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There and Back Again Statement

While the commute can take many forms, it all started with the railroad. The railroads started offering reduced fare or commutated tickets in the mid-1800’s as a way of encouraging ridership and development along their fledgling lines. For these commuters, as the holders of these tickets came to be know, the journey is not “the thing”, but a part of the routine experience of getting to the office and back again.

The journey starts and ends on the station platform, a place where habits and patterns are easy to recognize in the regular commuters. Coming or going, the regulars have their favorite seats and have pre-determined where to board the train so that that they may rush on and grab “their” seat. On board the train, the commute is filled with work, reading, conversing, music, sleep or more likely, the constant engagement with a digital device. This transition or “down time”, is prized by most commuters and is integrated into their daily routine.

As a regular commuter, I experience and witness this journey first hand. Turning my observations and emotions into photographs that are both a document as well as a personal statement about what my daily journey is my goal in this series.
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There and Back Again
While the commute can take many forms, it all started with the railroad. The railroads started offering reduced fare or commutated tickets in the mid-1800’s as a way of encouraging ridership and development along their fledgling lines. For these commuters, as the holders of these tickets came to be know, the journey is not “the thing”, but a part of the routine experience of getting to the office and back again. <br /> <br /> The journey starts and ends on the station platform, a place where habits and patterns are easy to recognize in the regular commuters. Coming or going, the regulars have their favorite seats and have pre-determined where to board the train so that that they may rush on and grab “their” seat. On board the train, the commute is filled with work, reading, conversing, music, sleep or more likely, the constant engagement with a digital device. This transition or “down time”, is prized by most commuters and is integrated into their daily routine. <br /> <br /> As a regular commuter, I experience and witness this journey first hand. Turning my observations and emotions into photographs that are both a document as well as a personal statement about what my daily journey is my goal in this series.