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Wien Westbahnhof, 2017
Salzburg Hauptbahnhof, 2017
30th Street Station, Philadelphia, 2015
Berlin Haupbahnhof, 2013
Hamburger Bahnhof, 2013
South Station, Boston, 2012
St. Pancras Station, London, 2012
Central Station, Copenhagen, 2013
Gare St. Lazare, Paris, 2012
Liverpool Station, London, 2012
Paddington Station, London, 2012
Gare Austerlitz, Paris, 2012
Series title: Station Time
In 2010, I set off on a solo trip to Paris. I wished to continue my photographic exploration on how people occupy public spaces but with a specific project. My partner suggested I focus my efforts on the many beautiful train stations in Paris. Station Time is the result. It is a study of 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 these 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. These are the places where people travel, but trains terminate. Their future is always in question, but while they are here, these stations seem to be eternal.
I have layered several photos taken from the same vantage point 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.
I continue to photograph people passing through train stations wherever I travel.
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