The Art of Transit

The art of transit

photo by Carlos Rivera, via Flickr creative commons Nice shot of a bus stop taken with the iPhone’s Instagram app. Guess where it was taken — answer after the jump. If you are correct, then you are some kind of Jedi Master of geography. To submit a photo for the [continue reading]

The art of transit

A nice pair of pics from Source reader Oriol, who lives in Barcelona. The above shot is of bike parking next to the central train station in Malmo, Sweden. And below is the ceiling of the central station in Copenhagen in Denmark. Both photos were taken with a Nikon Coolpix [continue reading]

The art of transit

photo by Spider_Dude, via Twitter Great iPhone pic to start the new year. That’s the Metro 33 bus on Venice Boulevard, shot one evening last week. To submit a photo for the Art of Transit, post it to Metro’s Flickr group, email it to sourcemetro@gmail.com or Tweet it to @metrolosangeles with an #artoftransit hashtag. Many [continue reading]

The art of transit

photo by Clare Griffiths, via Flickr creative commons Regent Street in London this holiday season. Very nice. The photo was taken with a Nikon D90. To submit a photo for the Art of Transit, post it to Metro’s Flickr group, email it to sourcemetro@gmail.com or Tweet it to @metrolosangeles with an #artoftransit hashtag. Many of [continue reading]

The art of transit

Photo by Friend of Expo Line, via submission Nice shot of an Expo Line train crossing Adams Boulevard. To submit a photo for the Art of Transit, post it to Metro’s Flickr group, email it to sourcemetro@gmail.com or Tweet it to @metrolosangeles with an #artoftransit hashtag. Many of the photos we’ve featured can be seen [continue reading]

The art of transit

photo by Tomfalcon, via Flickr creative commons I have no idea where this was taken — I found it on Flickr while surfing through dozens of boring and bad photos of buses that users had posted. The photo, titled “Bus No 3” was taken with the iPhone’s Instagram app. To [continue reading]

The art of transit

photo by Martin Fisch, via Flickr creative commons Nice bit of night photography in this scene of pedestrians in Dresden, Germany, taken in 2008 with a Fujifilm FinePix F30. The shutter was kept open for a full second to help capture the detail and the movement of the vehicle. To [continue reading]

The art of transit

photo by Takato Marui, via Flickr creative commons As the owner of two dogs and a bicycle, I do not advise trying this or anywhere. The photo was taken in Osaka, Japan, in 2007. That’s one confident pooch. To submit a photo for the Art of Transit, post it to Metro’s [continue reading]

The art of transit

photo by Chris Goldberg, via Flickr creative commons Proof that a good eye, a point-and-shoot camera (a Canon PowerShot SD 780 IS) and being in the right place at the right time can go a long way. The photo was taken in 2009 at the New York subway’s 46th Street/Bliss [continue reading]

The art of transit

Drawing by Lise Petrauskas, via Flickr creative commons We usually post photos in our daily “art of transit.” But I’m more than happy to post drawings and paintings when they’re good and I can find them. This one was done on Adobe Ideas for Illustration. Even if you can’t draw [continue reading]