The magazine of the art-form of the photo-essay“A free, really high quality photo-essay magazine. Fabulous!”Stephen Fry. British actor, writer and film & documentary maker
Feb 2014 back issue
by Dougie Wallace
Reflections On Life: The faces of commuters in cities throughout the world glimpsed through the windows of trams at the moment of departure. Reflections On Life is the result of an ongoing project that has led Wallace to record the daily commute in cities as diverse as Lisbon in Portugal and Alexandria in Egypt, as well as major Eastern European centres including Sarajevo, Ukraine and Albania. As the subjects go about their lives, a reflection of their city, be it grand architecture or garish posters is captured on each traveller’s face. Often the subject appears to be looking the viewer directly in the eye, their gaze intense, lost in thought as they prepare to leave. Wallace says: “I became increasingly fascinated with the idea of reflections and the ability these have to change and make us reconsider our perceptions of everyday life.”