Stockwell tube station. Interchange to get to Brixton. Trains pass through southbound as well as northbound. If you avoid the rush hour you can pause in a corridor, wait for a train to pass by, and to capture its blurry motion.
The end of June in London was incredibly hot. For the week I was there the sky was blue most of the time. No clouds in sight and very low humidity. Every morning I walked through Brockwell Park to get to Herne Hill railway station and catch the train to Blackfriars Bridge. I was walking through early, at around 7 or 7:30. The colours were crisp. The greens very green. The blue of the sky very blue. […]
It is nice to walk from one station to the other. Look at the tunnels that connects different underground lines. Low down to the floor level and seek a different point of view.
Exit to the platform and watch the people waiting for the next train. Most of them look into their smartphones. Many listen to music from their earplugs. Not many talk to eachother. All think about the time left to the next train. Just 1 minute in this case.
I was in London for a week in late June. The usual week I spend there before the summer holiday, catching up with the colleagues at the Overseas Development Institute. This year I wanted to pay attention to two things while in London: 1) interesting perspectives of the urban landscape ; 2) people in their daily life. This photo was taken at Heathrow while walking to the Heathrow Express underground station. I like the perspective and reflections.
Friday, 27.6.2015 That’s it. I am leaving tomorrow to Europe for the summer break. The photos from the Senayan Transjkarata station will stop here (temporarily?). 86 photos from January to June. Six months of crossing this bridge on the way to work and back home. Pushing my Brompton and carrying my camera to capture new angles, different times of the day, a snapshot of the busy life at this busy corner of Jakarta. Some people, like […]