Whilst waiting for the train I started fiddling with my camera.
I really like this framing and the layers it provides. It would be great to see the area when there is more movement between places – it makes for a great setup of multiple opportunities for action and engagement. It reminds me of Jacques Tati’s playful and multi dimensional scenes (although this was not in my mind at the time – I was focused only on capturing the action of someone walking up the ramp).
The walk itself is not that engaging. I wonder if, unaware that he was being filmed, the subject did not hold a level of consciousness around his actions… Whilst with my initial tests, I was not alerting the subjects to the fact that it was their walk that I was interested in, in alerting them that there was a camera and asking them to walk, and to do nothing but walk (not aimlessly, but without the motivation of getting from A to B within a certain time-span), they became more mindful of their action (even subconsciously). The proximity of the camera adding to this, what is captured appears to have more purpose, more significance – when compared to the lackluster actions of people moving to and away from the station.