Suburban train (Elektritshkas). Tuapse-Maikop. Sochi, Russia
DWORZAK, Thomas
Written on the back of this work is: “DO NOT LEAN OUT. RUSSIA. Sochi. Tuapse-Maikop. Suburban train (Elektritshka). 2013.
I was traveling up and down the Russian Black Sea coast in the months before the Olympics, on local trains. I only caught a fleeting glance of this couple’s intimate moment on an empty railway platform, hugging, playing, kissing, arguing, fighting… who knows? They were oblivious to the passing train. An accelerated version of what often happens traveling and covering stories: entering people’s lives, spending some time with them, and moving on….” — Thomas Dworzak
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