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A Moment of Quietude
Each month, we select one photograph that captures the essence of liminality—the space between here and elsewhere, between now and then, between presence and absence.
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"The Last to Leave" — January 2025
Empty chairs in abandoned waiting rooms hold the imprints of those who have already gone.
Recent Captures
Visual Fragments from the Journey
These photographs were taken in the last three months, across different cities, stations, and transitional spaces where time seems to slow down.
Collections
Thematic Series of Transient Moments
Our collections group images by their emotional resonance, creating a narrative thread that connects disparate moments across time and space.
Empty Stations
The peculiar silence of transit hubs in the early hours, when even the echoes have gone to sleep.
Through Glass
The world as seen through windows, raindrops creating abstract paintings of passing landscapes.
Strangers in Transit
Portraits of travelers captured in moments of quiet contemplation, reading, waiting, existing between one place and another.
Photography Notes
Approaches to Capturing the Ephemeral
A collection of technical and philosophical musings on photography as a means to document the spaces between destinations.
On Low Light
The glow of sodium lamps, the harsh fluorescent ceiling fixtures, the distant headlights of approaching trains—these are the stars of transit photography. Learn to work with minimal light to capture maximum atmosphere.
Reflections as Reality
The world mirrored in station windows, puddles on platforms, and chrome surfaces creates a parallel reality that exists only in these transitional spaces. Techniques for capturing the world twice in a single frame.
The Ethics of Travel Photography
Thoughts on photographing strangers in transit, respecting privacy while documenting public solitude, and capturing moments without disturbing them.
Submit Your Images
Share Your Journey
We welcome submissions from fellow travelers who have captured moments of transition, liminality, and the peculiar beauty of in-between spaces. Share your perspective on the places we pass through but rarely inhabit.
Send your photographs to images@betweendepartures.com with a brief description of when and where they were taken, and what they mean to you.