JT Spunk | Photography

London Underground Photography ???

Hello, I’m just starting up a London Underground Photography website. The main theme is ‘Barriers’, so anything like signs, gates, stoppers, buffers, anything that stops something or someone or anything or restricts it. Has anyone got any good UNDERGROUND stations with interesting features or old world war 1/2 things and tiles. Please submit the station name and what it is, thanks!

First of all, you cannot (legally) take photographs on the London Underground without prior consent. (But that does not prevent the odd shot being taken!) DO NOT use flash in a station underground – there are safety issues involved.

But, you do not need to be beneath ground to get some good shots. Indeed, most of the so-called quaintness will be found on the above-ground extremities of the system, away from the bustle and jobsworth of Central London.

For example, the stations on the Cockfosters branch of the Piccadilly Line are worth photographing in their own right. One of the easiest stations to get a photograph of buffers is Stanmore. Some of the station exits on the West Ruislip end of the Central Line are interesting. And for rustic charm, is there anything to beat Mill Hill East?

There are Yahoo Groups and Flickr Groups devoted to the photography to which you allude.

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