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Three weeks of trains in the south of Italy
Three weeks of trains in the south of Italy
Regional lines, slow tickets and a camera that never left my lap.
Regional lines, slow tickets and a camera that never left my lap.
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he regional trains in the south stop everywhere, and that is the point. I bought a three-week pass and no return ticket.
he regional trains in the south stop everywhere, and that is the point. I bought a three-week pass and no return ticket.
I photographed from the window first, then from the platforms, and finally from the cafés beside the stations, where everybody waits for the same delayed train.
I photographed from the window first, then from the platforms, and finally from the cafés beside the stations, where everybody waits for the same delayed train.
One stop further
One stop further
By the second week I stopped planning. I got off wherever the light looked right and found a bed before dark. Half of Tomato Season and all of Limoni came out of those days.
By the second week I stopped planning. I got off wherever the light looked right and found a bed before dark. Half of Tomato Season and all of Limoni came out of those days.
Fig. 1 — Platform two, Lecce
“The slow train is the only one that lets you look.”
“The slow train is the only one that lets you look.”
— Inès Moreau, on editing
I came home with forty rolls and a new rule: never book the way back. The best photographs were always one stop further than the plan.
I came home with forty rolls and a new rule: never book the way back. The best photographs were always one stop further than the plan.
Inès Moreau
Photographer & art director, Paris