Grand Central Station
Grand Central Station is hands down, the most beautiful train station I have ever seen. Ironically, looking back at my series, I probably captured the “ugliest” parts.
Even back home, I’ve been doing portraiture for a while. I used to take pictures of everything, anything but at some point, I couldn’t connect with spaces or objects anymore. I’m not sure why. Last week, being sick, having a sore throat, I was in no mood to make conversation with a stranger, I was basically somewhat forced into pictures of isolation. And I guess this helped aid my personal response to the Architecture of Authority piece. I was drawn to the loneliness, not so much to skeptical view on authority.
And I suppose I tried to capture that loneliness in my photographs. I was intrigued by the fact I could take these pictures at a train station. If it was Singapore, I would have been questioned. It was like I was doing something I shouldn’t be doing, except… I could. I don’t know if that shows at all, but I sure felt it when I was pressing down on the shutter.
i love the tonal range that these images all share. my favorite is the image with the empty seats. these just show that you can photograph still life just as well as you do portraits.
michael
June 9, 2008 at 1:46 pm
I wish I could post my pictures this large! It is a great irony that Grand Central is a place of isolation while it is supposed to be what connects people, and it is again great that you saw that part of Grand Central!
oscar
June 9, 2008 at 2:00 pm
Nice….I love this photos.
Rodolfo
June 9, 2008 at 4:10 pm
lovely, keep doing these pictures babette
alecia
June 10, 2008 at 6:09 pm
I really like the series of pictures that you took in the train. According to me, they seem old. On those, I think you have felt, you have appropriated the train, its seats, its lights in order to show an old and warm ambiance.
Margot
June 11, 2008 at 1:50 pm
wow! who would have known that this is Grand Central, your photos make this look like a typical subway station, not something as vibrant as GC. Well done capturing your emotions in the photos.
Jordan
June 12, 2008 at 1:24 pm