London Bus Passengers at Night, in Photos by Nick Turpin

Winter London Bus Passengers - Through a Glass Darkly - Photo by Nick Turpin

Through a Glass Darkly, a photo series by Nick Turpin, shows passengers riding a bus at night. These candid portraits of strangers gives us a clever, furtive glimpse of people going about their daily commute in London. 

Winter London Bus Passengers - Through a Glass Darkly - Photo by Nick Turpin

The windows covered in frost and condensation give the pictures an awesome effect. Although there are a few photos in the series where the commuters can be seen more clearly, because the glass has been wiped clean, I actually prefer the images where the people are a little more obscured. It maintains a little of the people’s privacy, as well as adding another layer of interest. The cloudy shapes of colour in the backgrounds, and the abstract water droplets and streaks on the windows, give the photos an almost impressionist quality.

“These pictures of London Bus passengers in the winter months were made at night from a raised platform with a long lens hand held at 1/40th second, on the limits of what modern camera sensors can record,” says Turpin in the artist’s statement.

Winter London Bus Passengers - Through a Glass Darkly - Photo by Nick Turpin

Winter London Bus Passengers - Through a Glass Darkly - Photo by Nick Turpin

Winter London Bus Passengers - Through a Glass Darkly - Photo by Nick Turpin

Winter London Bus Passengers - Through a Glass Darkly - Photo by Nick Turpin

Winter London Bus Passengers - Through a Glass Darkly - Photo by Nick Turpin

Winter London Bus Passengers - Through a Glass Darkly - Photo by Nick Turpin

Winter London Bus Passengers - Through a Glass Darkly - Photo by Nick Turpin

Winter London Bus Passengers - Through a Glass Darkly - Photo by Nick Turpin

Winter London Bus Passengers - Through a Glass Darkly - Photo by Nick Turpin

 

Tom is a writer, artist, and multi-media guru from Pennsylvania, U.S. He holds a Master's in Journalism and Mass Communication, but he has also taken several university-level courses in fine arts, art appreciation, graphic design, printmaking, and Asian art. He has been blogging for Monde Mosaic since February 2014.

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