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Trains and Characters: Rare Photos from the London Underground
Other | Tuesday 10th November 2015 | Tom
Photographer Bob Mazzer has been capturing the unique people and situations that only the London Underground can produce, through film, over the last 40 years.
In a series of striking shots, Mazzer, who was born in Whitechapel, captures both the style and behaviour of the individuals that used London’s tube network before us today.
Mazzer took many of his photos late at night, travelling on his way home from work as a film projectionist in King's Cross.
Although he now lives in Hastings, Mazzer still travels by tube when he goes to London.
All photos were taken with a Leica M4 with 35mm camera.
A presumably drunk man attempts to hold the doors open.
A punk girl in the 1970's.
A woman smokes on the tube, something that would get you arrested today.
A young family wait for the tube at Stockwell.
A man sits by two lesbians, this photo displays the changing attitudes at the time.
A man with poor eyesight reads a newspaper.
Bob Mazzer on the far left, taking a selfie.
Two tube workers take a break.
A couple of bagheads.
A homeless man sleeps under an old school tube map.
Three rockers display their tattoos.
A smartly dressed man on a night out.
A young punk switches carriages.
A young boy sleeps next to an elderly gentleman.
Young lovers at Kings Cross Station.
A man carries what appears to be a large cross.
A fashionable lady riding the tube.
Young punks swear at the cameraman.
A clown who has just finished busking.
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