Project
Title:
Railway Stations
of London
Objective:
To produce a body of photographic images that illustrate
the character, and embody the cultural identity of London England--as
represented through the architecture of its railway stations.
Purpose:
To identify which rail stations have significance
based upon historical and other cultural information. From this information,
photographic images been made that document and illustrate these
architectural works--during the spring/summer of the year 2001. This body of work will
be assembled into two groupings. First, a traveling exhibition of this work
will be created. Second, an image-based publication will be produced from these
photographs.
Geographic Boundaries:
The central London area, and its surrounding areas, will be the geographic focus for this project.
(The table below illustrates some of the candidates for
study: it is not intended to be an all-inclusive list.)
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The following British Rail stations will be considered as
subjects for study. Blackfriars | Cannon Street | City Thameslink
| Farringdon Fenchurch Street | Liverpool Street | London
Bridge Moorgate | Old Street
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The following historic rail stations will be considered as
subjects for study. Charing Cross | Euston Kings Cross | Marylebone Paddington | St. Pancras | Victoria |
Focus:
The visual form that this work has taken will conveys the beauty and strength of both the architecture, and the society who created these structures.
That is, because the primary means of research
is in visual form, the imagery produced here will be the central theme of
this project. Of course the narrative that will accompany these images will
strongly support the historical and academic bases, from which the underlying
premise for the development of this work has been derived.
Contribution:
The last significant work that was produced regarding
the examination of railway stations in London was published in 1972, with a
reprint in 1978. Therefore, this new body of work will serve in a number of
ways. For example: