{"id":15432,"date":"2016-05-26T05:38:14","date_gmt":"2016-05-26T09:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=15432"},"modified":"2016-05-26T08:25:12","modified_gmt":"2016-05-26T12:25:12","slug":"all-change-photographing-trains-and-clapham-junction-and-vicinity-may-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/all-change-photographing-trains-and-clapham-junction-and-vicinity-may-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"All Change! Photographing trains and Clapham Junction and Vicinity\u2014May 2016."},"content":{"rendered":"

On my visit to London earlier this month, I called into Clapham Junction to visit with my friend Hassard Stacpoole who lives nearby.<\/p>\n

Hassard brought me on a tour of the area to highlight the changes south of the Thames since my last visit.<\/p>\n

London is a dynamic city. There are cranes and construction sites everywhere you look.<\/p>\n

The area around Battersea Park is rapidly being transformed from an old industrial area to a modern residential community.<\/p>\n

Using my FujiFilm X-T1 and Lumix LX7, I made these photos from our tour of the area.<\/p>\n

\"Five<\/a>
Five car Overground trains now serve Clapham Junction.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

My intention is to compare these images with similar views exposed years ago, as well as photos showing further change from my next visit.<\/p>\n

\"FujiFilm<\/a>
FujiFilm X-T1 digital photograph at Clapham Junction.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Clapham<\/a>
Clapham Junction.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Wandsworth<\/a>
Wandsworth Road looking toward Battersea Park. Construction now dominates this horizon.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The<\/a>
The old Battersea Park Generating Station is being repurposed.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Massive<\/a>
Massive modern apartment blocks have sprung up around Battersea Park like mushrooms after the rain.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Transportation<\/a>
Transportation changes are part of the story.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Thames<\/a>
Thames bridge on approach to Victoria. Look at all the new building underway.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Looking<\/a>
Looking south from Victoria toward Battersea Park. Here the background is the subject.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"In<\/a>
In London little remains unchanged for long. Even the train companies play musical chairs with the franchises every few years. How much longer will South West Trains serve Clapham Junction?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"A<\/a>
A view south of Clapham Junction Station.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"A<\/a>
A South West Trains emu clatters along south of Clapham Junction.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"It's<\/a>
It’s been a long time since the London, Brighton and South Coast was a going concern. This is part of the old station complex at Clapham Junction.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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On my visit to London earlier this month, I called into Clapham Junction to visit with my friend Hassard Stacpoole who lives nearby. Hassard brought me on a tour of the area to highlight the changes south of the Thames since my last visit. London is a dynamic city. There are cranes and construction sites … Continue reading All Change! Photographing trains and Clapham Junction and Vicinity\u2014May 2016.<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15424,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[10,48],"tags":[3786,705,712,3559,735,697,3558],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Overground_Clapham_DSCF6738.jpg?fit=1633%2C2449","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-40U","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15432"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15432"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15432\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15437,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15432\/revisions\/15437"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}