Impressions
UTM – Underground Train Movement
Dutch langage
UTM – Uderground Train Movement is a Belgian collective that groups some talented photographers. Their work is similar to the one you can discover through this website. The langage may be an issue but Photography is an universal langage and you will easily access to the pictures.
This is a great place to get inspiration, especially if you want some ideas on the way to use wide angle lenses with creativity or to insert humanity on your images. A great website to discover!
The UTM members describe themselve : “Undergound Train Movement is a close group of friends who want to show their creative pictures from the railway scene, not just trains. We go undergound becose we don’t want to have name and fame, we just want to show our pictures based on the undergound scene. Its our goal to do so further in the future with a new website and our own magazine… We would like to inspire other railroad photographers and throw away all those stupid rules about how to take a picture of a train!“
NEW
The UTM now has its website. You will be able to discover galleries from the various members but also a PDF magazine.
Dave’s Photo Page
English language
A personal vision is a source of inspiration to everyone, especially when it’s creative. Then it’s our job to add our personal sensitivity, our “touch”. “New Horizons” is a section that helps you to find such personal visions to help you to improve your work. David Hyman’s website is one of this creative vision on Railroad Photography, a gold mine filled with shining nuggets.
David has two talents. First, he is a great photographer and writer. He explores any kind of medium to express himself. His recent work are slideshows … on a PDF file! He also writes very good photo-essays (like this one about the Fascination of Trains or this other one about MoW people, the Unsung Heroes).
David’s other talent was to realize the “World Class Photography” section, a meeting of talented photographers from all around the world. Just imagine: John Fasulo, Ronni Kappel, Misko Kranjec, Scott Lothes, Kevin Scanlon… And the list is not complete! This section has dozens of golden nuggets. Be ready to be surprised, to be amazed or chocked. This is THE place to go to find inspiration and ideas, to stay in contact with contemporary Railroad Photography Creativity.
David Hyman’s website main page
Misko’s albums
English language (most of the website is done with photo galleries).
You probably don’t know Misko Kranjec‘s work. He is one of Europe most talented and creative photographer. In 2006, he won the famous Center for Railroad Photography award with Scott Lothes.
Misko is a Slovenian photojournalist. Most of his work is about human beings. The link we share with you here will drive you to a brand new world : Misko’s galleries. Around 30 of them will show how contemporary and creative is Misko’s look on the Railway World. Look closely to the eyes of the people on the pictures. It will show you the deep trust between them and the photographer.
We suggest you to discover one gallery : the first 2010 snow in the Ljubljana station (Slovenia). You can see the work of a talented photojournalist: Misko found looks, attitudes,… This is a great photo-essay and we have to look at it closely. This will give us precious clues for our future works.
Center for Railroad Photography and Art : 2006 award.
Scott Lothes – Photographer – Writer
Scott Lothes’ name is well known for anyone who read Trains or who knows the Center for Railroad Photography and Art. He also shared some of his pictures on the fist issue of the PDF magazine.
This website shows some of his most recent pictures and writing work. To have an idea of Scott’s work, here is a part of his introduction : “I explore the relationships between humanity, technology and nature”.
Scott also has a blog.
RailPixCritic
English Language
RailPixCritic is a blog that talk about Railroad Photography. Janusz gives his point about different part of the photographic process (composition, design elements…).
Updates are done on a regular basis
Railpictures.Net
Rp.net website is THE place to watch high quality pictures. Most of them are from North-America but you can find some from around the world. RP’s screeners like wedgies a lot but many “artsy” (creative) shots are available anyway. SO, you should have a look there on a regular basis but we’re helping you with some link to high quality and creative photographers.
