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Junction

28/5/2012

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Clapham Junction, London, UK
Passing through Clapham Junction recently, I paused for a few minutes to take some photos. It’s a train station I don’t always enjoy passing through because it is often very busy.

A major junction in South East London, it is one of the busiest train stations in Europe. It’s busy enough when it’s not peak times – rush hour seems frantically overrun. However, it can be an interesting place to photograph as it presents an interesting study of human life. 

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Clapham Junction, London, UK
The railway lines run like veins through Clapham Junction to places in London and the South East. The lives passing through the station carry their stories to and from London. The pulse of the station ensuring that travellers are drawn in and then pushed onto their destination.

Sometimes it’s hard to see the human face of the steel tracks and the structure of the platforms. The many faces often blurring as they pass. Without the faces, the station wouldn’t be there. 
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The speed and far reaching nature of travel today is something we take for granted. I enjoy observing train stations, and photographing them – not only for the architecture, but increasingly for the stories passing through. 
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Hidden Away

1/4/2012

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The Crescent Wood Tunnel, London
London has many stories hidden away within its boundaries. Some are forgotten, others are myth and memory. Yet others are hidden away amongst the concrete of the city, and within its parks, only known to the locals.

I walked, recently, from Crystal Palace to Forest Hill via Sydenham and Dulwich. I am really beginning to appreciate the green spaces within South London, and really enjoyed walking through Sydenham Hill Wood, which has a local nature reserve, and its neighbouring Dulwich Wood.

What I discovered was a disused railway, which has been reclaimed by nature within the nature reserve and surrounding woods. The Crescent Wood Tunnel was part of the (now dismantled) Nuneaton to Crystal Palace line. It now houses a hibernaculum for long-eared bats – which was built by the London Wildlife Trust.

Further along, I came across the Cox’s Lane Footbridge. This footbridge crossed over the Nunhead to Crystal Palace railway line, which opened in 1865 to serve visitors to the Crystal Palace (which was located in Crystal Palace Park). After the 1936 fire which destroyed the Crystal Palace, the line lost much of its traffic, and was closed in 1954.

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Cox’s Lane Footbridge, London, UK
I really liked The Folley, which is a ruin remaining from a Victorian garden. It seems a bit out of place in the nature reserve, but hints to its splendour in the Victorian age. 
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The Folley, Sydenham Hill Wood, London, UK
What struck me was when things like almost forgotten disused railway lines and ruins from Victorian gardens can be incorporated and transformed into things complete unrelated to what they are designed for. However, they are reminders for future generations of an area’s history. 
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Infinity

19/2/2012

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Isle of Dogs, London, UK
A number of years ago, I was photographing on the Isle of Dogs in East London, and came across a disused section of train track. I have not idea what trains used to travel on it, and to where. However, it presented me with some very nice train viaducts to photograph.

The train viaducts seem rather random now that they are disused. They sit on a stretch of the Isle of Dogs, and seem to be a forgotten piece of history that hasn’t been torn down yet. 

I am rather glad they haven’t been torn down. I was drawn to the texture of the viaduct was highlighted by the midday sun. The black & white images give a sense of the tactile essence of the brick structure.

What really caught my eye was the space cutting down the centre of the supports holding up the viaduct. They give a sense of infinity to a very solid structure. 

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Isle of Dogs, London, UK
The print of the first image can be bought by clicking here and the second image can be bought by clicking here. 
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