Gallery 3: Railroad Tracks

Photographers tend to use railroad tracks as a device to draw the eye through the depth of the image. Railroad tracks can, however, make for interesting compositions when used in different ways.

Tracks photographed tight and without context so the viewer is encouraged to see the composition rather than the object

Lots of interesting details

Black-and-white helps to emphasize the age of these tracks

Railway lines used to form triangles, again with the intention of emphasizing the composition and not the actual object