» Barcelona, Spain , May 17th, 1999

Photos of moving trains.

Trains, Barcelona, Spain
Trains, Barcelona, Spain
Trains, Barcelona, Spain
Trains, Barcelona, Spain
Trains, Barcelona, Spain
Trains, Barcelona, Spain
Trains, Barcelona, Spain
Trains, Barcelona, Spain

I try to take as many pictures as I can, with no direction in mind. These shot we’re taken as a train was passing through while standing on the platform. This kind of “accidental” photography can yield interesting compositions, color, and texture — which I use as springboards for personal and client projects.

Colors :

  1. J.Davis photos / tuesday thoughts. said, on January 9th, 2007 at 7:39 am

    [...] I like Joshua Davis’ theory on taking lots of unaimed, unsolicited photos. I find myself doing the very same thing from time to time. (to time, to time). There are 100s more (and much stranger) on my iPhoto library on the Mac at the office, where I can easily pull them down from my camera phone. It’s a great source of inspiration, and if nothing else, is just fun. [...]

  2. Joshua Davis said, on January 2nd, 2007 at 7:04 pm

    yes NITRO.

    I take several of my images - which I run through this process :

    http://www.joshuadavis.com/diary/2006/aspen-workshop

  3. nitrofurano said, on January 2nd, 2007 at 2:21 pm

    var myColors = [0x66665a, 0x918976, 0xac1201, 0x151714, 0xa3a185, 0xa4a58a, 0xa80f01, 0x9c1102, 0xa17253, 0x989482, 0xa31101, 0x61160c, 0xb11101, 0xa0a488, 0x2f3028, 0xa39e82, 0x2b1611, 0xb00e01, 0xa15334, 0xa7a285, 0x4e4f44, 0xa1270e, 0xa8a589, 0xa1a78c, 0x1b1c17, 0x22251e, 0xa0391d, 0x7c7c6e, 0xa61a05, 0x3c3e34, 0xab1503, 0x9e1a08];

    is this related to the ‘color stripper’ tool?