My World: Underground Stations have their own beauty

[Michael Nagel]

A newer station again - as I travel more frequently in the newer parts of the Munich Underground Network, I have more of this part. I will have to make an excursion to the older part soon.

The ceiling of this station is still interesting for me.

Waves vs. Glass Bricks



Legs waiting for train



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Best regards,
Michael

[Asher Kelman]

Originally Posted by Michael Nagel

taken 3 1/2 years ago.

Moosfeld - Lampen

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Originally Posted by Michael Nagel

Time to take some more photos.

Michael,

This looks fresh to me and will last. an excellent picture and one I'll return to.

Asher

[Asher Kelman]

This one is is especially unique.

Legs waiting for train

I glove the erasure of the person!


Asher

[Michael Nagel]

Asher - thank you.

I used the concept of just showing the legs already on this one:

Keine Beinfreiheit

I find myself playing with it when there is an occasion. I am curious on how this evolves...

Best regards,
Michael

[Michael Nagel]

Another newer station. This one is close to a University Campus.

Science!



way up!



way up II



Star Lights

Best regards,
Michael

[Tom Robbins]

These are wonderful photos of an interesting place, Michael. As you say, the place is new. Even the track ballast appears fresh and clean. The place does not appear to be very busy, were the photos taken late at night, perhaps?

[Michael Nagel]

Tom,

thank you. The photos were taken on a day where it was not that busy. As it is at on end of the line, the place is less busy than the stations closer to the center.

All these photos were taken during the afternoon.

These are from another station on the same line. This station is among the few U-Bahn stations that are on the surface.


Before you go downstairs you might see this when you look to your right:

Arcs and Lines

Walking down the stairs, you see this:

Stützen

Arrived:

Fröttmaning - large

Best regards,
Michael

[Winston Mitchell]

Arrived? Keep going ;-)

[Michael Nagel]

OK - you asked for it ;)

The station of Garching is on the same line like the three previous ones. The layered tiles on the ceiling are the leitmotiv for this station.

Garching - darker



Layered Ceiling

The mirrors invite to play around:

Double Reflection

This contains a drawing of the first German nuclear research reactor the FRM I (on the left here).

Atomei in der U-Bahn

Best regards,
Michael

[George Holroyd]

Quite the body of work. I think an edited set of your best images would make a wonderful book.

[Winston Mitchell]

I agree with George.

[Michael Nagel]

George, Winston - thank you!

No particular station this time, but a couple of details you can discover when you look around.

=C== - colored




Nothalt mit Herz




Light




Crossed Lightbeams

Best regards,
Michael

[Tom Robbins]

Nicely done, Michael, I like these very much.

[fahim mohammed]

Michael, I watch this series in amazement. For the composition, the color, the presentation and
the technical and artistic vision.

Bravo.

[Michael Nagel]

Tom - thank you!

Fahim - thank you! Places like the underground stations do always invite me to look around. The views and details continue to amaze me.

Best regards,
Michael

[Michael Nagel]

Underground Stations are points in a network which is dedicated to transport -> motion.

Here are examples of this primary purpose.

Abfahrt



Moving in



Warp 3

Best regards,
Michael

[fahim mohammed]

Michael, this is beautiful work. Lovely in its compositions and visual impact. It also demonstrates your dedication for the theme. The imagery follows and flows to convey your vision.

Needs a greater audience and maybe a book!!

Kindest regards.

Originally Posted by Michael Nagel

Underground Stations are points in a network which is dedicated to transport -> motion.

Here are examples of this primary purpose.

Abfahrt



Moving in



Warp 3

Best regards,
Michael

[Jarmo Juntunen]

I agree with Fahim. This has been an interesting project to follow. I particularly enjoyed the first one in Michael's last post. What a fantastic idea!

[Paul Abbott]

Hey Michael, that first image of yours is quintessential and shockingly good. I can only imagine how great this would look printed up and on a wall...:)

[Asher Kelman]

Originally Posted by Michael Nagel

Underground Stations are points in a network which is dedicated to transport -> motion.

