{"id":28384,"date":"2019-12-29T06:59:23","date_gmt":"2019-12-29T11:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=28384"},"modified":"2019-12-29T08:37:10","modified_gmt":"2019-12-29T13:37:10","slug":"mexico-city-metro-40-years-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/mexico-city-metro-40-years-ago\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexico City Metro\u201440 Years Ago."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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My memories of riding the Metro City Metro with my uncle Mark 40 years ago contrast sharply with these photos that I made during that same visit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Having grown up traveling on the New York City and Boston subways, I was astounded by the crush-loading in Mexico City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I recall being swept along a platform holding my uncles hand as tightly as I could as we squeezed into an already sardine capacity train.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In reality, those conditions weren\u2019t conducive for a 13 year-old Gringo to make photographs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In retrospect, I\u2019m amazed that I got anything at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apologies for the relatively poor condition of these images. My negatives were hand processed without concern for archival concerns and stored in a paper envelope in an attic for the better part of four decades. I scanned them last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This isn’t how I remember the Mexico City Metro! I recall dense hurried crowds. Funny how memory works.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Although damaged, I like this photo because it shows Mexico City Metro\u2019s rubber-tire propulsion, which is what I was trying to capture during my December 1979 visit.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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