Comments on: Phil Maxwell on the Tube https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/03/30/phil-maxwell-on-the-tube/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:29:01 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: MARIA https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/03/30/phil-maxwell-on-the-tube/#comment-42320 Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:29:01 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=58959#comment-42320 since many of the commentators are mentioning their fave pic, i may add mine: the fat lady with the skinny man (i know it’s not the most flaterring pic, but it does provide food for thought)

]]> By: gillian darley https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/03/30/phil-maxwell-on-the-tube/#comment-42305 Fri, 30 Mar 2012 12:14:27 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=58959#comment-42305 Vernon Heath, an early Victorian photographer, captured the Prince of Wales’s wedding in 1863 by means of a camera hidden in his hat.

]]> By: sarah ainslie https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/03/30/phil-maxwell-on-the-tube/#comment-42304 Fri, 30 Mar 2012 12:12:48 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=58959#comment-42304 Lovely Phil they are so absorbing and I love the way everyone is in their own worlds whether with someone else or on their own even though they are in such a public space.

]]> By: Haz https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/03/30/phil-maxwell-on-the-tube/#comment-42297 Fri, 30 Mar 2012 11:07:21 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=58959#comment-42297 Wonderful….and here’s the link to a short film by Phil Maxwell & Hazuan Hashim with music by Andy Keenan. Inspired by the Tube.

http://vimeo.com/39431919

]]> By: Linda https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/03/30/phil-maxwell-on-the-tube/#comment-42289 Fri, 30 Mar 2012 09:26:37 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=58959#comment-42289 These are a delight to look at and I love the two young Asian gents against the Temple station as a concept. Brilliant art form.

]]> By: bas maas https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/03/30/phil-maxwell-on-the-tube/#comment-42286 Fri, 30 Mar 2012 09:18:37 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=58959#comment-42286 what a great pic of the old man coming up the stairs at aldgate east. I love this one

]]> By: Kirsten https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/03/30/phil-maxwell-on-the-tube/#comment-42283 Fri, 30 Mar 2012 08:22:10 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=58959#comment-42283 They remind me of Walker Evans’ ‘secret’ subway photos. It’s funny how time and place can change, but something about the expressions on faces remains the same.

]]> By: joan https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/03/30/phil-maxwell-on-the-tube/#comment-42282 Fri, 30 Mar 2012 08:19:48 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=58959#comment-42282 These are lovely. They remind me of the Travis Ruse New York subway project which I used to check in with each day when it was running in the middle of the last decade.

http://www.travisruse.com/

Best wishes,

Joan

]]> By: Margaret https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/03/30/phil-maxwell-on-the-tube/#comment-42274 Fri, 30 Mar 2012 05:59:43 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=58959#comment-42274 Great stuff! Love the photo of the elderly couple at Mile End Station. Hope my husband and I haven’t come to this.

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