Here are example[s] of this primary purpose.

Moving in

Michael,

The reflection in the window fare minimalist but sufficient to paint a sense of both speed and the people being whisked away to somewhere through the darkness. I do like this as partial representation is, I believe, providing us with a way of more personally entering the scene, as we reconstitute the people from our own imagination and memories.

asher

[Michael Nagel]

Fahim,

thank you. I will continue this project with more intensity when the days are getting shorter and the weather is less inviting for going outside. I do not know how the final outcome will look like or what could be the way of presentation, but this will be considered when I feel that it is time to do so.

Best regards,
Michael

[Michael Nagel]

Paul,

Thank you! Yes, I have to print some of these.

Best regards,
Michael

[Michael Nagel]

Asher,

yes, there is a lot of room for imagination. I am curious in which way the series turns when I carry on this autumn.

Best regards,
Michael

[Michael Nagel]

Traveling with the Underground offers a lot of different views. Most stations are larger tubes, underground halls or large rooms on several layers. There are also other types of stations. One of these is shown here from the viewpoint of a traveler who is entering the station and looking outside.


Here is the station seen from the outside. You can see the higher entry level and the pillars help you imagine the lower platform level.

Like a ship

Looking outside on entry level:

U1

Looking outside on platform level:

Trees outside

Best regards,
Michael

[Nicolas Claris]

Originally Posted by George Holroyd

Quite the body of work. I think an edited set of your best images would make a wonderful book.

Seconded !

Really brilliant subject with magnificent images, gorgeous colors, perfect framing, motion captured…

Un vrai plaisir à regarder !

[Asher Kelman]

U1

Looking outside on platform level:

Trees outside

Michael,

This is superbly conceived and executed. This clean architecture discards so much off the past. In fact it has no recognizable connection at once with anything of previous centuries, except, perhaps, stained glass windows in great cathedrals. So here's the question. Is this modernity part of Germanic thinking of the current post-wars epoch. Have the people found a new clarity that extends beyond this magnificent architecture or does this "logical" and simply evocative design only belong in the arts? Could there perhaps be some manifestation of this clarity in developing social and academic understanding or even make its way to political expression?

Asher

[Robert Watcher]

Incredible images - all of them Michael.



Rob

[Michael Nagel]

Originally Posted by Nicolas Claris

Seconded !

Really brilliant subject with magnificent images, gorgeous colors, perfect framing, motion captured…

Un vrai plaisir à regarder !

Thank you! A motivation for me to carry on as this is far from being finished.

Merci beaucoup!

Best regards,
Michael

[Michael Nagel]

Originally Posted by Asher Kelman

So here's the question. Is this modernity part of Germanic thinking of the current post-wars epoch. Have the people found a new clarity that extends beyond this magnificent architecture or does this "logical" and simply evocative design only belong in the arts? Could there perhaps be some manifestation of this clarity in developing social and academic understanding or even make its way to political expression?

Asher,

These are many questions. I will try to answer some.

From what I see (subjective and far from any kind of complete view) architecture is pretty diverse in Germany. Modernism is a part of it, but it is one among other styles. There is a drive to preserve the look of cities in a way like these were before WWII - buildings look older than they are - Augsburg is a good example for that. Other cities like Kassel left the past behind and the place was rebuilt from scratch.
I think that examples like this particular station are owed to the fact that the Munich U-Bahn system does not have the same long history like for example Le Métro in Paris, there is no particular style that needs to be preserved and experiments are welcome as long as the function of the building is up to the needs and the appearance does not make a too high contrast to the surroundings. There are, however, always examples that contradict this...
I would like to see a little more audacity in architecture, at least sometimes.
Political expression in architecture? No. I think that there are still many people who dislike the extend to which architecture was employed for politics in the Third Reich. The museum now known as Haus der Kunst in Munich is an excellent example of this architecture.

Best regards,
Michael

[Michael Nagel]

Originally Posted by Robert Watcher

Incredible images - all of them Michael.

Robert,

Thank you very much.

Best regards,
Michael