The overarching theme in these three photos is movement.

This picture was taken at the Hamline stop. What I like about this photo is the balance of movement. It is equal but opposite, with the man on the left exiting the train and the woman in the center entering the train. Although the woman is in the physical center of the image, the man is where my eyes are drawn to as the central focus of the image. His hands and his eyes really captivate my attention. I think the lines in the image are quite interesting as well. They aren’t parallel, rather they funnel your eyes towards the right, perhaps hinting that there’s something important outside of the frame.

This photo was also taken at the Hamline stop. The movement in this image is very obviously, with the word exit literally written out. This gas station is located on the north side of university, and I think that is significant. One thing Alec talked about was what’s left out of the frame is just as important as what’s in the frame, and with this photo I can see how that is true. To the left of this picture is an empty lot, surrounded by a chain link fence with rusty tools littering the ground. To me, that screams abandonment. I also find the colors in this photo noteworthy. The majority of the photo is bleak and colorless, but then there’s those three green lines that stand out.

This photo was taken at the Snelling stop. Where I see the movement in this picture is in the lines. The bottom part of the photo is the dark grey of the well-worn university avenue, but then there are curved lines, showing the path of a few cars who chose a different path. I also like the parallelism between the light, colorless sky and the white of the snow in the drive way.