[Leica] Tuesday in the train station

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

I know the Salgado photograph, but I preferred Raghu Rai's interpretation.

Cheers
Jayanand

On Wed, Jul 15, 2026 at 9:21 PM Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com>
wrote:

> Jayanand,
>
> Rai's picture reminded me of this, also of Churchgate, by Salgado
>
> <
> https://www.artsy.net/artwork/sebastiao-salgado-churchgate-train-station-bombay-india
> >
>
> taken in 1995, but from above; presumably from a gantry or footbridge.
>
> Peter
>
> On 15/07/2026 16:06, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG wrote:
> > Nice catch.
> >
> > That brings me to my favourite railway station photograph:
> >
> > Raghu Rai's photograph of Churchgate, Mumbai where, supposedly, 1 to 1.5
> > million commuters use the station daily. I personally have never seen
> that
> > level of humanity pouring out of a building like Churchgate during rush
> > hours. I tried buying a copy from him while he was alive but, somehow, we
> > never finalized the deal. My loss:
> >
> >
> https://www.artsy.net/artwork/raghu-rai-rush-at-local-train-church-gate-mumbai
> >
> >
> > Bonus: a railway-themed photograph by Steve McCurry, which can no longer
> be
> > taken because that railway line has closed:
> >
> > https://www.stevemccurry.com/posters/p/taj-and-train
> >
> > Cheers
> > Jayanand
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Jul 14, 2026 at 8:31 PM Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Greetings to all.  I passed through Koln and it's iconic train station.
> >>  From the comments not unusually today the trains were running late:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/Koln+train+station_+trains+running+late.jpg.html
> >>
> >> All the best.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Don
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