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Subway | Nick Frank

Subway

The Challenge

"Reduce to the max", my approach to photography in general, but in particular to my "Subway" project. It's not about documentation, it's my whole own and personal point of view. Subway station, mostly photographed from a central perspective and modified in Photoshop - compressed to the essentials.

Client

Free project

Period

2010-2014

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I've been photographing subway stations since 2010, starting as a hobby to balance out my work and as an alternative to thousands of hours of PC gaming. The pictures were first on my homepage, a blog to see. Primarily for work colleagues.

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In the meantime, the series comprises almost 120 images. I had publications in magazines such as Wired, the New York Times, the mirror, the Süddeutsche Zeitung. Even on television (eg HR and BR3) and the radio, I was to be seen/heared with reports and contributions.

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In the end, this project was also one of the reasons why I started my own business as a photographer in 2013. Besides the great success of the project, I wanted to approach topics holistically again. From the idea to the implementation. I missed that in my time in advertising.

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It doesn't always have to be the wide-angle central perspective. Architecture can also be captured wonderfully with a telephoto lens. Depicting details abstractly also brings the necessary impact. Over the years, this has also become a specialty.

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I have photographed the stations all over the world. This requires reasonable planning and research. By the way, the best time for photography is definitely Sunday mornings at 5:00.

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