I went off on my travels again today, taking the train to Sussex for a rehearsal. I decided to document my day with a pinhole camera, looking for possible photo opportunities en-route.
On my way south I stopped to take photos a couple of times in the City of London. Outside Liverpool Street Station stands a bronze sculpture, to commemorate the thousands of Jewish children who travelled into the station to escape persecution from the Nazis. After I’d photographed this I walked down to Bank where I found a spot on a wall to perch my mini tripod to capture the junction outside the Royal Exchange.
Once I was on the move again I took a photo on the tube (on the Waterloo and City line – often known as ‘the drain’ among city commuters) and a selfie as I read on the train to Havant.
During our rehearsal I couldn’t resist an action shot, although I struggled to fit us all in without my full size tripod. You can see three of us clearly (although we’re a blur of movement) but all that’s visible of David, our harpsichordist, is the blur of his hands over the keyboard. I’m going to try this again when we next meet so you’ll be seeing the Parnassian Ensemble in action again soon!
Eventually it was time for me to wend my way home, so I stopped again outside the Royal Exchange, this time facing towards its grand steps. As I patiently waited four minutes for the exposure to finish a woman came and sat on the bench in front of me, adding a welcome human element to my photo.
Finally, I had a few minutes to kill at Liverpool Street Station, so I found a convenient bench by the stairs and aimed my camera upwards, towards the iron roof structure. Of course, the commuters have all but vanished as none of them remained still during the minute it took me to create the photo!
16 December 2021