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Photograph taken during the madness of morning rush hour at 08:38am on July 26th 2011 off Judge Street and St Thomas Street by the Taxi rank next to London Bridge railway Station in central London, England.
Nikon D700 65mm 1/125s f/6.3 iso200
RAW (14-bit)
Nikkor AF-S 24-120mm f/3.5-5.6G ED IF VR. Jessops 77mm HMC UV(c) filter. Nikon MB-D10 battery grip. Nikon GP-1 GPS unit
LATITUDE: N 51d 30m 17.48s
LONGITUDE: E 0d 5m 14.71s
ALTITUDE: 18.0m
Commuting lives photo project. Commuting to work each day can be a challenging experience and daily I meet hundreds of people, pledged at the same times and same trains.
It's interesting to distinguish how each of us spends these moments differently during the travel: there's who sleeps recovering energy, who reads a book, who is looking forward to the arrival, who divulges his or her feelings in front of a friend but above all, and here it is clear the cultural change occurred in recent years, there's who prefers alienating from it all using their smartphone.
The photograpy raises the curiosity that each of us possesses to a higher level, making the photographer able to analyse the subject even before shooting.
I have spent many of these trips between Monza and Milan to better understand these elements of humanity among the passengers: facial and body expressions, interactions between people, style and good or bad habits.
This set follows my regular commute home from work, from Manchester to Morecambe. I've made this journey 3 or 4 times a week for a little over 11 years, something like 2.000 times. And that is a very scary thought.
The first major intersection I come to is at Besses o' th' Barn, which I like for it's vernacular spelling, it's empty promise of a barn (with or without the Besses), it's famous brass band and the Crumpsall sign you can see. I'm told it's the only road sign to Crumpsall in Manchester, which makes it extra special as I was born there, in Manchester's secret jewel. That makes me a Mancunian, for better or worse.
But today I'm heading for Prestwich and the M60 ring road. It's a long way home so I'll play some music for the trip which, like the photos, will come courtesy of my smartphone (well, via youtube for you). The first song is from a local band. Mark E. Smith, of The Fall, lives in Prestwich. He claims to be a Mancunian but wiki says he was born in Broughton, in the city of Salford. It's only spiiting distance from Crumpsall, in the city of Manchester, but there's a world of difference. Honestly!
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I feel like this most days coming into the city.
Especially when the day is sunny and the weather is hot.
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I'm very lucky, I work .4 miles from my home. My commute is very minor, in fact, I can walk my commute in a matter of minutes. This is a view of the rush hour traffic that I only hit once I get on my street. :)
This is my "Commute" entry to the 2009 Photo Challenge hosted by photochallenge.org<
Ted Horobiowski and Keith Cotton with Mike Harbour and staff from Intercity Transit (Commute Smart Legacy Award).
Intersection of Highway 400 and Major MacKenzie Drive. / A Major MacKenzie Drive és a 400-as autópálya kereszteződése.
I took these shots a July morning during my daily commute - over the previous 2 years I got used to the 60 minutes drive every morning - I listened to the radio, and later audiobooks while driving. The pictures were meant as a memory, since by then we were preparing to move from Ontario.
Egy nyári reggelen készítettem ezeket a képeket, ahogy otthonról elindultam munkába, egész a munkahelyemre érkezésig. Ekkorra az egyórás vezetéshez volt már két évem hozzászokni - előbb rádiót, majd audiobook-ot hallgattam. A megörökítés emléknek kellett - ekkor már készültünk a végül a vártnál később fél év múlva bekövetkezett költözésünkre.
A passenger prepares to detrain as the big green interurban car comes to a stop in the middle of the street.
Keith Cotton and Ted Horobiowski with Leslie Hopkins of the Kitsap Public Health District (Commute Smart Employer Champion).
Morning commute.
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The 70 mile roundtrip commute from Baton Rouge to L ivingston and back is kind of ridiculous, but at least we manage to carpool most of the time.
Keith Cotton and Ted Horobiowski with Ramsey Radwan, Jan Wilson and Callie Dietz of the Administrative Office of the Courts (Commute Smart Employer Champion).
2012 was a great cycling year for me filled with a number of firsts...
My first 5000 mile year. I finished with 5311.
My first Perfect commuting year. I rode my bike to work every day, 217 round trips, and that was the bulk of my mileage.
I rode my first TOSRV in May. It would have made more sense to ride it in HS in the 70's when I lived in Cincinnati. Day 1 was a beauty. Day 2 was um, well... wet.
Some other cycling highlights for the year...
In August I rode the C&O canal towpath and GAP trail with my niece and nephew . In October about 150 miles of the ACA's Allegheny Mountain Loop in VA and WV.
Right now I don't have any firm plans for 2013 other than to continue my commuting streak and try to push the mileage up towards 6000.