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Piraeus Station, Greece, 2019
Warszawa Centralna, Warsaw, 2018
St.Petersburg-Glavny sign, St.Petersburg, 2018
Statione Centrale, Milan, 2018
Statione Santa Lucia, Venice, 2018
Helsingin Päärautatieasema, Helsinki, 2018
St.Petersburg-Glavny map, St.Petersburg, 2018
Wien Westbahnhof, Vienna, 2017
Salzburg Hauptbahnhof, Salzburg, 2017
30th Street Station, Philadelphia, 2015
Gare St. Lazare, Paris, 2012
Union Station, Toronto, 2012
Grand Central Terminal, New York, 2012
Union Station, Chicago, 2014
Gare de Nord, Paris, 2012
Berlin Haupbahnhof, 2013
Hamburger Bahnhof, 2013
South Station, Boston, 2012
St. Pancras Station, London, 2012
Central Station, Copenhagen, 2013
Liverpool Street exit, Liverpool Station, London, 2012
Gare de Lyon, Paris, 2012
South Station, Track #9, Boston, 2012
Liverpool Station, London, 2012
Paddington Station, London, 2012
Gare Austerlitz, Paris, 2012
Station Time is a study to capture how time is perceived in train stations. Entering a train station is to immerse oneself into several timelines, all concurrent. We see weighty trains in old stations, yet the people are ephemeral, ghost-like, transitory.
In these stations there is a palimpsest, or layering, of time: present experiences are constantly
layered over faded pasts. The layering of colours and images simultaneously captures the energy of traveling, while evoking a nostalgia for these old places. These are the places where people travel,
but trains terminate. Their future is always in question, but while they are here, the older stations seem to be eternal.
I have combined the look of romantic black and white photography and a very modern technique
of layering several frames in different colour channels so that the passing of time and our brief
presence in these places is felt. Every moment, our complex bustling, our comings and goings all dissipate into the air.
All images are available in two sizes, approximately 18" x 27", or 9" x 14". Limited editions of 3.
Archival pigment prints.
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