ida kjærgaard

Street photographer, Copenhagen

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last car

Riders, tunnels, and doors on one subway line, late in the day.

I rode the same line every evening for a month and photographed whoever shared the car with me, and the tunnels and platforms in between. Most people were somewhere else in their heads, in a book, a phone, or the window. I wanted the quiet of that, the minutes between stations that belong to no one.

A woman reads behind the window of a passing train
A woman reads behind the window of a passing train.
Two people walk toward the light at the end of an arched tunnel
Two people walk toward the light at the end of an arched tunnel.
Through the window, someone waits beside a blue train
Through the window, someone waits beside a blue train.
Train tracks run out through an arched doorway
Train tracks run out through an arched doorway.
A silhouette with dreadlocks fills a round window
A silhouette with dreadlocks fills a round window.
A steel door, shut, at the end of the car
A steel door, shut, at the end of the car.
A figure stands framed in a circular opening
A figure stands framed in a circular opening.
Passengers crowd the doors under a lit number 12
Passengers crowd the doors under a lit number 12.
A rider in a face mask with a yellow bag on her lap
A rider in a face mask with a yellow bag on her lap.
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