Zürich Hauptbahnhof

October 7, 2007 11:33 AM | Related Categories: Cafe Life

I seem to be taking more and more shots in the railway station these days. It's probably just laziness - this is where I fetch up on the short trip into the town centre

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The man in the suit seems totally out of place, from another era.
# Posted By Bouncing Light | 10/7/07 11:53 AM
The man in the suit has his personal cigarette stubber outer....that's really from another era. Cute, and sharp observation! Not perfect, but then you did not have any control. (I'm assuming they are not part of your gang of "contracted lone lurkers").
# Posted By Chuckeroon | 10/7/07 4:15 PM
Gee Chuckeroon is hard on you! (i'm sure you can take it.)
At least he doesn't just write "beautiful photo" - that can be a bit boring.
That old fella reminds me a bit of a squashed up, old John Wayne(?!)
What does "fetch up" mean? Fetch up what?
And what a strange place for that can?
# Posted By Freefalling | 10/7/07 10:26 PM
love this scene. There is some much to see. And specially you can make your one story. You can juse this picture for a compition for making a story !!!!!
# Posted By donald | 10/7/07 11:44 PM
Wow, you make a city come alive even in black and white! What beautiful photos that reflect the spirit of Zurich!

I'll be visiting Luzern (Lucern) this November and I'm so looking forward to it.

Have you visited The Strange Republic yet?
<b>www.veryclicky.blogspot.com</b>;
# Posted By Photolicious | 10/8/07 7:33 AM
@freefalling - don't worry about chuckeroon - his next post is toast! re: fetching up, well my use of it normally means "ending up somewhere, more by accident than design"

@photolocious - thanks - going to pay a visit

@donald - thanks for the obeservation - often there is alot going on in the simplest of situations

@chuckeroon - I'll get you, chuckeroon of richmond
# Posted By Richard | 10/8/07 7:39 AM
Symétrie de l'image autour de l'axe du jeune homme.
Belle lueur du sol.

Je ne crois pas que ce soit juste la paresse.Tu aimes ta ville. Tu aimes la gare. Tu aimes les gens et tu aimes trainer et observer.
Tu prends le temps.

Cette photo est d'un autre temps. Du temps où les hommes fumaient abondamment, où il était viril d'avoir un "clope" au bec.
Vois Sartre...
Et deux "servants", deux personnes au service. A notre époque, c'est rare. Du moins en France. Peu d'emploi. L'homme remplacé par la machine.
Les nappes en tissu sur la table, et non des bouts de papier.
Seul détail incongru : le jeune homme d'allure étrangère.

Ta photo dépeint un monde bourgeois d'après guerre.
Il n'y a que dans les gares que l'on trouve ce genre de scène.
# Posted By cergie | 10/8/07 10:02 AM
@cergie - I'm glad you liked the symmetry. This was important to me - I thought the two smokers looked like combatants with their "seconds". They also struck me as characters from another time - certainly the guy with the spats and the cigarette holder
# Posted By Richard | 10/8/07 5:18 PM
What a spectacular photo! Like Cergie I love its symmetry and style.

I am completely in awe, the whole scene seems so composed - straight out of a movie set! The two men smoking their cigars would be the two heroes, still unrelated at the beginning of the movie. They ignore each other. Later on, both will fall in love withthe same girl (played by Ava Gardner?) and the scenario will develop from there...
# Posted By Nathalie | 10/9/07 9:52 AM
the two smokers look like two actors as Nathalies supposed. That one at left is a very well know killer and the man with spats his boss
# Posted By Fabrizio - ikol22 | 10/16/07 12:22 AM
@fabrizio - I think you got it right
# Posted By Richard | 10/16/07 9:48 AM
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